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The practicing Buddhist set fire to himself in an apparent protest of climate change. Plus, Myanmar’s military sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to five more years in prison and kills civilians, including a Buddhist monk.
Taliban leaders hope that by protecting relics they’ll be able to secure a contract with China. Plus, anti-regime suppression escalates in Myanmar and the Center of Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona will get a new home.
Participants walk barefoot over hot embers in the annual ceremony. Plus, Plum Village Monastery spreads Thich Nhat Hanh’s ashes, and nonprofit Live to Love organizes relief for refugees from Ukraine.
Activists are pressing the media to cover China’s human rights abuses. Plus, thousands gather for Thich Nhat Hanh’s final memorial service, and Myanmar’s junta arrests protestors marking the one-year anniversary of the military’s coup.
This marks the first verdict on almost a dozen charges. Plus, a Vietnamese nun helps immigrants in Japan, and two Thai Buddhist leaders pass away.
An exhibition and auction showcases the works of Burmese artists in exile and in hiding to raise funds for humanitarian efforts. See a preview here.
“Headspace for Teens” will focus on acceptance, access, and action. Plus, Aung San Suu Kyi faces electoral fraud prosecution, and meditation teacher Ruth King launches an Online Learning Academy. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
The 200-hour non-degree program will launch in March 2022. Plus, Myanmar court sentences an American journalist to 11 years in prison, and Japanese nun and novelist Jakucho Setouchi passes away. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
For many Burmese people, poetry has been a source of hope and resiliency, helping them survive the military dictatorship’s total control over the country. In this 2017 documentary, take a cinematic trip to Myanmar and see the country through its people’s eyes and poetry. Burma Storybook centers around the 70 year-old activist and writer Maung Aung Pwint, as he navigates life after his imprisonment and the long-awaited return of his son returning home after two decades of political exile.
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