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Suwicha Thakor ordained

Wed, 14/07/2010 - 14:38 | by prachatai

Suwicha Thakor has entered the monkhood in his hometown of Nakhon Phanom, after being released from prison where he was detained for over a year on lèse majesté charges.

On 11 July, Suwicha was ordained at Chonlatharn Bunyawas Temple in Nakhon Phanom’s Thakor subdistrict, and was given the religious name Khema Jitto.

He told Prachatai that he would not talk about worldly matters ‘for the reasons which are already known.’

Now he has the task of a Buddhist of disseminating Dharma which is the way to be free from suffering, and to help others to be free from suffering is a great merit, he said.

Although he has been immersed in the Buddhist teachings, he admitted that he still had ‘hindrances’, which are obstacles to Buddhist practitioners, regarding the innocent people who had suffered from recent events.  He said that they should turn to dharma.

When he was imprisoned, he was determined to become a monk if he was released. 

His younger brother told Prachatai that Suwicha had changed a lot.

Suwicha cited the teaching of the late Buddhadasa, a renowned and respected monk, to look at the good sides of things. ‘They have good and bad sides.  Never mind.  Just choose [to see] the good sides which do some good to the world.  Don’t seek to know the bad sides. […] Simply put, if we talk only about good sides of each other, we’ll never quarrel and society will be peaceful.’

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http://www.prachatai.com/journal/2010/07/30290

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#11700 - by john francis lee (visitor) (127.0.0.1 118.172.79.72) | Wed, 14/07/2010 - 16:47

Buddhism and the Coming

Buddhism and the Coming revolution

The mercy of the West has been social revolution; the mercy of the East has been individual insight into the basic self/void. We need both. They are both contained in the traditional three aspects of the Dharma path: wisdom (prajna), meditation (dhyana), and morality (sila). Wisdom is intuitive knowledge of the mind of love and clarity that lies beneath one’s ego-driven anxieties and aggressions. Meditation is going into the mind to see this for yourself — over and over again, until it becomes the mind you live in. Morality is bringing it back out in the way you live, through personal example and responsible action, ultimately toward the true community (sangha) of "all beings."

This last aspect means, for me, supporting any cultural and economic revolution that moves clearly toward a free, international, classless world. It means using such means as civil disobedience, outspoken criticism, protest, pacifism, voluntary poverty and even gentle violence if it comes to a matter of restraining some impetuous redneck... It means respecting intelligence and learning, but not as greed or means to personal power. Working on one’s own responsibility, but willing to work with a group. "Forming the new society within the shell of the old" — the IWW slogan of fifty years ago.

-- Gary Snyder

The Gary Snyder of fifty years ago. I can still dig it.

#11701 - by john francis lee (visitor) (127.0.0.1 118.172.79.72) | Wed, 14/07/2010 - 16:58

Think of Suthep as an

Think of Suthep as an impetuous redneck.

#11702 - by john francis lee (visitor) (127.0.0.1 118.172.79.72) | Wed, 14/07/2010 - 17:09

That would be the IWW slogan

That would be the IWW slogan of 100 years ago.

Time flies when you're having fun.

#11704 - by Anonymous (visitor) (127.0.0.1 87.220.149.39) | Wed, 14/07/2010 - 19:32

He was still right about "you

He was still right about "you know who"

#11708 - by we the people (visitor) (127.0.0.1 75.65.121.186) | Thu, 15/07/2010 - 07:17

For all of us who just want

For all of us who just want to see every man equally proteceted and respected,
to see society without the law that force any man to crawl beneath other man's feet, society that man will not go to prison for telling the truth, or people can say his/her beliefs without fear,to stand up against social injustices, to fight for freedom of ourselves and our family.
I hope all of us find peace however short, however illusive it may be, to see our comrade free at last.
Lese majeste law will not break us down . Prison will not imprison our spirit. Dictator Vejjajiva and his army will not stop our movement or stop our dream.
At the end,We shall prevail for a better Thai society. For peace. And for every THAI men and women to be treated equally once again in this country.

#15800 - by Las Vegas DUI Lawyer (visitor) (127.0.0.1 24.19.28.59) | Thu, 28/10/2010 - 06:04

It is great that Khema Jitto

It is great that Khema Jitto has found his place after being imprisoned. It is always good when a person can go from a very low point in their life such as being in a prison, to a much better place like he has done by becoming a monk. So many people when they hit a low like that let themselves be swallowed by their despair and lose site of themselves and the world. It really is good to see that Jitto has found his way and is making his life better and working to improve the lives of others.

#16018 - by Anonymous (visitor) (127.0.0.1 88.3.198.133) | Sun, 14/11/2010 - 02:31

You were always a good person

You were always a good person to me Suwicha.

#18168 - by Har (visitor) (127.0.0.1 119.160.187.160) | Sat, 08/01/2011 - 00:24

Suwicha, As i read the

Suwicha, As i read the acticle about u, i realy sad... u a my best friend to my heart. U a good person to me and to my friendss. we love u. su..