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I like the “One Nation, One People” policy,...mostly because of the sickening scenes I've witnessed of Abrahamic proselytizers polluting peoples in Central America. I have a trip planned for Bhutan in September,...from what I know, Westerners can only enter with a guide. If that is what it takes to keep Christians and Muslims out,...so be it. Remember,...Bhutan is not a Theravada country like Myanmar or Thailand,...but a Vajrayana Buddhist country. Very important distinction.

Came across an original report of the Myanmar situation,...what the biased Western media is not reporting: "The spark was simple enough. Aye Aye Naing, a 45-year-old Buddhist woman, wanted to make an offering of food to local monks. But she needed money, she recalled, sitting in her home in Pyon Kout village. At about 9 a.m. on March 20, a day before the massacre, she brought a gold hair clip to town. She had it appraised at 140,000 kyat ($160). With her husband and sister, she entered New Waint Sein, a Muslim-owned gold shop, which offered her 108,000 kyat. She wanted at least 110,000. Shop workers studied the gold, but the clip came back damaged, she said. The shop owner, a young woman in her 20s, now offered just 50,000. The stout mother of five protested, calling the owner unreasonable. The owner slapped her, witnesses said. Aye Aye Naing's husband shouted and was pulled outside, held down and beaten by three of the store's staff, according to the couple and two witnesses. Onlookers gathered. Police arrived, detaining Aye Aye Naing and the owner. The mostly Buddhist mob turned violent, hurling stones, shouting anti-Muslim slurs and breaking down the shop's doors, according to several witnesses. No one was killed or injured, but the Muslim-owned building housing the gold shop and several others were nearly destroyed. "This shop has a bad reputation in the neighborhood," said Khin San, who says she watched the violence from her general store across the street. "They don't let people park their cars in front. They are quarrelsome. They have some hatred from the crowd." That hatred had been further stoked by a leaflet signed by a group calling itself "Buddhists who feel helpless" and handed out a few weeks before. It suggested Muslims in Meikhtila were conspiring against Buddhists, assisted by money from Saudi Arabia, and holding shady meetings in mosques. It was addressed to the area's monks. Tensions escalated. By about 5:30 p.m., four Muslim men were waiting at an intersection. As a monk passed on the back of a motorbike, they attacked. One hit the driver with a sword, causing him to crash, witnesses said. A second blow sliced the back of the monk's head. One of the men doused him in fuel and set him on fire, said Soe Thein, a mechanic who saw the attack. The monk died in hospital. Soe Thein, a Buddhist, ran to the market. "A monk has been killed! A monk has been killed!" he cried. As he ran back, a mob followed and the riots began. Muslim homes and shops went up in flames." http://www.maungzarni.com/2013/04/special-report-buddhist-monks-incite.html 　 "A Myanmar court last month sentenced seven Muslims to prison — one of them to a life term — in the killing of a Buddhist monk during the unrest in Meikhtila. In April, a gold shop owner and two employees, all Muslims, were sentenced by the same court to 14 years in prison on charges of theft and causing grievous bodily harm. Their scuffle with Buddhist customers led to the rioting there. No Buddhist has been tried on any serious charge for the violence there." http://www.ajc.com/news/ap/crime/myanmar-jails-man-whose-attack-sparked-rioting/nYJZy/ 　 　 　

I first heard that figure back in the 70's,...pretty popular with the Gurdjieff Work (ie., The Fourth Way),...and observations over the past 40 years seem quite consistent with that figure. Gurdjieff called it: Twenty of Twenty of Five. Meditation is a proven path,...but most never realize it's a path,...and paths sustain sleep. I got off the paths sometime ago,...now, things are as being in stream, not only without any way to navigate, but not quite desiring a way to navigate. The navigation is over. However, I do enjoy stirring things up,...like the mundane issues in Myanmar. You see,...yes, I'm in a stream without a paddle,...but I have a computer along for the ride. 555 Lao Tzu said, "Do you think you can clear your mind by sitting constantly in silent meditation? This makes your mind narrow, not clear." Hui Neng reportedly scolded his monks for spending too much time sitting in meditation....He said that meditation is unnecessary, and warned that such practice can easily become a narcotic. "The state of non-meditation is born in the heart...." Jigme Lingpa

My housekeeper is a refuge from the Myanmar highlands.

