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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Thursday, February 27, 2014
NO POLITICS FOR BUDDHIST MONKS
Executive Sangha Council of the Amarapura Sirisaddhammawansa Maha Nikaya
has decided to ban all monks belonging to the Chapter from engaging in
any kind of active politics or election related matters.
The decision was taken at a council meeting held last evening (24) in Balapitiya under the patronge of the Maha Nayaka thero of the chapter.
Accordingly, member monks of the Chapter will be compelled to refrain from attending political rallies, taking part in protests, sathyagrahas or other demonstrations, and any other activity that would lead to clashes with the police, without obtaining prior approval from the Chapter.
The decision was taken at a council meeting held last evening (24) in Balapitiya under the patronge of the Maha Nayaka thero of the chapter.
Accordingly, member monks of the Chapter will be compelled to refrain from attending political rallies, taking part in protests, sathyagrahas or other demonstrations, and any other activity that would lead to clashes with the police, without obtaining prior approval from the Chapter.
In Cambodia, monks get political after unpopular elections
A
leading monk says rippling discontent about allegedly corrupt elections
means "both the monks and the people are waking up now."
October 8, 2013 08:24
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — During Pchum Ben, a Cambodian religious holiday
that came to a close last week, Venerable Keo Somaly got up before dawn.
By 5 a.m. each day, the 32-year-old monk was dressed in his saffron robe
and chanting prayers. Not long after, with the sun still hanging low in
the sky, he was ready to talk politics.