[Buddha-l] Videos of monks marching in Burma

[Joy Vriens]

Ok, it simply refers to vinaya then. I thought that being the Minister for religion and accessorily a "brig gen" (general of some sort?) he was perhaps the head of a national Buddhist council and that there may have been special rules and regulations of a legislative type, apart from the vinaya. If those rules and regulations are indeed only the vinaya, then the "brig gen" doesn't have any authority at all. Even juntas need some simulacre of a justification, otherwise the lack of authority is too transparant and obvious.
   

>Might be monks cannot leave their monasteries without the abbots' 
>permission, and it seems the Sangha elders are laying low right now, as if 
>they support the government or don't want to be involved. A deadly idea 
>though that the junta will enforce monastic rules. 
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>Burmese military threatens monks 
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7010839.stm  
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>What are these Buddhist "rules and regulations" ? 
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>Hoping for a peaceful resolution,  
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>Joy