Monks!

Those of us who are studying and teaching abroad share this unity, and have rallied to the support of those of us in Burma.

They have attacked monasteries and arrested monks and nuns by force.

Monks at the Silver Pagoda in Phnom Penh.

Many Korean monks went to China to learn about Buddhism.

Most students, and probably the leading monks and nuns, came from aristocratic families.

The police took the monks into the courtyard of the police station and searched the vehicle. They then searched the monks, confiscating Thich Quang Do's mobile phone. They then separated the monks, taking them to different places for interrogation. Thich Quang Do was taken to Ho Chi Minh City.

At least three people were killed and around 100 monks arrested.

Last year, it was Burma s Buddhist monks who were shot and beaten with batons.

Soldiers from 33 Battalion knelt down and requested the protesting monks to stop the protest.

The monks are the preservers of dharma by attacking them, the generals attack Buddhism itself.

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In Burma, the power of educated Buddhist monks people who are unarmed and peace loving by their very nature has risen up against the military regime. That monks are leading the protests is no great surprise to those who have taken a long term interest in the situation in Burma.

A squad of Security Police armed with electric truncheons intercepted the monks and placed them under arrest.

Many of the monks replied, You may shoot but we will still march , and carried on with their marches.

All in all, Shenouda tried as much as possible to employ the monks in their old professions.

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That monks are leading the protests is no great surprise to those who have taken a long term interest in the situation in Burma.

Monasteries and temples are exploited as tourist attractions, while government agents try to ensure that the monks stay in line.

The latter pages of his work are devoted to rebutting the criticism of his fellow monks that what he was saying was wrong.

An overwhelming number of Burma s Buddhist monks have found it difficult to bear the central and regional governments efforts to corrupt their monastic orders, and to misuse the example of the monks self restraint to increase the pressure on other believers.

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What's he doing over there at Amrapali's house with all his 500 monks, and so on. They were all grumbling, and so they boycotted him.

The world has been horrified by graphic images of the latest crackdown by Myanmar s military junta.

Some 2,000 Burmese and Malaysians joined in a solidarity protest to support the democratic movement in Burma and to protest against the killings of monks, civilians and a journalist.

Many monks and nuns have been abused and beaten, and thousands who have been arrested endure continued brutality.

We know that some people in the army and organizations close to the regime have been reluctant to use violence against the monks.

In Burma, the power of educated Buddhist monks people who are unarmed and peace loving by their very nature has risen up against the military regime.

It is not a mark of a superpower s quiet, self confident authority to beat up Buddhist monks and attack their spiritual leader.

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But the bullets and clubs unleashed on Buddhist monks have worked. The monks have retreated, and an eerie normalcy has returned to Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar s principal city and former capital.

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For a monk to involve himself in politics or to hold a political post is contrary to the ethical code of Theravada Buddhism.

But it was the monks and nuns who took the first step they dared to protest when others had mostly given up.

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