Thank you for your Moderate view. The benignity of most religious moderates does not suggest that religious faith is anything more sublime than a desperate marriage of hope and ignorance, nor does it guarantee that there is not a terrible price to be paid for limiting the scope of reason in our dealings with other human beings. Religious moderation, insofar as it represents an attempt to hold on to what is still serviceable in orthodox religion, closes the door to more sophisticated approaches to spirituality, ethics, and the building of strong communities. Religious moderates seem to believe that what we need is not radical insight and innovation in these areas but a mere dilution of Iron Age philosophy. Sam Harris

"Compassion is not so much feeling sorry for somebody, feeling that you are in a better place and somebody is in a worse place. Compassion is not having any hesitation to reflect your light on things. As light has no hesitation, no inhibition about reflecting on things, it does not discriminate whether to reflect on a pile of shit or on a pile of rock or on a pile of diamonds. It reflects on everything it faces." Chögyam Trungpa

I find Moderate's offensive,...I also find dishonesty offensive. Sam Harris said, "Many religious moderates have taken the apparent high road of pluralism, asserting the equal validity of all faiths, but in doing so they neglect to notice the irredeemably sectarian truth claims of each. As long as a Christian believes that only his baptized brethren will be saved on the Day of Judgment, he cannot possibly “respect” the beliefs of others While moderation in religion may seem a reasonable position to stake out, in light of all that we have (and have not) learned about the universe, it offers no bulwark against religious extremism and religious violence. From the perspective of those seeking to live by the letter of the texts, the religious moderate is nothing more than a failed fundamentalist." In my opinion, faith-based, Moderate, Western media bias, especially that which is fueled by Saudi money, should be confronted,...forcefully. Sam Harris wrote, “Moderates do not want to kill anyone in the name of God, but they want us to keep using the word God as though we knew what we were talking about. They do not want anything too critical said about people who really believe in the god of their fathers because tolerance, perhaps above all else, is sacred. To speak plainly and truthfully about the state of our world—to say, for instance, that the Bible and the Koran both contain mountains of life-destroying gibberish—is antithetical to tolerance as moderates currently conceive it. However, we can no longer afford the luxury of such political correctness. We must finally recognize the price that we are paying to maintain the iconography of our ignorance.” I personally like Bhutan's strategy of keeping it out the problems like are going on in Myanmar. Bhutan is tolerant of all religions but does not permit proselytizing. The constitution upholds freedom of belief (the delusion of one's choice). It does, however, recognize the importance of Bhutan’s Buddhist heritage to its cultural identity. As for the allegation of inciting a religious war,...I feel I'm in good (and timely) company. Shakyamuni Buddha predicted that a holy war would take place among humanity. Many say this war is near. A worldwide inner battle, and subsequent outer one, advancing an age of authentic spiritual consciousness. They say that the days of the Abrahamic meme-plex are numbered. Could the virus of Christianity and Islam be consigned to the back walls of museums in our generation? The Kalachakra initiation is a confirmation, an affirmation and a pledge to support the Shambhala war and to participate in the co-creation of peace on earth—a genuine peace that will reveal Shambhala. This is not a symbolic war, but an inner spiritual battle that will project to the outer. The inner always projects to the outer, and the outer is always a mirror image of the inner. The initiation is a commitment of true compassion that arises from the vow to liberate all sentient beings from their attachment to sentience,....not tolerating beliefs and continuing suffering.

Religion = a set of beliefs Buddhism = letting go of beliefs As Apech implied,...not very complex. As for Songtsan,...yes, for the most part, atheism is a set of beliefs that no god(s) exist, and thus a religion. Although atheists will argue the point. As Buddhism does not consider god at all, by definition they are not atheists. IMO, atheists are among the most brainwashed beings on the planet. They believe the Object-ive world is real. I generally consider atheists as having zero chance for awareness in this life, whereas I see theists as having a .4% chance.

Recently seing that there are more than a few with an intert in astrology, anyone here of the Family of Seven? For example: http://www.destinycards.org/cards.php?birthday=12%2F29%2F1966 A quick way to find your Card: http://www.worldhealing.net/bcmonth.html

Like this question....and would like to see if there are any correlations between IQ and the awareness beyond the 6 senses. I had an individual IQ test when I twelve at Villanova Univ, consisting of 4 different lengthy tests,...and thus would challenge the validity of an internet test. The larger problem with the question however,...how to locate those whose awareness goes beyond the 6 senses, and give the an IQ before and after their uncovering of awareness.

