Sunday, March 30, 2008
chaos in Heathrow airport
Isn't it shameful that the new terminal opening cause so much chaos!
news of Heathrow airport
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
may you find the middle way
U Jon Gyi is an American who moved to Burma ( Myanmar ) in 2002 and fell in love with the people and the culture.
He had to leave when trade sanctions imposed by President Bush in 2004.
He made this music video in Yangon when he went back for a visit in 2005.
He released it on youtube hoping to give some peaceful solution in September riots.
Myanmar 's friend The Thai PM on interview
watch him and what do you feel?
This is our democratically elected leader from our neighbor country almost like our sister country with the same back ground except that they were not under colonial rule.
He was asked about the students riots and muslim riots in Thailand.
Is there any miscommunications between the WEST and EAST?
Definitely he needs some training in sitting for interviews and public speaking.
Should all leaders of ASEAN be educated in the Western Universities and rule the rest like colonial rulers. Is that called democracy or authoritarian rule?
I am confused right now!
Fed up with Myanmar!
I remember after visiting Myanmar Mr Lee Hsien Loong from Singapore went back quite fed up with the regime.
He is from different generation of Singapore.
Our military leaders are from ancient generation even more ancient than Mr Lee Kwan Yew his father.
Today it looks like they are communicating better with the new PM of Thailand.
Finally Myanmar finds a friend in ASEAN!
Congratulations!
Singapore Prime Mininster Mr. Lee Hsien Loong
In collaboration with military junta. Economic and investment pact with Singapore Government Linked Companies (from Temasek Holdings to Singapore Government privately held Sembawang Group).
Punitive sanction by USA using Myanmar as scapegoat only add more misery to the plight and hapless masses and increases the poverty and starvation of the poor in Myanmar. Previous President Bill Clinton signed the sanction as bargaining chips with the Republicans in majority in Congress. The Senate was also with the Republicans majority. And the Christians Evangelicals wholeheartedly supported the Republicans.
Myanmar becomes the whipping scapegoat to serve the political agenda of USA politics. But the Republicans in USA got not enough balls and guts to dare sanction China during the Tianamen massacre in Beijing. Nor would big bad bully Republicans challenge China as size do matter. So being giant in size like China or Russia helps allay fear of being sanctions. Francis Lim.
Uploaded by cgnetwork2006 on 3 Jun 07, 9.25AM PDT.
အထက္ပါဓါတ္ပုုံ ကေတာ့ စကၤာပူဝန္ႀကီးခ်ဳဳပ္ လီ ရွံလုုံး ျမန္မာျပည္ကိုု လာစဥ္ကရိုုက္ထားတာပါ။
၁၉ ၉ ၉ မတ္လ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။
စကၤာပူအစိုုးရ ပိုုင္ကုုမၻဏီႀကီးမ်ားနဲ ့ျမန္မာျပည္မွာ စီးပြားပူးတြဲေဆာင္ရြက္မႈေတြလုုပ္အျပီးမွာ
၁၉ ၉ ၇ မွာ အေနာက္ႏိုုင္ငံက စီးပြားေရးပိတ္ဆိုု ့မႈေတြကိုု ျမန္မာျပည္စစ္အစိုုးရကိုုလုုပ္ခဲ့ပါတယ္။..
