{"id":1283,"date":"2025-06-27T09:08:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T09:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2025-06-27T09:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T09:22:21","slug":"u-nus-thoughts-about-myanmar-military-usdp-and-their-lapdog-969-monks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/2025\/06\/27\/u-nus-thoughts-about-myanmar-military-usdp-and-their-lapdog-969-monks\/","title":{"rendered":"U Nu&#8217;s thoughts about &#8216;Myanmar Military-USDP and their lapdog 969&#8217; monks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently, I\u2019ve been deeply troubled watching monks brandishing sticks and swords. That brought to mind a passage I read in U Nu\u2019s <em>Five Seasons of Burma<\/em>, which I&#8217;d like to share:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Myanmar Monks Protest Bangladesh Attacks\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9SW1i9OkQIM?start=4&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf I err, let me be wrong. But one truth I believe: monks who seek political power are like sugarcane cut into pieces\u2014they can\u2019t bear even the slightest bitterness. These gentle souls, unaccustomed to hardship or suffering, are being dragged weekly into politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monastics are not like ordinary people. Their lives are safeguarded by 227 rules\u2014covering over nine thousand subtleties\u2014making their existence as delicate as a silkworm on a dew drop. They live in profound gentleness and restraint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet those exceedingly gentle individuals are now participating in the harshest arena imaginable: politics. How can that be fitting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>True monks dedicate themselves modestly to monastic duties and community rituals. They perform weekly chanting, observe precepts, and maintain daily observances\u2014even making ritual offerings. They never enter worldly workplaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who do\u2014enter politics\u2014have been misled, likely without knowing the gravity of their offense. We must feel compassion for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 U Nu, <em>Five Seasons of Burma<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reflection<\/strong>:<br>What forgiveness do we offer those who not only kill and burn, but incite others to do so? 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\u1021\u102c\u1015\u1010\u103a\u1016\u103c\u1031\u1019\u101c\u1032 \u101e\u102d\u1001\u103b\u1004\u103a\u1019\u102d\u1010\u101a\u103a\u104b \u1021\u102c\u1015\u1010\u103a\u101b\u1031\u102c \u1016\u103c\u1031\u101c\u102d\u102f\u1037 \u101b\u1015\u102b\u1037\u1019\u101c\u102c\u1038\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anti-Islam and Anti-OIC protests by Buddhist&nbsp;monks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Demanding the Myanmar Government and Bama Military to stop the Anti-Islam and Anti-OIC&nbsp;protests<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drkokogyi.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/anti-islam-and-anti-oic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drkokogyi.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/anti-islam-and-anti-oic.jpg?w=450&amp;h=337\" alt=\"\" title=\"Anti Islam and Anti OIC\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We hereby demand the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=19.75,96.1&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=19.75,96.1%20%28Burma%29&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Myanmar<\/a>&nbsp;Government and Bama Military to stop the Anti-Islam and Anti-<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oic-oci.org\/home.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OIC<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If they fail to control or stop these nonsense this could lead to the widespread Anti-Muslim protests throughout Myanmar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President U&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thein_Sein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thein Sein<\/a>&nbsp;led&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usdp.org.mm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USDP<\/a>&nbsp;party, Myanmar Government and Myanmar Military would be held responsible for the loss of properties and lives of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muslim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Muslims<\/a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the UN<\/a>&nbsp;and ICC if these protests escalates into&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamophobia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anti-Muslim<\/a>&nbsp;Riots in any part of Myanmar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drkokogyi.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/terrorist-monks-accusing-oic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drkokogyi.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/terrorist-monks-accusing-oic.jpg?w=439&amp;h=328\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monks Protest_Bangladesh Embassy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ASj2wfTWWsA?start=6&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Buddhist Monks (Myanmar SPDC&nbsp;secret police\/MI provocator) headed and started the anti-Muslim riots and destroyed the mosques, damaged the Quarans.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">They looted the Muslim shops, houses and properties.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>They assaulted, torturd and killed Myanmar Muslims.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sanooaung.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pegu61.jpg\"><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a 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class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sanooaung.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pegu-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sanooaung.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pegu-1.jpg?w=468&amp;h=488\" alt=\"pegu 1\" class=\"wp-image-10457\" title=\"pegu 1\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sanooaung.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pegu-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sanooaung.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pegu-2.jpg?w=468&amp;h=292\" alt=\"pegu 2\" class=\"wp-image-10458\" title=\"pegu 2\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sanooaung.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pegu-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sanooaung.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pegu-4.jpg?w=468&amp;h=314\" alt=\"pegu 4\" class=\"wp-image-10460\" title=\"pegu 4\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u00a0This rioter with the long stick has long hairs. It shows that he is not a real monk but the MI agent provocator.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You could read about them from the US Secretary of state\u2019s Human Rights reports.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>They were spotted waring\u00a0underwear (singlets) issued as army uniform, talking on walkie-talkies (only issued to Military Intelligent agents) and even riding motor-bikes. (True monks are forbidden from riding motor-bike in Myanmar.)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Few of them were carrying pistols. (Firearm control is very strict and ordinary citizens and the monks are forbidden from carrying guns.)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sanooaung.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pegu-10.jpg?w=468&amp;h=314\" alt=\"pegu 10\" class=\"wp-image-10461\" title=\"pegu 10\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sanooaung.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pegu-10.jpg\"><strong><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I\u2019ve been deeply troubled watching monks brandishing sticks and swords. That brought to mind a passage I read in U Nu\u2019s Five Seasons of Burma, which I&#8217;d like to share: \u201cIf I err, let me be wrong. But one truth I believe: monks who seek political power are like sugarcane cut into pieces\u2014they can\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,7,6,16,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anti-racism","category-articles","category-history","category-opinion","category-thidagu-sitagu-sayadaw-wirathu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1283"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1289,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283\/revisions\/1289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}