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Thay’s letter to the Bat Nha Monastics, continued.
Blue Cliff Monastery
October 21, 2009
Yesterday, in the Great Harmony Meditation Hall of Blue Cliff Monastery, there was an ordination ceremony for two young people, one who had already graduated from Dental School and the other, from Business School. They are sisters Chan Lan Nghiem (True Adornment of [...]
Target: ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
Sponsored by: Mindfulness Practice Communities of Australia
Dear Friends,
Our brothers and sisters in Australia and New Zealand have formulated this new petition directed towards the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Please help them by signing this petition and getting the word out to your friends (Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Blogs, [...]
“If we want to end the war in the world, we need to end the war in our own hearts.”
Dear friends,
Let us continue to send our energy of practice, our peace and calm to the Bat Nha Brothers and Sisters who are still under surveillance and without a clear resolution to their situation. Sangha [...]
Written by a member of the Communist Part of 36 years, who directly witnessed the event of the eviction of Bat Nha Monastics during his visit on that day.
Thursday, October 08, 2009 Source: http://bauxitevietnam.info/c/12705.html
By Nguyễn Đắc Xuân
From June to September 2009, the official and unofficial websites gave a lot of information, photos and [...]
October 20, 2009
Translated from Phusaonline. (Vietnamese source)
(Written by a Bat Nha aspirant, who is now at Phuoc Hue with the Bat Nha Monastics. Currently taking refuge with the monks and nuns at the Phuoc Hue temple are many young women and men from the ages of 18-25 who aspire to become ordained as a monastic, [...]
Letter written by Former Major General Trần Khắc Lợi
Translated from Phusa website. (original in Vietnamese)
Submitted 30 September 2009
The Bat Nha Dharma Crisis has exposed many truths. Now we can see more clearly our aspirations, hopes and faith. We also see more clearly the face of the monks, the politicians, the situation of our present society, [...]