SLORC: Articles from Burmese langua

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Subject: SLORC: Articles from Burmese language Press


Translated excerpt of Article by Phone Gyi Lay (Dagon Taung): "Aung San 
Suu Kyi or the One Who Has Been Expelled and Excluded From the Myanmar 
Political Arena for Violating Parajikall" in Burmese government-run 
daily,  MYANMAR ALIN,  in Burmese,  July 1, 1996, p. 4 

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Monks who are members of a religious order, and people who study Lord 
Buddha's disciples will be able to guess the title of this article when 
they read it.  I mean the deep meaning of the word, Parajika [training 
precepts].
I am not a layman but a monk who is a member of the Buddhist Order.  This 
is why, I have used the Pali word, Parajika, that I understand.  Lord 
Buddha commanded the disciplines, and the training precepts for monks.  
There are 227 different training precepts in the abbreviated version, 
while there are more than 90 billion in the expanded version.  There are 
four training precepts which are very important for Buddhist monks 
because they can end the livelihood and existence of Buddhist monks.  
Every Buddhist monk understands these training precepts as Parajika, and 
qives special importance to their observance.  The violation of Parajika 
will bring about the expelling of a monk from the religious order, and 
excluding him from the good Buddhist monks and from performing all 
incumbent duties [if he engages in sexual activity, steals, kills a human 
being, and pretends and declares to have supernatural power.] [passage 
omitted on violation of four Parajika, and the difference in the 
lifestyles of Buddhist monks and laymen]
Now you understand that as one's life improves, one must also improve 
one's restraints.  Now let's look at the life of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and 
how she has been excluded from the Myanmar [Burmese] political arena.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is not an ordinary person and she is not the 
daughter of a tricycle [tricycle is used as a taxi in Burma] driver.  
Actually, she is the daughter of General Aung San, a national leader 
respected by all Myanmar nationals, who sacrificed his life for 
independence, and who is the jewel of all Myanmar nationals.
So she is different from the daughter of a tricycle driver.  This 
difference means there is a gap.  Therefore, they have a different 
lifestyle and status.  When there is a difference we have to consider the 
restraints.  As one's life improves one must also improve his or her 
restraints.  Otherwise it will go against nature.  If one goes against 
nature then nature will mete out punishment on that person.
It is nothing for a fishmonger to yell and use abusive terms, but if a 
school teacher, who teaches disciplines to her students, acts like a 
fishmonger then the people will dispraise and frown upon her.  It is 
because they have a different lifestyle and status.  People in a higher 
status need a higher level of restraints.  People in a higher status also 
need a higher level of national spirit which is in accordance with their 
status.  While having a strong and growing national spirit one must avoid 
things that should be avoided, retain what should be retained, restrain 
what should be restrained, and follow what should be followed.  How much 
did Daw Aung San Suu Kyi restrain from and follow things that are 
supposed to be restrained and followed?
Actually, she is extremely serendipitous.  It is not ordinary karma to be 
the daughter of Gen.  Aung San, a national leader.  The karma of other 
Myanmar women will never be able to reach hers.  This karma has 
beautified her existence, upgraded her status, and made her popular as 
the daughter of a great leader.  Because she is the daughter of Myanmar's 
national leader and architect of independence, there were good 
opportunities for her to play an important role on the Myamar political 
stage.  But the Lawkiyawisitragadi, the activity in the world of nature, 
is phenomenal.  Even though there is a high probability that something is 
going to happen, it will only happen if it is supposed to happen.  One 
might not become what he or she wants to be.  One might not get what he 
or she wants.  One must understand this phenomenon.  Unlike others, Daw 
Aung San Suu Kyi had many plausible and deserving opportunities but she 
destroyed all these opportunities by herself.
There are many national races with mettle in Myanmar and there is also a 
considerable number of them in foreign countries.  Although there are 
many national races abroad she selected the wrong life partner.  She has 
given her life to a person whose race enslaved Myanmar nationals and 
exploited Myanmar for years, and issued arms and ammunition to ruthlessly 
kill her own father, the architect of independence.  What a mistake!
She rejected persuasions and suqqestions from her mother and brother, and 
decided to marry and live with that man [thakaung thagyi] , and now she 
has two mixed-race sons.  She totally forgot about Myanmar's land and 
water and enjoyed her life in white-faced people's countries for 28 
years.  Her life is similar to a bloodless shrimp, and her national 
spirit has been destroyed.
One can see a situation clearly only if comparisons are presented in 
black and white.  Recently, I read a report in a newspaper on the 
selection of Prime Minister Bhutto's life partner. (1) He must be a 
Pakistani national, (2) His religion must be Islam, and (3) He must not 
interfere in her political affairs.  It was too late for Daw Aung San Suu 
Kyi to follow and admire this [kind of idea.]