သမတ ကလင္တန္လက္ထက္မွာ ခရိယာန္ အဖြဲ ့ေတြ နဲ ့ ရီပပ္ဘလီကန္ ေတြ ရဲ ့ေတာင္းဆိုုမႈကိုု လိုုက္ေလ်ာ ေသာအားျဖင့္ ျမန္မာႏိုုင္ငံကိုု စေတးလိုုက္ပါတယ္။
တီနန္မင္ လြင္ျပင္မွာ ေက်ာင္းသားေတြကိုု ႏွိမ္ႏွင္းခဲ့တဲ့ တရုုပ္ျပည္ကိုု ေတာ့ ဘယ္သူကမွ မပိတ္ဆိုု ့၇ဲခဲ့ပါဘူး
စီပြားေရးပိတ္ဆိုု ့မႈဒဏ္ဟာ စစ္ဗိုုလ္ေတြ၇ဲ့မိသားစုုကိုု မထိဘဲ
အမ်ားျပည္သူေတြရဲ့ စားဝတ္ေနေရး အက်ပ္အတည္း ကိုု ပိုု ျဖစ္ေစခဲ့ပါတယ္။
အေမရိကန္ေတြရဲ့တကမၻာလုုံး လူ ့အခြင့္အေရးနဲ ့ဒီမိုုကေရစီ ျဖစ္ေစရမည္ဆိုုတဲ ့ ခံယူခ်က္ဟာ
ႀကီးမားေသာ တိုုင္းျပည္ႀကီးမ်ားျဖစ္တဲ ့တရုုပ္နဲ ့ ရုုရွားတိုု ့ကိုု မလႈပ္ခါရဲဘဲ
ေသးငယ္၍ ခြန္အားနဲ ေသာ ျမန္မာ ႏိုုင္ငံ ကိုု သာ အႏိုုင္က်င္ ့ႏိုုင္ခဲ့ပါတယ္။
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Reminiscing Yangon
reminiscing Rangoon Burma, ( Yangon , Myanmar )
A day in mid 1990's when the market economy was thriving with ASEAN investors in Yangon.
The Place : A famous monastery in Thanlyin an hour drive from Yangon crossing the bridge built as a present from red China in 1988.
( Thanlyin is a small city across the river from Rangoon city. It was once ruled by DeBritto a Portugese whom was acknowledged by the Burmese King. There is a church and a few famous Buddhist pagodas as well as the British Oil Corporation ( BOC ) now the Myanmar oil refinery. )
In the living room of the monastery there were some assorted groups of visitors from Yangon. The host was a famous monk, a robed man in early 40s, quite fair and handsome. He was standing and looking at the people sitting on the floor who came to pay homage to him.
One group at the front was the son of the SG with his Thai investors. They owned a donut shop chain. One group was a petite sino Burmese woman with her old but rich Chinese husband from Singapore a second marriage. Her first husband was a publisher who died young and she was left with two sons. At the back was another group of real estate dealers and diamond brokers from Yangon.
The monastery had over a hundred spirit houses in its yard quite unusual which is also the attraction for weak worshippers who are looking for some guidance. True Buddhism is not of spirit worshipping but in many areas of Burma, families worship spirits as they inherit from their ancestors. These nats or spirits serve their welfare in their present lives where as they believe Buddhism is only for next life.
As Chinese business people from South East Asia are very superstitious, the monk had become quite popular in Yangon and almost all the business people took their visitors to the monastery.
" Hi Sayadaw ( honorable monk ) , when will my new house be sold?" shouted the property speculator woman from the back.
" Hello , Sayadaw, can you do something for my sickness, someone must have done some evil thing ( jinxed ) me ," whimpered someone. There was no privacy at all as people tried to get attention from the monk to get their wishes fulfilled.
" You have to visit again to get the evil spirit out of your body. The devil need to be exorcised, bring some raw beef to feed the devil and I will get it out of your body, " the monk said as he watched the pretty face and body of the woman.
" For your businesses, I will give you these special beads I have prepared myself, this will bring success, I am building a new pagoda and you all can donate money for the building. "
Later he showed them the new pagoda under construction nearby.
A few years later, I heard that the monk was not in the monastery anymore.
The business people are still doing their business as usual in Yangon. Donuts shop is a hang out place for people for a sweet donut with coffee, the petite Sino Burmese woman is settling quite rich and nice in a good neighborhood by her foreign sponsor, sending her kids abroad, the property agents sold their house at last and are in a new construction business.
I just wonder where is that famous or infamous monk today!
They said he had moved back to his hometown in middle Burma. He may still be a monk or he may have become a layman, got married and live happily ever after with his fortune.
The pagoda he had built will not be able to compete with the historical pagodas built by old Kings around the region to attract worshippers for its maintenance.
A day in mid 1990's when the market economy was thriving with ASEAN investors in Yangon.
The Place : A famous monastery in Thanlyin an hour drive from Yangon crossing the bridge built as a present from red China in 1988.
( Thanlyin is a small city across the river from Rangoon city. It was once ruled by DeBritto a Portugese whom was acknowledged by the Burmese King. There is a church and a few famous Buddhist pagodas as well as the British Oil Corporation ( BOC ) now the Myanmar oil refinery. )
In the living room of the monastery there were some assorted groups of visitors from Yangon. The host was a famous monk, a robed man in early 40s, quite fair and handsome. He was standing and looking at the people sitting on the floor who came to pay homage to him.
