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For meditators, by meditators...
For meditators, by meditators...

Consider the gift of a very special meditation cushion!

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Shwe Lan Ga LayMay 21, 2022Comment
A Woman's Revolution
A Woman's Revolution

A Karenni candidate for Parliament discusses what she has done to resist the military takeover.

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Shwe Lan Ga LayMay 18, 2022Comment
Reflections on Vesak Day
Reflections on Vesak Day

A devout Burmese meditator reflects during a time of strife in his country.

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Shwe Lan Ga LayMay 13, 2022Comment
Why Buddhism cannot thrive under a dictatorship
Why Buddhism cannot thrive under a dictatorship

A discussion about the relationship between the military and the teachings of the Buddha.

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Shwe Lan Ga LayMay 10, 2022Comment
Seeking Freedom
Seeking Freedom

An activist from Kachin state recounts her past year of revolution

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Shwe Lan Ga LayMay 4, 2022Comment
A minesweeper’s story
A minesweeper’s story

How the Burmese military uses human shields.

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Shwe Lan Ga LayMay 3, 2022Comment
The role of Yadayā (Reversal of Karma)
The role of Yadayā (Reversal of Karma)

How Burmese generals have perverted the Buddha’s teachings by taking on astrological beliefs, at a severe cost to human life.

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Shwe Lan Ga LayMay 2, 2022Comment
A Wish at a Temple of Bagan
A Wish at a Temple of Bagan

Calling on the devas to intervene in a messy world.

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Shwe Lan Ga LayApril 21, 2022Comment
"Don't be rude to the Sagaing Hills"
"Don't be rude to the Sagaing Hills"

A poem reflects the feeling of the people.

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Shwe Lan Ga LayApril 20, 2022Comment
Military forcing meditation retreats
Military forcing meditation retreats

The absurdity of the Tatmadaw continues in a horrific fashion….

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Shwe Lan Ga LayApril 18, 2022Comment
Fake monks: Abettors of murder
Fake monks: Abettors of murder

How the Burmese military are employing fake monks to carry out their murder and campaign of terror.

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Shwe Lan Ga LayApril 17, 2022Comment
In Sagaing, "We don't have anything left to lose..."
In Sagaing, "We don't have anything left to lose..."

A translated Q&A with a Sagaing villager.

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Shwe Lan Ga LayApril 16, 2022Comment
Revolutionary Than-gyat and Thingyan
Revolutionary Than-gyat and Thingyan

A refusal to normalize terror, even at holiday time.

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Shwe Lan Ga LayApril 14, 2022Comment
Abhidhaja Sayadaw: An example of honesty
Abhidhaja Sayadaw: An example of honesty

Portrait of a Burmese Buddhist monk at a young age…

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Shwe Lan Ga LayApril 11, 2022
Resilience and Revolution: One family's story
Resilience and Revolution: One family's story

The story of an ethnic Christian family escaping capture from Thai and Burmese forces.

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Shwe Lan Ga LayMarch 30, 2022Comment
Demand that Cloudflare stop shielding the Myanmar military!
Demand that Cloudflare stop shielding the Myanmar military!

Help us to stop companies from doing business with the junta!

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Shwe Lan Ga LayMarch 29, 2022Comment
Two Worlds Collide
Two Worlds Collide

About that meeting between Maha Bodhi Myaing Sayadaw and Wirathu.

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Shwe Lan Ga LayMarch 25, 2022Comment
In Kyaukme, from killer to saint
In Kyaukme, from killer to saint

Insights at a meditation retreat in the Shan Hills.

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Shwe Lan Ga LayMarch 24, 2022Comment
President Biden: Stop oil companies from bankrolling the Myanmar military
President Biden: Stop oil companies from bankrolling the Myanmar military

Let’s shut off the pipeline to the generals!

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Shwe Lan Ga LayMarch 22, 2022Comment
Tamote in flames
Tamote in flames

How a small village housing one of the most extraordinary Buddhist sites in Myanmar has been burned to the ground.

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Shwe Lan Ga LayMarch 18, 2022Comment
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