The Saffron Democratization by Rev. Larbathami (M.A.)

The Saffron Democratization by Rev. Larbathami  (M.A.) (Anniversary article for 6 years of Saffron Revolution)  The Third Wave and Christianity Political Science Professor Samuel Huntington of Harvard University did not regard Buddhism highly in the global democratization process. He did…

The End of My Journey by Junior Win

  The dry land which was cool under the shades was nice and pleasant.     The Sun Lun Gu Kyang (Myingyan) monastery was very large estate, and there were trees, petit pond, wild flowers, and sandy soil. The dry…

A Journey To Myingyan (Upper Burma) Part 4

    A pagoda called ‘Kivi Law Ka’ built on the ‘Sacred Earthen Cave.’ Three-wheel carrier was waiting outside. When we got on the carrier, we had 12 persons companied, and we introduced each other with nice and wonderful greeting. We did not…

A Journey to Myingyan – Part Three by Junior Win

  Paying homage to the SunlunSayadaw, and offering yellow robes, towels, candles, incenses, and the fruits I brought from Rangoon. The grey of the morning had passed, and the sun was now high over us. After paying homage to the…

Playing dumb in Burmese parliament by Cartoon Ku Mo Jo

Cartoon by Ku Mo Jo,  – A man portrayed as public-unrepresented military appointed para-congressman dressed in night dress, stood in silence while being scolded by his wife in bed. She was saying that ” You guys are passing time in…

Who says we are poor by Cartoon Saw Ngo

IN the cartoon, the big guy with the labels, “One quarter Regime” (representing 25% of military assigned unrepresented congress members) and “Crony” (sign as regime backed by cronies), saying out loud “The world says we are poor. It is so…

A Journey To Myingyan (Upper Burma) – Part 2 by Junior Win

  Myingyan Monastery in the morning view. It still heavily rained, and the winds strongly blew. I prayed at the household shrines, and paid respect my parents and received their blessings before I left to Myingyan, and wished my trip…

A Journey to Myingyan (Upper Burma) 1 by Junior Win

  (Photo- Under the pagoda, at the place Myingyan Sunlun Sayadaw whose body still lay, more than sixty years ago in the Sunlun Monastery of Myingyan.)    Myingyan, situated in Upper Burma, where the tomb of Sunlun Sayadaw U Kavi…

88 Poem by Junior Win

  Thou showeth ‘Unity is strength’,Thou art ‘the meant of sacrifice’,Oh! Thou art, the spirit of motherland!Everyone’s voice was lifted; demanding their freedom without fear,But all the prisoned birds could not find in freedom,Could not still wing wildly across the…