One group at the front was the son of the SG with his Thai investors. They owned a donut shop chain. One group was a petite sino Burmese woman with her old but rich Chinese husband from Singapore a second marriage. Her first husband was a publisher who died young and she was left with two sons. At the back was another group of real estate dealers and diamond brokers from Yangon.
The monastery had over a hundred spirit houses in its yard quite unusual which is also the attraction for weak worshippers who are looking for some guidance. True Buddhism is not of spirit worshipping but in many areas of Burma, families worship spirits as they inherit from their ancestors. These nats or spirits serve their welfare in their present lives where as they believe Buddhism is only for next life.
As Chinese business people from South East Asia are very superstitious, the monk had become quite popular in Yangon and almost all the business people took their visitors to the monastery.
" Hi Sayadaw ( honorable monk ) , when will my new house be sold?" shouted the property speculator woman from the back.
" Hello , Sayadaw, can you do something for my sickness, someone must have done some evil thing ( jinxed ) me ," whimpered someone. There was no privacy at all as people tried to get attention from the monk to get their wishes fulfilled.
" You have to visit again to get the evil spirit out of your body. The devil need to be exorcised, bring some raw beef to feed the devil and I will get it out of your body, " the monk said as he watched the pretty face and body of the woman.
" For your businesses, I will give you these special beads I have prepared myself, this will bring success, I am building a new pagoda and you all can donate money for the building. "
Later he showed them the new pagoda under construction nearby.
A few years later, I heard that the monk was not in the monastery anymore.
The business people are still doing their business as usual in Yangon. Donuts shop is a hang out place for people for a sweet donut with coffee, the petite Sino Burmese woman is settling quite rich and nice in a good neighborhood by her foreign sponsor, sending her kids abroad, the property agents sold their house at last and are in a new construction business.
I just wonder where is that famous or infamous monk today!
They said he had moved back to his hometown in middle Burma. He may still be a monk or he may have become a layman, got married and live happily ever after with his fortune.
The pagoda he had built will not be able to compete with the historical pagodas built by old Kings around the region to attract worshippers for its maintenance.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Around Sule Paya
The center of Rangoon, we have a mosque next to our pagoda . We also have churches, Hindi temples in the city. Rangoon is a multiethnic and multicultural city.
All are free to worship any religion, every one is fairly treated
Only the military is higher than all of us.
All are free to worship any religion, every one is fairly treated
Only the military is higher than all of us.
To all to be Equal the soldiers must back down a step of two or More!
Don't worry,
Will still give them some preferential treatment to keep the country United.
After all, that must be what their founder General Aung San wanted.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Blessed way in Buddhism
How many blessings do you have today? Mingalar ( blessing in Buddhism )
AthayWanasa Barlanan:
It is a blessing not to be associated with bad people.
It is a blessing to be associated with learned people.
It is a blessing to give respect to respectable people.
Pati Yupa Daytha War Thaw Sa
It is a blessing to live in a suitable place.
It is a blessing to enjoy the goodness you have done in your past.
It is a blessing to make yourself a good person.
Bahu Thinza
It is a blessing to be knowledgeable
It is a blessing to learn a clean trade
It is a blessing to be ethical
It is a blessing to speak a good word.
Martapitu Upatharnan
It is a blessing to take care of your parents
It is a blessing to take care of your family
It is a blessing to do a course which won’t harm other people.
Daninza Dhamma Sariyar
1. It is a blessing to donate and help unfortunate others.
2. It is a blessing to live accordingly to the fairness and ethics.
3. It is a blessing to help the relatives and family.
4. It is a blessing to do a course without a sin.
Arati Wirati
It is a blessing to stay as far as you can away from doing bad things.
It is a blessing to avoid as much as you can from doing bad things.
It is a blessing not to drink the lethal alcohol.
It is a blessing not to ever forget to do a good thing.
Gararaw sa Niwartawsa.
It is a blessing to respect the respectable person.
It is a blessing to be humble and not boastful
It is a blessing to be satisfied with what you have.
It is a blessing not to forget a person who has helped you.