 Concerning her position, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, until today doesn't know 
where she stands.  It is amazing to see that she is pretending not to 
know.  Buddhist scriptures say that due to, bad karma, the conscious mind 
of creatures perceives what is wrong as right when the time arrives for 
them to be destroyed.  Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is unable to see the true 
situation.  She has stopped thinking about what she cannot become, and 
she has been stubbornly striving to gain state power since the 1988 
disturbance.
I thought again and again whether she should get state power and become a 
state leader; whether she deserves to get state power and become a state 
leader; whether there is a possibility for her to gain state power and 
become a state leader.  It concerns the whole nation so one cannot think 
about this matter lightly. one must also consider the possible dangers 
that may befall Myanmar.
God forbid.  Let's says all state powers of Myanmar are in the hands of 
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and she has become a great leader.  Nowadays, there 
are some women in Myanmar who are looking up to foreigners and marrying 
them for financial reasons.  I have read quite often in the newspapers 
about such marriages.  A few days ago, I was invited to a wedding 
reception, and was distressed when I realized that it was a marriage 
between a Myanmar woman and a foreigner.  I hope these women are not 
following the steps of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
When there is a role of leader and followers to play in this world, the 
majority of the followers observe their leader.  Therefore, the majority 
of the Myanmar women will observe Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and follow her 
path that will lead them to marry foreigners.  Then they will say what is 
wrong with marrying a foreigner, we get dollars, and we also enjoy a good 
life; and they will shout loudly that this is why our great leader, Daw 
Aung San Suu Kyi, is welded [gaheset] to a pure British citizen.  That is 
why wise men referred to a Yazawwada [Buddhist story] play -- explained 
by Lord Buddha -- that said that if the head of the herd goes straight 
then the herd will go straight; if the head of the herd zigzags then the 
herd will zigzag too.
How is she going to control this kind of destruction of patriotism?  It 
would be futile for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who delightedly took a 
foreigner as her loving husband, to tell Myanmar women not to marry 
foreigners and to have patriotism.  The existence of the country depends 
upon patriotism.  If we have full patriotism then we can strive and 
overcome, and rebuild the country regardless of the situation.  If the 
whole nation loses its patriotism then Myanmar will disappear from the 
world map or only its name may remain.  Because of these reasons, the 
answers to the abovementioned questions are that she should not get state 
power and should not become a state leader; she does not deserve to get 
state power and does not deserve to become a state leader; there is no 
possibility for her to gain state power and become a state leader.  I was 
not satisfied with that, so I did more thinking.
Let's say she became a state leader.  It is not good at all for all of 
Myanmar to live anymore if Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, our state leader, gives 
orders to citizens in her arrogant and stylish manners during the day, 
but serves at the feet of the longlnosed foreigner at midnight.  The 
Myanmar people should kill themselves.  That is why, my answer is 
absolutely no.
With my explanations, we can come up with a nice answer for Daw Aung San 
Suu Kyi.  She, like a Buddhist monk who has violated the four training 
precepts and has been expelled from the religious order, has made the 
wrong choice in selecting her life partner.  She has violated the great 
traditions; a violation that no Myanmar can forgive.
That is why, she lost her right to participate in Myanmar's political 
arena, and she has becomes the one who has been expelled and excluded 
from Myanmar's political arena.  She is like a person whose head has been 
cut off, or a dry leave that fell from a tree, or a broken rock-slab, or 
a short stump of toddy palm. [All these indicate that she is useless.] So 
she should not think about engaging in politics and working to gain state 
power.
What should she do?  Some ask her to leave the country.  I have a 
different idea.  A monk who has been expelled and excluded from the 
religious order for violating the four training precepts can save himself 
from being sent to hell [Theggandare, Maggandare] by becoming a layman 
and doing good deeds.  In the same manner, if she turns her back on 
politics and participates in the people's constructive works by 
contributing her knowledge, then she will be able to acquit herself of 
posing a danger to the state.  It would be like repaying her historical 
dues to the country.  I think this should be done.  I want this to be 
done.  That is why, I wrote this article.

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