This morning I read of a Paula Deen, some sort of TV personality? who is in hot water over racial slurs. To me, the article was remarkable,...how people often do not have a clue when they offend others. Prompted me to wonder,...what would a non-offensive world look like? Would Daoism help? Here's a clip: "A deposition from May has surfaced in which Deen admits not only to using the N-word, but also to making racist and anti-Semetic jokes. According to the transcript, when a lawyer asks her point blank if she has ever used the N-word herself, Deen doesn't miss a beat. "Yes, of course." Hmm. "Of course," as in … she assumes everyone uses that word? We're still not sure what to make of that. When the questioning then turns to the subject of offensive jokes, Deen brushes it off with a simple explanation. "It's just what they are, they're jokes," she quips. The lawyer presses on, asking if she considers those that use the N-word to be "mean," which is when Deen really lays it all on the table, so to speak. "That's kind of hard," she concedes, because … "Most jokes are about Jewish people, rednecks, black folks. Most jokes target — I don't know — I didn't make up the jokes, I don't know. I can't _ I don't know … I can't, myself, determine what offends another person." Newsflash to Ms. Deen: Telling racist jokes offends people. But that's just the beginning. In addition to these admissions, Deen reveals that she had, at one point, expressed interest in hiring black waiters to dress as slaves at a wedding — well, kind of. In the transcript, the star explains that it was an innocent idea hatched during a dinner with her husband out at a restaurant. "The whole entire wait staff was middle-aged black men, and they had on beautiful white jackets with a black bow tie," she recalls. "I mean, it was really impressive. That restaurant represented a certain era in America … after the Civil War, during the Civil War, before the Civil War … It was not only black men, it was black women … I would say they were slaves." Just to clarify, however, Deen explained, "I did not mean anything derogatory by saying that I loved their look and their professionalism." Which apparently reminded her of that bygone era when black people looked and worked … like slaves?"