It is a blessing to listen to some good words when there is opportunity.
Khandi Sa.
It is a blessing to be resilient and be patient with insults you get from others.
It is a blessing to listen to good advice from good people.
It is a blessing to meet ethical and wise people.
It is a blessing to ask and discuss about nature of life.
Tapaw Sa.
It is a blessing to be frugal, not to over spend.
It is a blessing to practice the noble deed.
It is a blessing to know the truth.
It is a blessing to look forward to Nivirna, a stage free from attachments and sufferings.
Phuthatha Law Ka Dhammay Hi.
1 It is a blessing of to be able to stand the difficulties and sufferings in life.
2. It is a blessing not to have an anxiety or fear.
3. It is a blessing to be clear from greed and lust.
4. It is a blessing not to be in any danger.
Mingalar 38 transliteration by Mayburma.
AthayWanasa Barlanan:
It is a blessing not to be associated with bad people.
It is a blessing to be associated with learned people.
It is a blessing to give respect to respectable people.
Pati Yupa Daytha War Thaw Sa
It is a blessing to live in a suitable place.
It is a blessing to enjoy the goodness you have done in your past.
It is a blessing to make yourself a good person.
Bahu Thinza
It is a blessing to be knowledgeable
It is a blessing to learn a clean trade
It is a blessing to be ethical
It is a blessing to speak a good word.
Martapitu Upatharnan
It is a blessing to take care of your parents
It is a blessing to take care of your family
It is a blessing to do a course which won’t harm other people.
Daninza Dhamma Sariyar
1. It is a blessing to donate and help unfortunate others.
2. It is a blessing to live accordingly to the fairness and ethics.
3. It is a blessing to help the relatives and family.
4. It is a blessing to do a course without a sin.
Arati Wirati
It is a blessing to stay as far as you can away from doing bad things.
It is a blessing to avoid as much as you can from doing bad things.
It is a blessing not to drink the lethal alcohol.
It is a blessing not to ever forget to do a good thing.
Gararaw sa Niwartawsa.
It is a blessing to respect the respectable person.
It is a blessing to be humble and not boastful
It is a blessing to be satisfied with what you have.
It is a blessing not to forget a person who has helped you.
It is a blessing to listen to some good words when there is opportunity.
Khandi Sa.
It is a blessing to be resilient and be patient with insults you get from others.
It is a blessing to listen to good advice from good people.
It is a blessing to meet ethical and wise people.
It is a blessing to ask and discuss about nature of life.
Tapaw Sa.
It is a blessing to be frugal, not to over spend.
It is a blessing to practice the noble deed.
It is a blessing to know the truth.
It is a blessing to look forward to Nivirna, a stage free from attachments and sufferings.
Phuthatha Law Ka Dhammay Hi.
1 It is a blessing of to be able to stand the difficulties and sufferings in life.
2. It is a blessing not to have an anxiety or fear.
3. It is a blessing to be clear from greed and lust.
4. It is a blessing not to be in any danger.
Mingalar 38 transliteration by Mayburma.
I'm an eremite, why don't you leave me alone?
I'm an eremite, why don't you leave me alone?
Shwedagon Pagoda's eremite - Yangoon - Myanmar (Burma)
Uploaded by CVDias on 15 Mar 08, 8.53AM PDT.
Hunting season...
တိုုးရစ္တေယာက္ ပုုဂံမွာ ရိုုက္ထားတဲ့ဓါတ္ပုုံပါ..
တိရာစၦာန္ရုုံမွာ ေမ်ာက္ေတြသန္းရွာတာျမင္ဘူးသလား
ဗမာေတြလဲ ေတာ္ေတာ္ ေမ်ာက္နဲ ့တူတယ္ေနာ္။
၇ွမ္းျပည္တိုု ့မြန္ျပည္တိုု ့က အမိ်ဳးသမီးေတြက ပိုုသန္ ့ရွင္းတာေတြ ့ရတယ္။
မိန္းမေတြ ေခါင္းမွာ သန္း၇ွိတာ
ခေလးေတြ ေျခေထာက္မွာ ဝဲေတြေပါက္တာ ေတာ္ေတာ္ေတြ ့ရတယ္
ေယာကၤ်ားေတြက ေပြးေတြ ဒက္ေတြေပါက္တယ္။ ဘုုန္းႀကီးေတြ ပိုုဆိုုးတယ္။
သကၤန္းေတြရုုံရတာရယ္။ စုုေပါင္းေနရတာရယ္ေၾကာင့္ပါ။
ဒီလူေတြကိုု ဒီမိုုကေရစီထက္ ပညာေရးစီးပြားေရး က်န္းမာေရး အဆင္ေျပဘိုု ့
ရပ္ရြာ သန္ ့၇ွင္းေရး အက္တစ္ဗစ္ဇင္.. တကိုုယ္ရည္သန္ ့ရွင္းေရးအက္တစ္ဗစ္ဇင္
လုုပ္ၾကဘိုု ့အေရးႀကီးေနပါတယ္ ေရာင္းရင္းတိုု ့။
Hunting season...
