SLORC/ Myanmar Alin: Democracy Equa

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Subject: SLORC/ Myanmar Alin: Democracy Equals Birdshit?




Article by Pyitha; "The Yokkasoe That Couldn't Let the Female Myayngu 
Bird Rest on Its Tree" in Burmese government daily, MYANMAR ALIN, 
August19, 1996 (p. 4). 

	
	[Translated Excerpt] Ashin Zanakar Biwunta, the abbot of Mahagandayon 
Monastery in Amarapura has written much nationalistic literature. 
[passage omitted explaining content of one such chapter] 

	Although this literature was written about March 1960, more than three 
decades ago, it is still applicable. I feel if the reverend were still 
alive today he would be very exhilarated to see the leaders, although 
busy with affairs of state, engaging in activities for the propagation of 
the Buddhist faith. 

	As the abbot showed and taught us the way to practice true Buddhism, I 
have studied many Buddhist scriptures and I would like to share some 
excerpts from the Zat Nipattaw Thattakanipatlar Kawhtatheinbali that are 
relevant with the present Peoples' Desire [State Law and Order 
Restoration Council, SLORC, slogan: Oppose those relying on external 
elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views; oppose those trying 
to jeopardize stability of the State and the progress of the nation; 
oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State; 
crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common 
enemy]. 

	At one time while Lord Buddha was striving to attain Buddhahood, he 
became a Yokkasoe [guardian spirit of the tree] king on a huge Letpan 
[silk cotton] tree in a Letpan forest near an ocean. At that time the 
Galon king [a mythical bird] snatched a Naga [a mythical dragon] by its 
tail from the ocean and flew in the direction of the Letpan forest. The 
Naga, in an attempt to free itself in flight tried to wrap itself around 
a banyan tree. Since the Naga refused to let go of the tree and the 
strength of the Galon king was so immense, the banyan tree was uprooted 
and was pulled away, together with the Naga. The Galon king then settled 
on the Yokkasoe king's Letpan tree and devoured the Naga. He then flew 
out, threw the Naga's carcass into the ocean, and came to rest on the 
Letpan tree at the same time that a small female Myayngu bird [a small 
bird that eats banyan fruits] from the banyan tree settled on the Letpan 
tree's branch. 

	The Yokkasoe king was terribly shaken when the small female Myayngu bird 
settled on the branch. At seeing this, the Galon king inquired why the 
Yokkasoe king was afraid of the Myayngu bird and not the Galon king. The 
Yokkasoe king answered that since the Galon king is a predator, there is 
no problem for the Letpan tree. The Myayngu bird, which eats banyan 
fruit, however, could pass excrement of banyan seeds -- and when the 
banyan tree, which has the ability to outgrow any tree, grows, it will 
swallow up the Letpan tree and I could lose my abode. The very thought 
made me tremble in fear. The Galon king praised the Yokkasoe king's 
foresight and remarked that preventing any forthcoming danger can bring 
peace now and in the future. Thus, on behalf of the Yokkasoe king, he 
drove the Myayngu bird away. 

	After reading this story, my thoughts fell into parallel with the 
Peoples' Desire. The female Myayngu bird [reference to Aung San Suu Kyi] 
who lived and ate the banyan fruits of neocolonialism for 28 years, has 
now come to roost upon our country. Everyone knows that the SLORC 
government -- the Yokkasoe king -- with its foresight, has proclaimed 12 
national objectives [four political, four economic, and four social] and 
is striving to create a modern developed nation while safeguarding the 
livelihood of the national races. [passage omitted comparing SLORC to 
Yokkasoe king] 

	Just as the Yokkasoe king, who safeguards the Letpan tree, was not 
shaken by the Galon king, the government, too, is not shaken by the 
presence of a superpower in its neighborhood. 

	The banyan tree that will grow from the banyan seed contained in the 
excrement of the female Myayngu bird that ate banyan fruits, however, is 
capable of destroying any tree or building. The Yokkasoe king's fear is 
justifiable, because once a banyan tree started to grow, it is very 
difficult to destroy and many pagodas and stupas have been destroyed by 
banyan trees. 

	The Defense Services government -- the Yokkasoe king -- has made great 
sacrifices and has been reuniting the scattered national races that took 
up armed struggle against the State since the gaining of independence 
from the colonialists [the British] in 1948. When the Defense Services 
government, just like the Yokkasoe king, saw that the modern female 
Myayngu bird -- the henchman of the West that had consumed the banyan 
fruits of neocolonialism -- had come to rest and discharged her 
excrements, it felt terribly shaken for the sake of the country. [passage 
omitted on evils of British colonization] 

	The British drained the resources of Myanmar [Burma] to enrich England. 
Although they had to grant independence to Myanmar they kept the window 
of recolonization open. The modern female Myayngu bird had resided abroad 
and consumed the fruits of neocolonialism -the banyan fruits -- for 28 
years. 

	You don't need to seek assistance from the British on how to colonize 
Myanmar. You can ask those old people who still bear the scars of British 
colonization anytime. Now, the modern female Myayngu bird, who has 
submitted in mind and body to the English -- and whose father the English 
helped assassinate -- has returned and discharged her excrement, to 
swallow up Myanmar like the banyan tree. Thank goodness, the Defense 
Services Government -- the Yokkasoe king -- and the populace discovered 
the conspiracy in time. 

	The raindrops brought about by the Peoples' Desire have been able to 
wash away the female Myayngu bird's excrement. All Yokkasoes [the people] 
are hereby urged to quickly drive away the female Myayngu bird before it 
can discharge any more excrement.