[Buddha-l] News from Burma

[L.S. Cousins]

Well, I have a little more information now, although I had better not 
mention any sources.

It seems that there have been demonstrations in Mandalay as well as 
Rangoon, although the former do not seem to have been reported much 
on the international media.

It also seems that some monasteries have been effectively shut down 
with the monks taken away, presumably into custody, in the nighttime. 
The monasteries involved in the demonstrations include some that do 
not admit temporary monks. So the unrest certainly extends rather 
more widely than just to 'novices'.

We note also the high price of rice at the present time. In Burma ! 
That has to be economic mismanagement if ever there was.

Lance Cousins