[Buddha-l] An arresting story about Myanmar

[Richard Hayes]

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/08/22/myanmar-arrests.html

The cited story mentions Myanmar's universities. There was a time when the 
only universities allowed to operate in Myanmar were Buddhist institutions. 
The relationship between the bhikkhu-sangha and the military government in 
Myanmar has baffled me for years. Idealistic Western secular humanist 
ex-hippy small-c communist that I am, I always assume that Buddhists will 
automatically be anti-establishment and especially anti-military. Reality, 
therefore, nearly always comes as a bit of a shock to me. But I continue to 
ignore it. Reality, I think, is quite overrated.

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico