BPF Statement on the Uprisings in Tibet

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As hundreds of Buddhist monks and ordinary citizens take to the streets of Lhasa protesting Chinese occupation of Tibet, like their brothers & sisters in Burma last September, they have been met with beatings and bullets. Lhasa’s Drepung, Sera, and Ganden monasteries have been closed and surrounded by troops for the last three days. Yet the monks are undeterred, and continue to protest in Tibet’s cities wherever possible.

Workshop: The Dharma of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hozan Alan Senauke will lead a workshop on The Dharma of Martin Luther King, Jr., January 11–13 [in Durham, NC]. The workshop will begin on Friday night at 7:30. The workshop will continue on Saturday from 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Hozan Sensei will give a public Dharma Talk on Sunday morning at 10:30, and the workshop will continue until mid-afternoon on Sunday. Lunch will be provided on Saturday and Sunday.

Delegation Finds Burma Cloaked in Fear

Delegation member Alan Senauke of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship said, “Wherever we went, people were very happy to meet with us, and welcomed the news that the world was still watching Burma, despite propaganda that things had returned to ‘normal.’ They asked us to carry the message that the crackdown is active and ongoing; that ‘normal’ for Burma under the military regime is a state of fear and repression.”