Posted on September 26, 2008 by Alan Senauke
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They may control the streets and monasteries, but they will
never be able to control our hearts and our determination.
— U Gambira (imprisoned monk)
One year ago, last September, 100,000 Buddhist monks and nuns poured into streets of Burma, … Read more
Posted on September 30, 2010 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentCalifornia Execution Alert, September 30, 2010
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has delayed Albert Greenwood Brown execution by nearly two days. Brown is now scheduled to die by lethal injection at 9 p.m. Thursday. He initially was scheduled for execution at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.
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Posted on September 28, 2010 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentCalifornia Execution Postponed
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
(09-28) 20:05 PDT SAN JOSE — A federal judge blocked the execution of condemned murderer Albert Greenwood Brown late Tuesday, saying he needed months, not just a few days, to decide whether California’s new … Read more
Posted on August 24, 2010 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentRobert Aitken Roshi — A Personal & Biographical Reflection
Robert Baker Aitken — Dairyu Chotan/Great Dragon (of the) Clear Pool — died on August 5 in Honolulu at the age of 93. He was the “dean” of Western Zen teachers, a great light of dharma. Aitken Roshi was a … Read more
Posted on April 22, 2009 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentThe Stickiness of Privilege
Comments for Mark Rudd Event
City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco
When I visited Mark and Marla last month in Albuquerque, he impulsively asked me to say a few words at one of his readings. And I impulsively agreed to do … Read more
Posted on January 25, 2009 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentFoundation for the People of Burma Staff Training (January 2009)
FPB Staff Training January 2009
Foundation for the People of Burma
Burmese Staff Training
16-22 January 2009
near Bago, Myanmar
Report by Alan Senauke
Summary
With help from the San Francisco office and their people in Yangon, I led a … Read more
Posted on January 2, 2009 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentReflections on Gaza and the Ritual of Mutual Destruction
Gaza is burning. The violence must end before anything else can happen. We can all think nice thoughts about right and wrong, who acted first, who acted worst. We can argue about politics — national, international, geopolitical, corporate. Whatever intellectual … Read more
Posted on January 2, 2009 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentLeading Saffron Revolution monk’s memoir
Article by U Pyinya Zawta, first published in Mizzima. U Pyinya Zawta spent almost 11 years in prison. He is now living in exile.
Burmese monks are known to have played an important role in their nation’s politics throughout its … Read more
Posted on September 26, 2008 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentOn the One-Year Anniversary of the Saffron Revolution — A Revolution of the Spirit
They may control the streets and monasteries, but they will
never be able to control our hearts and our determination.
— U Gambira (imprisoned monk)
One year ago, last September, 100,000 Buddhist monks and nuns poured into streets of Burma, … Read more
Posted on September 10, 2008 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentWhat About the Elections? — A (non-partisan?) Socially Engaged Buddhist View
Unless you live in a cave — one without cable or a satellite dish — you know the 2008 U.S. election is coming up quickly, and, to put it crudely, the presidency is up for grabs. I find myself thinking … Read more
Posted on August 8, 2008 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentBurma Comments — 20 years after the 8-8-88 Uprisings
The following address was given by Alan Senauke on 8.8.08 in Union Square, San Francisco — twenty years after Burma’s 8888 Uprising and one year after the Saffron Revolution.
From what I hear this is a highly auspicious date for … Read more
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