tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22352417752940448122026-05-08T01:20:08.412-07:00Inquest of wisdom and compassionMaybe we are now too old and infirm to fight Nazis. But I believe at least we should have strength to uproot the ideas which give rise to Nazism. (Burmakin 2013')Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-14390308198274273852014-04-26T22:26:00.000-07:002014-04-26T22:29:04.509-07:00The Women Land: avowal and contradictions In our junior school years, Burmese Socialist Government prescribed history textbooks for us that were flatter than the slate of a modern Apple’s proud product, the iPad Mini. Fearing the dividend to my knowledge of history delivered by these lovely minions of the government’s curriculum was distorted, I explored beyond the fences and intellectually wandered in different directions, learningBurmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-50834425121899488632014-02-07T05:29:00.004-08:002014-02-18T10:24:12.122-08:00The Apology of Burmakin IX updated on Feb 18, 2014 for better explanation. Evil wishes In Samyutta Nikaya, I find an excellent story reference in regard to the controversial issue of whether Buddhist monks should take political action and side with any political group. The story is as follows: In Rajagaha, Ven. Ananda was wandering with a large group of Bikkhus and he came to meet with Ven. Kassapa who was Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-39951788660153332052013-11-12T19:31:00.000-08:002013-11-12T19:42:31.806-08:00Reading Identity and Violence on Burma (2)<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-70114451319850602432013-10-17T07:05:00.000-07:002013-10-17T07:05:49.190-07:00Nothing in the universe to everything in the universe VII https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20130917-a-jewel-at-the-heart-of-quantum-physics/ In a relatively less-known Sutra, that I might call&nbsp;Vaidehi Sutra,&nbsp;Ajatasatru, the wicked prince, locked his mother Vadehi up in the prison in order to stop her from secretly carrying food to King Bimbisara. Vadehi prayed to Buddha saying that she wanted to be born anew and no longer Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-28832975940402708442013-08-11T03:21:00.003-07:002013-08-11T03:21:52.306-07:00Reading Identity and Violence on Burma (1) <!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 0 1 855 4875 Mac 40 11 5719 14.0 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-46001296346985708922012-08-22T19:29:00.000-07:002012-08-27T07:22:24.190-07:00Why your country has two names? V <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-64168713369434683722011-12-12T13:31:00.000-08:002011-12-13T02:38:53.134-08:00Devadatta Sangha II<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-71402696809091799512011-07-02T20:14:00.001-07:002011-07-03T11:11:28.619-07:00Devadatta Sangha II got a very interesting forwarded letter written by an interesting person called U Bandhu whom I don't know personally. I just polished some crude sentences and corrected a few misspelled Pali-names of his letter. Please do read the web link provided to understand the background contexts of the arguments lined out by the original writer.I also intend to write my own critical analysis on the Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-38900994966667649452011-06-08T10:32:00.001-07:002011-06-08T10:35:43.196-07:00The apology of Burmakin VIIIBurmakin: Your majesty, you may be a poisonous communist rather than a King Buddhist! Who knows what Heaven dislikes and what it likes? I have felt ashamed that these elite Mahayanists, influenced by Western education or biased towards the support of the West, are liberalizing Buddhism. I now feel that their liberalizing Buddhism is not that worse than what you are propagandizing – communizing Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-19787782247816738142011-01-18T22:01:00.000-08:002011-01-19T17:27:27.316-08:00The apology of Burmakin Va- part II<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-74733309009957612342010-10-26T11:05:00.001-07:002010-11-01T07:10:09.203-07:00The apology of Burmakin Va<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-73488891831155026842010-06-24T21:27:00.001-07:002010-06-24T21:42:15.101-07:00Why your country has two names? IV <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-13962862919648962952010-03-31T18:22:00.001-07:002010-03-31T20:43:41.600-07:00Why your country has two names? IIIIn 2005, I earned an opportunity to take one semester course of political sciences in MIT. The following original mid-term paper fed with comments from the instructor (who is regarded as a genius by his American peers), could be read as a companion to The apology of Burmakin VII.Western anthropologists who try to connect the Burmese Buddhist culture with the