street market - Bagan - Myanmar - Burma
Uploaded by CVDias on 16 Mar 08, 8.57AM PDT.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Dalai Lama 18 mars
Dalai Lama said he will resign if unrest in Tibet don't stop
Uploaded by Jacques de Goldfiem on 18 Mar 08, 2.14PM PDT.
rise and fall
The Master of Spy
His Modernization Style
Joined ASEAN
Protect from Communism
Change from Socialism
made Peace with ethnic insurgency
invite them for business Harmony
strength of the country
lies within the country
Promote wealth for locals
desire to see high rise buildings
Ousted by the military
who did not grasp his Visions
Vacant position Empty offices
those who had inflicted Wounds for Activists
now the Mighty army without the Checking party
Ethnic insurgency- Anarchists activists
powerless and poor people
working for encroaching Yunanese
weakening Asean
looking up at Chinese
we all need to be united
to combat against the Giants
What is Asean after all
Pawns of the mighty West
Mayburma.
----
His Modernization Style
Joined ASEAN
Protect from Communism
Change from Socialism
made Peace with ethnic insurgency
invite them for business Harmony
strength of the country
lies within the country
Promote wealth for locals
desire to see high rise buildings
Ousted by the military
who did not grasp his Visions
Vacant position Empty offices
those who had inflicted Wounds for Activists
now the Mighty army without the Checking party
Ethnic insurgency- Anarchists activists
powerless and poor people
working for encroaching Yunanese
weakening Asean
looking up at Chinese
we all need to be united
to combat against the Giants
What is Asean after all
Pawns of the mighty West
Mayburma.
----
khin nyunt opening the burmese narcotics museum
General Khin Nyunt, then the number-three man in the Burmese junta, opening the Anti-Narcotics Museum in Shan State in 1997. Considered a relative moderate in the junta, he was made Prime Minister in 2003; a year later he was ousted, and is believed (early 2005) to be under house arrest.
Uploaded by tap tap tap on 16 May 05, 1.41PM PDT.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Thank You China!
Thank you China for freeing Tibet from ancient days
It is time Dalai Lama shall be allowed to go back home
He shall govern together under China
All shall prosper
maintain the culture
the world shall rejoice for all
Olympic torch can be lit by Tibetans
Dalai Lama will welcome Olympic together with China
Mayburma.
It is time Dalai Lama shall be allowed to go back home
He shall govern together under China
All shall prosper
maintain the culture
the world shall rejoice for all
Olympic torch can be lit by Tibetans
Dalai Lama will welcome Olympic together with China
Mayburma.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Real Hero
Hero for peace
Hero for anti narcotics
He worked hard and negotiate
with drug lords and insurgents to come clean
He deserves an award internationally!
Hero for anti narcotics
He worked hard and negotiate
with drug lords and insurgents to come clean
He deserves an award internationally!
burmese military intelligence
Col. Kyaw Thein, front, negotiated virtually all of the cease-fire agreeements reached between Yangon and fifteen insurgent groups in Myanmar in the 1980's and 1990's. Well-regarded by the international community, he was also a top official in the anti-narcotics effort. Position unknown since the October 2004 downfall of Prime Minister Khin Nyunt, with whom he was associated. Photo taken in Shan State, on the Burma-China border, 1998
Uploaded by tap tap tap on 16 May 05, 2.02PM PDT.
The real heroine!
