KyaemonHe was more fortunate than Salman Rushdie on whom the Ayatollah passed a decree of death for his writings. He dared to challenge the concept of Prophets and the elite few. See below on “RELIGION.” Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Zakariya_al-Razi# Muhammad ibn Zakariyā Rāzī (Mohammad-e Zakariā-ye Rāzi: Persian: محمد زکریای […]
Freethinking Muslims | AnAtheist.Net http://www.anatheist.net/2010/05/freethinking-muslims/ Extracts This is the basic argument presented by From the History of Atheism in Islam by the renowned Egyptian thinker Abdel-Rahman Badawi. Published in Arabic in 1945, the book was reprinted only once in 1993. It discusses the work of the Islamic philosopher-scientists of the medieval period and the way […]
Religious violence is horrible. Killing innocents cannot be condoned. The Jihadists are giving Islam a bad name. Moderate muslims should speak out more. Same as in other religions, ignoring the problem or keeping quiet harms the remaining good people and encourages the extreme elements. Fresh religious violence hits Nigerian city – Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/nigeriaunrest;_ylt=A0wNdNmQppVLceMADAdAw_IE;_ylu=X3oDMTMzcTB0bHIwBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDEwMDMwOC9uaWdlcmlhdW5yZXN0BGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDMQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA21hY2hldGVhdHRhYw– JOS, […]
Shouldn’t allow the few bad monks to despoil such beauty. PM – Scandals follow Thailand’s monks http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s216493.htm COMPERE: Phone sex, real sex, dressing up in military uniforms, rape, murder and being murdered. These are just some of the scandals that Thailand’s Buddhist Monks have been embroiled in recently. South East Asia correspondent, Geoff Thompson, reports. […]
Some actions are taken. Thai Buddhist monks defrocked over sex, drugs and alcohol – Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/1373309/Thai-Buddhist-monks-defrocked-over-sex-drugs-and-alcohol.html THEY have girlfriends and take drugs. They drink whisky and sing karaoke. Their conveyance of choice is a Mercedes-Benz saloon. But when they hit town they have to wear a wig because, as Buddhist monks, they need to be […]
NO LAUGHING MATTER. NEED TO PONDER SERIOUSLY. THE CONCLUSION SAYS, “GIVING MANY CONCERNED THAI BUDDHISTS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.” SAME THING. PRETEND IT HAPPENS ALSO IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND TO OTHER RELIGIONS. SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT. Monk Scandals « In the Kingdom http://johnlambert.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/monk-scandals/ The Thai people have been dealing with Buddhist monk scandals for […]
BBC News | Asia-Pacific | Thai monk defies arrest http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/428838.stm At least 20,000 followers of a controversial Thai monk have gathered at his temple on the outskirts of Bangkok to try and prevent his arrest on charges of fraud and embezzlement. A warrant for the arrest of Phra Dhammachayo, who is the abbot of the […]
SEAPA — Southest Asian Press Alliance http://www.seapabkk.org/fellowships/2002/yasmin.html BANGKOK, Thailand – Medfai slightly bowed her head in the traditional “wai” to greet the parents of her friend. She is only four years old and oblivious of the occasion that her family and all Buddhists around the world observed. Once a year, when the moon is full […]
Media : A Monk in a Mess is the Talk of All Thailand : A Buddhist abbot says he paid $200,000 to a woman who said he was the father of her unborn baby. He is Southeast Asia’s answer to Jim Bakker. – Los Angeles Times http://articles.latimes.com/1990-08-07/news/wr-220_1_buddhist-monk BANGKOK, Thailand — Like a faint echo of […]
LESSONS FROM OUR NEIGHBOR: A FEW BAD MONKS’ ACTIONS CAN SMEAR ALL THE GOOD NOBLE MONKS. A ROTTEN FISH CAN SPOIL THE WHOLE BOATFUL. THAT’S WHY THE COMMUNITY AND THE MONKS CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT LOOK THE OTHER WAY. “I GOT MY KUTHO, I DON’T CARE OR I DON’T WANT TO KNOW” ATTITUDE IS WRONG. […]
Phan Sin Shin Thone Oo Video – sevenload http://en.sevenload.com/videos/uzaHqQl-Phan-Sin-Shin-Thone-Oo Phan Sin Shin Thone Oo Myanmar Buddhist Talks A wonderful, down to earth, and very blunt sermon about True Buddhism and practice for the common people. It’s also filled with colorful illuminating stories for lay people’s easy understanding. EXTRACTS He preaches: Pomp and ceremony are not […]
Mogok Sayadaw U Vimala’s talk YouTube – Don’t come to the Talk just for Kusala Merit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAldydhLbPY&feature=related November 25, 2008 — A reminder to the audience by the Late Mogok Sayadawgyi U Vimala, not to attend his Dhamma Talks just for gaining Merits. (Longer one-hour talks at www.Mogok.org, www.NibbanaDhamma.co.uk and www.MyanmarNet.co.uk) A famous saying goes, […]
Mogok Sayadaw (Venerable Sayadawgyi U Wimala) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogok_Sayadaw Mogok Sayadaw U Vimala (Burmese: မိုးကုတျ ဆရာတောျ ဦးဝိမလ; 27 December 1899 – 17 October 1962) was a renowned Theravada Buddhist monk and vipassana meditation master. Early life He was born Maung Hla Baw to Daw Shwe Ake and U Aung Tun in a […]