Saffron Revolution heating up

The Burmese monks are being fired upon, at least four Buddhist monks are dead, many wounded, and there are reports that many monks and nuns are being arrested.

People of peace being answered with violence. Can they overthrow a military government?

The Moderate Voice writes:

This violence against peaceful innocents is all the more egregious because the Buddhist concepts many of the Burmese live by are antithetical to doing harm to others… The bootjack Burmese government seems it is counting on the Buddhist’s commitment to non-violence, to keep the people in line.

However the government is ignorant, for it doesn’t realize or has forgotten that Buddhism is a warrior religion, one not of ***bombs but of the sharp swords of fully developed character and focused minds. Thus, the government which batters and arrests the sane and clear-minded, is attempting not only to silence individuals, but more so, to silence the archetypal principles of character and ‘being’ which Buddhists are committed to. In essence, the government is trying to murder the soul.. for these are some of the core commitments of the Burmese people who are striving for justice, parity and democracy:

***The holding of each life as sacred; No killing life, rather cultivating and encouraging life

*** The remaining faithful to a higher good and relationships, no illusory words, no hypocrisy

*** Communicating truth; no selling of the wine of delusion

*** The not dwelling on past error; rather drawing wisdom from ignorance

*** No self-praise, rather extolling the good in others

*** No theft of form, idea, object, person from another: rather honoring the gifts of others

*** Living to relieve the suffering of all sentient beings.

One can see immediately why a totalitarian government would be threatened; any of these traits of character being suddenly present would cause a dictatorship or military junta to have to put ‘the people’ first, which is antithetical to the narcissism of a junta.

Bangkok Pundit is following closely, as is Jules Crittenden.