No need to wear flowers on your head
No need to dress like a peasant
You have done your duty as a journalist
No need to dress like a peasant
You have done your duty as a journalist
A true Burmese educated and patriotic
She is the real heroine Ma Thanegi
the artist and writer ma thanegi
One of Myanmar's most sophisticated and outspoken writers, Ma Thanegi was an advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi during the 1988-89 political campaign, and was arrested in July 1989. She spent the subsequent three years in Insein jail as a political prisoner. Since then, her writing has been published in the International Herald Tribune, the Far Eastern Economic Review and many other publications. She is also the author of several books on Myanmar culture, including the classic, "The Illusion of Life".
Uploaded by tap tap tap on 16 May 05, 2.20PM PDT.
Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama is a peaceful man.
We wish to see him back at his palace for his people and its culture.
Long Live Dalai Lama !
MODEL GIRL
Ready! lights! camera! and action!
the dreams she envisioned
make up dresses flowers speeches
higher than our reach
Attentive media- lost in space
beliefs we take to the grave
the world is a big swirl!
higher than our reach
Attentive media- lost in space
beliefs we take to the grave
the world is a big swirl!
she is but a model girl!
Aung San Suu Kyi. general secretary of the National League for Democracy, Myanmar's strongest non-government political organization. As of early 2005 she was under house arrest, and not expected to be released soon. Photographed at a press conference in her home, September 1996, after a government crackdown on her party.
Aung San Suu Kyi. general secretary of the National League for Democracy, Myanmar's strongest non-government political organization. As of early 2005 she was under house arrest, and not expected to be released soon. Photographed at a press conference in her home, September 1996, after a government crackdown on her party.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Ruili, China border
burmese coffee shop in China (border)
Uploaded by fredalix on 28 Jan 08, 8.02AM PDT.
Chinese Province
Inch by Inch Chinese encroached
Our Northern border next to Yunan Province
From Muse to Lashio a direct route exists
in 70's they moved to May Myo
the summer capital of British
Pyin Oo Lwin now named
The Defence Academy claimed its place
in 80's the vacant houses by fire
In our Mandalay city
taken up by Chinese
In 90's open economy
Commander Tun Kyi made all possible
for land deeds in tons of cash
Suddenly appeared shop signs in Chinese letters
Gold shops and tourist hotels
Mandalay Lashio Muse
border trade and yuan exchanges
all active and brisk
Later arrrived in Yangon the capital for education and wealth
cars imported from the port
travelled to China in 90's
today it is reversed by the limited
Women trafficked to Thai in 80s
for maids and brothels
lately to China as brides
fruits and food consumed by hungry China
all plastics goods and cheap medicine
exchanged in place for non industrialized Burma
Definitely we are a province of China.
Our Northern border next to Yunan Province
From Muse to Lashio a direct route exists
in 70's they moved to May Myo
the summer capital of British
Pyin Oo Lwin now named
The Defence Academy claimed its place
in 80's the vacant houses by fire
In our Mandalay city
taken up by Chinese
In 90's open economy
Commander Tun Kyi made all possible
for land deeds in tons of cash
Suddenly appeared shop signs in Chinese letters
Gold shops and tourist hotels
Mandalay Lashio Muse
border trade and yuan exchanges
all active and brisk
Later arrrived in Yangon the capital for education and wealth
cars imported from the port
travelled to China in 90's
today it is reversed by the limited
Women trafficked to Thai in 80s
for maids and brothels
lately to China as brides
fruits and food consumed by hungry China
all plastics goods and cheap medicine
exchanged in place for non industrialized Burma
Definitely we are a province of China.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Messenger of Spring
"The snow is melting
The birds are singing
The sun is shining
I can smell the Spring
Will wait for the first daffodil
With the bees at its frills
Will wait for the first greens
To bud on the trees
Grey will be over
Brown will dive under
The world will have multiple colors
of soft petals and texture"
mayburma.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Potala, Tibet
Looking at this picture of Potala, I feel moved by emotions though I am not from Tibet.
I wish to have this wonderful place rekindled by presence of its ruler The Dalai Lama. Tibet shall be the place for cultural tourism and promotion of a peaceful religion.
Long Live Dalai Lama! Freedom for Tibet !
Mayburma.
I wish to have this wonderful place rekindled by presence of its ruler The Dalai Lama. Tibet shall be the place for cultural tourism and promotion of a peaceful religion.
