| FREE BURMA WE ARE BUDDHIST,TOO Poetry Reading Japan |
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FREE BURMA WE ARE BUDDHIST,TOO
Poetry reading for FREE BURMA,FREE Aung San
Suu Kyi.
2008.4.19 EARTH DAY TOKYO
いとうせいこう 高木完 DJ BAKU DUB
MASTER X
ミャンマー軍事政権に抗議するポ
エトリーリーディング
"Poetry-reading against the military regime
of Myanmar"
by Seiko Ito
Don't threaten the unresisting priests.
Don't strike the unresisting priests.
Don't imprison the unresisting priests.
Don't kill the unresisting priests.
They are out of the Power,
And living in conformity with the law that is
totally different from the Power.
To threaten and strike them, To imprison and
kill them,
Those are totally lack of understanding and
totally violence
to "the people who live in conformity to the
different law".
And thus, destroying Others.
And we are Others, too.
Don't threaten the unresisting us.
Don't strike the unresisting us.
Don't imprison the unresisting us.
Don't kill the unresisting us.
We are out of the Power,
and always have right to live in conformity
to the different law.
To threaten and strike us, To imprison and
kill us.
Those are totally lack of understanding and
totally violence
to "the people who own free will".
And thus, destroying Others.
Don't destroy Others.
Don't destroy them, and us.
Don't threaten.
Don't strike.
Don't imprison.
Don't kill.
The military regime of Myanmar!
The goverment of China!
Free Aung San Suu Kyi.
Free Aung San Suu Kyi.
Free Dalai Lama.
Free Dalai Lama.
We are them, too.
They are us, too.
Don't refuse a conversation.
Because, conversation is the only way to link
Others.
If the Others fail to link,
Threatening, striking, imprisoning and
killing start.
So, carry on a conversation! Carry on a
conversation!
And talk together to carry on a conversation!
Thus, Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Press
is to prevent threatening, striking,
imprisoning and killing.
To say carry on a conversation and to fall
back on conversation,
are equall to stand squarely in the way of
threatening, striking, imprisoning and
killing.
The military regime of Myanmar.
The goverment of China.
Carry on a conversation. Don't threaten.
Carry on a conversation. Don't strike.
Carry on a conversation. Don't imprison.
Carry on a conversation. Don't kill.
Carry on a conversation!
We are them, too.
They are us, too.
Tags : FREE BURMA TIBET BUDDHIST いとうせいこう 高木完 DJ BAKU DUBMASTERX EARTHDAY アースデイ Poetry Reading Protests hip-hop |
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Affichage : 27498
Durée : 597 s |
| Buddhist Trance Dance |
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This is a dance performed by young monks at
Ganden Sumtseling Gompa, a monastery located
north of the city of Zhongdian (Shangri-La)
in Yunnan province on the southeastern edge
of the Tibetan Plateau. The dance begins with
one monk emerging from the main temple. He
performs a routine that initially faces the
temple, then faces all the directions of the
wind, and then spirals around a central point
where there is a dark quilt and wooden square
(these symbolize a demon). His dance
eventually accelerates and incorporates
jumping movements, and in its finale dozens
of other monks join in to perform the
circular dance around the quilt, until in the
end they are all crowded around its center.
The dance concludes with couples of monks
taking leaps towards the temple, praying
towards its entrance, praying away from its
entrance, and then jumping inside. Altogether
this takes about three hours. The dance is
performed annually, during a ritual where the
monks dress in elaborate costumes and masks
and dance around a large effigy of the demon
(rather than a quilt). The purpose of the
dance is to contain the angry spirit of the
demon, possibly to recreate the Tibetan myth
of the subjugation of an angry Himalayan
goddess by an Indian monk, which popularized
the monk and allowed for the introduction of
Buddhism to Tibet. This video is an
amalgamation of clips recorded during the
initial monk's rehearsal for the ritual.
Tags : Buddhist Buddhism Tibet Tibetan Dance Sumtseling Songzanlin Zhongdian Yunnan China Monk Monastery Religion Shangri-La |
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Affichage : 63486
Durée : 209 s |
| Buddhist Prayer for Animal Liberation |
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Prayer for Liberation of Brother & Sister
Animals.
May all sentient beings in the animal realm
subject to unbearable pain in labs throughout
the world
be free from suffering.
May alternatives to animal experimentation
and testing
be used immediately.
May Bodhicitta fill the hearts of those who
imprison them.
May all sentient beings from the animal realm
who suffer endless days, months, years
locked in tiny cages unable to move, be
filled with peace and calm.
May the many billions waiting in
slaughterhouse lines be free of fear.
May the hearts of those who work in abattoirs
be filled with Bodhicitta so the very thought
of harm is purified.
May they never kill again and may the
slaughterhouse lines become immediately
empty.
May no animal be afraid or depressed.
May their bodies be free of injuries, disease
and illness.
May those who need homes, or who have been
driven from them
find shelter, plentiful food & water.
May there be liberation for those
tortured for fur, entertainment or who are
hunted.
May those who believe they are superior to
our brother & sister animals
develop perfect equanimity.
And may they realise in their hearts
that all sentient beings possess Buddha
nature
And they are not ours to kill or exploit.
May the many billions of land and sea
dwelling sentient beings
who are abused, exploited and killed due to
greed, hatred and ignorance
be free of suffering
May they experience complete and perfect
enlightenment,
through the virtue of my efforts and prayers.
May I be a voice for the voiceless.
In short, may all human and non-human
sentient beings
live together in harmony, peace and
equanimity
and achieve perfect Enlightenment quickly.
Composed Feb 14, 2007 by Liberation of
Brother & Sister Animals.
http://www.lobsa.org
To help our brother & sister animals - Go
Vegan, Join your local animal rights group &
become active. Don't buy animal products,
find alternatives and don't buy products
tested on animals.
Sign US Animal Bill of Rights (international
signatures welcome)
http://www.aldf.org/billofrights/index.php
Tags : prayer buddhist animals dogs cats sheep pigs equanimity peace liberation lambs homeless compassion freedom |
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Affichage : 58342
Durée : 487 s |
| "The Buddhist Attitude to Sensuality" by Ajahn Brahm |
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Denial of the senses, labelling them evil or
even completely prohibiting sense indulgence
is not the Buddhist way. Meditation and
mindfulness allow practitioners to deal with
sensuality wisely, particularly if it is
destructive to one's self or others.
And, according to Ajahn Brahm, those who
*really* want to be deviant and head towards
nibbana (enlightenment): "Hey babe, take a
walk on the wild side..." - and try celibacy.
Tags : sensuality Buddhist attitude Ajahn Brahm Buddhism Dharma meditation |
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Affichage : 27506
Durée : 3679 s |
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