One of the great Burmese Buddhist monks is currently missing.
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An update from a spectacular project.
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The GoFundMe campaign comes to a close…
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How to feed a monastic order under lockdown.
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Another update in the initiative to feed Yangon’s Burmese Buddhist nuns during a time of pandemic…
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An update on the project to feed Burmese Buddhist nuns.
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The project moves into a new phase.
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The heart is filled as the dana just keeps pouring in!
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The groundbreaking fundraising effort picks up steam!
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“Since the beginning of pandemic, the part of my Buddhist training that I came to rely on the most is "Paticca Samuppada", or "The Law of Dependent Origination." In other words, as we can see clearly in the world today, all things and people are connected to each other. This is true of economies, or politics, or climate, or whatever….everything is interrelated.”
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With Burmese monks unable to go out on alms rounds due to a nationwide lockdown, basic food and medical supplies are becoming difficult to attain at many monasteries. How can age-old Buddhist traditions be maintained in the Golden Land in the face of such disruption?
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A mural highlighting the dangers of coronavirus spread in Myitkyina is immediately painted over and its artists arrested.
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A Burmese man becomes infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus and faces death as he spends 140 hours on a ventilator. In such a state, he recalls all the past Dhamma lessons of monks and meditation teachers who have played a role in his life. An inspiring message for meditators and practitioners during this time of pandemic.
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On April 5, 2020, Doug McGill conducted an interview with Sayadaw U Tejaniya concerning how a meditator can practice during a time of pandemic. Translated by Ma Thet, his responses can be read in full here.
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As COVID-19 (coronavirus) spreads around the globe, the media has been so busy reporting on the stunning developments in much of the Western world that the reality in other countries and cultures has often been overlooked. Many meditators now sheltering at home in their own places may be wondering about the view on the ground from Buddhist Burma, and how monasteries, meditators, and monastics are responding. Ashin Dhammosadha, a German monk living in Yangon, gives an update from his recent months there:
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Why are there still no reported cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Golden Land, when it has been spreading unabated into nearly every other country on Earth?
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Let by the revered Bhamo Sayadaw, the Chairman of State Sangha Mahanayaka Committee, Burmese monks are flown by helicopter over the Golden Land to protect their people from the deadly Coronavirus, COVID-19. They can be seen chanting protective verses and sprinkling water laced with chantings on loving-kindness, and making the Vow of Truth.
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