Long Live Dalai Lama! Freedom for Tibet !
Mayburma.
"The Potala Palace, winter palace of the Dalai Lama since the 7th century, symbolizes Tibetan Buddhism and its central role in the traditional administration of Tibet. The complex, comprising the White and Red Palaces with their ancillary buildings, is built on Red Mountain in the centre of Lhasa Valley, at an altitude of 3,700m. Also founded in the 7th century, the Jokhang Temple Monastery is an exceptional Buddhist religious complex. Norbulingka, the Dalai Lama's former summer palace, constructed in the 18th century, is a masterpiece of Tibetan art. The beauty and originality of the architecture of these three sites, their rich ornamentation and harmonious integration in a striking landscape, add to their historic and religious interest."
whc.unesco.org/en/list/707
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Lions of Mandalay
The two Lions guarding the entrance of the Pagoda at Mandalay Hill.
The biggest lions statues in Burma as far as I know.
Mandalay is the old Kingdom of Burma, a place where my father was born, a place where my ancestors lived.
A cultural city where the chief abbots of the monasteries of the whole country live.
There are two snakes statues on this hill as well. Sometimes I dream of them.
Not anymore!!! where are they????? in my dreams!!!
Mayburma.
Huge lion statues guarding Mandalay Hill, Mandalay, Myanmar / Burma, originally uploaded by Boonlong1.
The biggest lions statues in Burma as far as I know.
Mandalay is the old Kingdom of Burma, a place where my father was born, a place where my ancestors lived.
A cultural city where the chief abbots of the monasteries of the whole country live.
There are two snakes statues on this hill as well. Sometimes I dream of them.
Not anymore!!! where are they????? in my dreams!!!
Mayburma.
Huge lion statues guarding Mandalay Hill, Mandalay, Myanmar / Burma, originally uploaded by Boonlong1.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Spitzer
Spitzer Spitzer
The New York Governor
A rigorously trained lawyer
self made Millionaire
for public against corporate greed
won against the Wall Street
The Greed was punished
But his own Lust persists
Caught on tape calling a prostitute
spent 4 grands for an hour ( WOW! )
Time to learn that Men have greed
as well as Men have lust and needs
His enemies rejoiced
Wall Street made new heights
Hooray ! Economy
Free from Lawyers and Jerks
Give up! Give up! its Over
48 only but no more dream for White House
Not able to Control Desire
its time for you to Retire
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Bagan - monks w reclining buddha
TAPAWSA is one of 38 ways to live in Mingalar Sutta.
Tapawsa = WORK hard without laziness in learning an ethical trade to make a good living + CONTROL your acts and desires.
COMPOSE yourself , your eyes, your acts, your desires.
tapa means CONTROL of actions desire and feelings
tapa also means learning good education to make a fair living without laziness.
Tapawsa present perseverence and control of over indulgence in luxuries.
Control means controlling your desires in enjoying sights, sound, touch, taste and acts.
People tend to get into debts and destruction due to desiring things. One can save a lot of trouble if one can control his desires.
One shall not desire what is beyond its reach.
There are wars and destruction because of angers and greed. If people can control their angers and greed the world shall be in peace.
Gautama
He did not make rules for you
He cannot save you
He cannot punish you
Things happen by nature
there are cause and effects
He can give you guidance
He can give you advice
the rest depends upon you
Its is your own effort
You reap what you sow
depends upon what you do
how you follow the rules
He himself had experienced enough
relentless efforts in different lives
faced poverty and richness
in every ways
to see the right path and see the truth
You can not gain from efforts of others
you have to work yourself
follow the rules for men and monks
to meet the wealth of enlightenment
methods
free yourself from attachment
bring you mind back to your self
your body and environment
see the world clearly
feel the sun
hear the songs of the birds
see the brightness on earth
aware of your body
breath in and out
minute senses
calm -clear -tranquil- peace
lighten your soul and body
do physically today
with no thoughts astray
awareness is the key
tame the mind
keep it in your body
pure- simple- easy
nothing else matters
minute tasks to do
day by day
hour by hour
minute by minute
second by second
with full awareness
feel the environment
and your physical presence
living meditation it is..
method to be free from worries and unnecessary thoughts
live at present