totalitarian rule of the country, are Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-48159229544892566582010-02-14T19:21:00.001-08:002010-03-10T17:59:14.643-08:00The apology of Burmakin VII <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-33747082440265758292009-12-31T21:58:00.001-08:002010-01-11T20:14:56.309-08:00Why Some animals are more equal than others? VIISynopsis of previous episodes: After completing his mission of the journey to the West, Monkey King, Wu Kong, had been waiting Abraham Lincoln in the Heaven of Rationality for 2,500 years. In 1865, after he was shot by the Southerner Booth, Abraham's transmigrated soul met with Father, George Washington, who assigned him a mission to crush the delusions of three monkeys who guarded the door of Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-46860324709634829952009-11-15T16:26:00.001-08:002009-12-17T17:06:32.144-08:00The apology of Burmakin VI <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-19525851116872853862009-10-05T22:08:00.001-07:002009-10-15T17:28:56.730-07:00Nothing in the universe to everything in the universe VIIt was not impossible that we might be the luckiest to inherit Theravadism to discern the nature of truth than any other religion could bestow it. However, the great is the enemy of the good and the good is the enemy of the great. We need to remind ourselves relentlessly that we should not be spoiled religious aristocrats; and neither deform noble universal Dharma of Buddha into a state of Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-40924687246971659612009-09-03T17:23:00.001-07:002009-09-27T12:31:20.481-07:00Nothing in the universe to everything in the universe V "Buddha was the perfect example for the path of action of Karma Yoga in Bhagavad Gita because he never expected a reward for his action" - Swami Vivekananda Some Western critics claimed that there had never been a soul of philosophy in our tyrannical and ancient Asia. As a matter of fact, Immanuel Kant deeply Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-77460796536076181612009-08-02T18:57:00.000-07:002009-08-03T16:17:05.231-07:00Nothing in the universe to everything in the universe IV <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-4406666690037485742009-05-31T18:32:00.000-07:002009-05-31T19:24:26.797-07:00Why Some animals are more equal than others? VI<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-43169698827356592272009-04-30T21:12:00.000-07:002009-05-02T15:10:14.073-07:00Why Some animals are more equal than others? VIn honor of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthdayThe choice of new liberty is based on a universal MENTAL principleThe gust of wind was fluttering his long and disproportionate ears as Abe walked on. He was feeling that clouds below his feet were fleeting vigorously on their spree. He laughed to himself. The nation he left on earth was now able to take a new shape of liberty with a new birth of Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-56940742482032295902009-03-14T16:09:00.000-07:002009-03-14T16:31:26.510-07:00The apology of Burmakin V<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-92077661449534054202009-02-14T14:37:00.000-08:002009-02-21T14:55:20.935-08:00Why Some animals are more equal than others? IVIn honor of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday (Feb 12, 2009) 1865 He found himself in an unacquainted place. The clouds were strolling under his feet. In his surroundings, the girls who were looking immortally young, with their hair beautifully shaped in wigs, played the musical instruments that he had never seen. Something was swimming across in the air towards him. He recognized what it was. Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-80180945102641194242008-12-31T20:43:00.000-08:002008-12-31T21:01:46.680-08:00The apology of Burmakin IV“Venerable Nagasena, do all the Bodhisattvas give away their wives and children, or was it only Vessantara?” “All of them do.” “But do those wives and children consent to it?”“The wives do but the children do not due to their tender age.”“But was it then a meritorious deed if the children were terrified and cried at being given away?”Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235241775294044812.post-31367133908861772802008-11-30T20:07:00.000-08:002008-12-03T16:28:57.709-08:00The Middle Way IIStory continued from Stinging Satires II:Stepped in a hurry is the Minister of Vague Information and Antirational Thinking Enforcement, Kyaw Hsan, a short statured guy with an enormous bald head. The Burmese junta stops dancing.“Please, Your Royal Highness, this lowly worthless creature begs your royal pardon for his unpardonable stupid interruption. This time, I have truly good news. We have Burmakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334148208700519171noreply@blogger.com5