In Thailand it means Ha-Ha-Ha

A belief is something you never, ever, want,...and will diminish your magick. Magick is about Attention and Intention. In fact, I wrote a book on magick,...the magick of the Mahasiddha. Here's a quote: Magick is about co-creating with the laws of nature. By uncovering the laws of nature, we begin to recognize the centerless center, a unity beyond duality, from which all the magickian’s power arises. Most people’s understanding of this inside is from the outside, so they speculate about what the inside must be from an outside point of view. For the object-ive minded, this speculation is nearly always wrong. Through speculative metaphysics, many beginners in magick rhapsodize about nonnatural wonderworking, often hypothesized from contemporary fiction, beliefs, and imagination. Some may actually have manifested a few things, but most likely, these manifestations arose due to some other factor, such as an herbally induced condition, an auspicious birth chart, or a compatible transit. There is no magick in opposition to natural laws. Although the transcendental path of esoteric Vajrayana suggests that we all have an innate, but veiled, ability to initiate magick, we can only perfect these powers through uncovering spiritual consciousness, meditating on mahamudra, eclipsing the senses, using herbs, or reciting mantras (unless we have had an auspicious birth). The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali suggest that some magick can be achieved without higher levels of spiritual development through using certain herbs. Although this may be true, I suggest that such practices are ill-advised in the absence of understanding the information presented herein. To tap into the transcendental sense, the eighth sense or coherence of gnowingness, the freethought magickian must connect with the heart-mind. Although the sixth sense, which is linked to space-time, does not necessitate an open heart, access to the higher senses requires a considerable letting go of beliefs. The first principle of real magick is that it is beyond belief. If there is any element of belief involved, then it is unperfected, haphazard magick. Beliefs are a barrier to real magick and the nine magickal perfections of Vajrayana. According to the Vajrayana siddhas, all magick is an aspect of one or more of the nine magickal perfections. Anima (not the archetypal ideas of analytic psychology or New-Age video games) is a masculine polarity aspect of magick. The practitioners not only perceive or sense (see) things microscopically, but also decrease in size themselves, becoming as small as an element. As an element, there is a fundamental awareness that allows these magickians to enter minerals, including stones, and to pass through all forms of matter. Mahima is the polar opposite of anima, and thus it has a feminine quality. Mahima is expansive, increasing in size. Sometimes, it is called the universal body, as when Krishna displayed his Vishwa-roop. My first conscious experience with undivided light began through mahima. While surrendered in a calm abiding, the immensity of my body extended a great distance from normal spatial perception. Garima, having an increasingly heavy body, like the immovability of Ki practitioners and some martial artists, is of masculine polarity and is the physical center of gravity. Ki practitioners say that the mind moves the body. Through one-point centering while completely relaxed and simultaneously grounding to earth by extending large amounts of prana so that a new supply is flowing in, these Ki practitioners manifest such feats as unbendable arms, human bridges, and immovable stances. The polar twin of garima is laghima, the feminine levity, almost weightless, that gives dakini “sky flyers” their airborne abilities. Laghima is a floating, buoyant, anti-gravitational, walk-on-water skill initiated from the same center of gravity as garima or in combination with other perfections. The lung-gom runners of pre-Chinese Tibet could cruise along the landscape at forty miles per hour while sitting a few millimeters above the surface of the ground. Every three meters or so, a foot would drop and propel them forward. Unlike garima, in which a supply of prana flows in, anchoring to earth, laghima manifests a continual supply that flows out. In her book Magic and Mystery in Tibet, Alexandra David-Neel mentions a story of a lung-gom runner who was very absorbed in his craft. One day while journeying, Buddha stopped by a river across from this lung-gompa’s hut for a drink. Seeing this traveling monk approach on the other bank, the lung-gompa came out and stood on the water. “How long have you practicing austerities?” Buddha asked. “For twenty-five years,” said the lung-gompa. “I am able, as you can see, to cross the river by walking on water,” he continued. “My poor fellow!” replied Buddha with commiseration. “Have you really wasted so many years for such a trifling result? Why the ferry man will take you across the river for a small coin.” Since reading that story at nineteen, I never had a taste for the trifling. The magickal perfections for the siddhas were not pursued for mundane power, but were consequential in relation to their spiritual development. According to the siddhas, as we begin to take charge of our thoughts and emotions through spiritual development, mastery of our level of buoyancy to be earthbound or skybound increases. To simplify this, imagine being born in a world where everyone was earthbound. By the time you developed into a thinking and emotional being, your subconscious has already been unconsciously trained to be earthbound through observing an earthbound environment. Both your conscious and subconscious, raised in an object-ive society, believe that earthboundedness is the only available reality. Your fragmented conscious mind can speculate about flying all it wants, but thought of being as Superman, or Neo in The Matrix films, will remain a fantasy until the habit-driven subconscious mind agrees with your conscious mind. In other words, the true conscious mind is not a fragmented mind, but a non-physical, eternal, multi-dimensional consciousness. The illusion spawned from Third density object-ivism that consciousness is only the tip of an iceberg is absurd. Prapti is the fifth of the nine magical perfections. This is associated with a masculine, psychic ability to acquire or manifest objects, usually in the palms. Mastery of prapti confers an understanding of unknown languages, even that of animals, along with clairaudience and telepathy. The location of missing persons is also related to this perfection. Both prapti and the sixth perfection of prakamya are associated with the astral, that is, the planes of existence associated with the Fourth and Fifth densities of consciousness. Prakamya, feminine in polarity, can do anything, whereas prapti can obtain anything. Realizing desires, the ability to see into other realms, the power of irresistible will, and presenting a youthful appearance are some of her traits. Ishita, the controller of the forces of nature, is of the masculine polarity. This perfection is known as the lord of supreme domination and has full power over maya, manifesting storms, rain, wind, and fire. Vashita is the feminine polarity of ishita. She has the power to subjugate and to dominate the senses. Vashita can rule over any phenomenally governed being and can make the phenomenal mind of others do her bidding. The Wiccan practice of binding could be associated with vashita. The ninth magickal perfection is kamavasayita. This perfection, without a polarity or twin, contains the abilities of the others, plus the capability to acquire the highest state of spiritual bliss. An important point to mention is that the spiritual self is not the highest level of bliss. Spiritual bliss is not supreme joy, and it is not associated with the source point of our higher self, which will be discussed further in the pages ahead. There is no spirit or moving, vital principle beyond duality. That is to say, spirit is not the power, but merely the lever that moves upon the power.

So, that is where the Wrathful Deities Syndicate is located. Kind of nice around mid-October, but otherwise too cloudy for me.

The Qur'an disagrees. Muslims, for example, unquestioningly accept the Shahada, that is, that there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger. To understand the dynamics of that, simply ask a Muslim why he believes in the Qur’an, and he will say, “Because the Qur’an is the infallible words of Allah written by his prophet Muhammad.” If you continue the inquiry and request that he divulge how he knows that Muhammad is Allah’s prophet, the Muslim will, without the slightest pondering, respond that he knows that Muhammad is Allah’s prophet because it says so right in the Qur’an. This is a faith-driven circular reasoning common to all three Abrahamic religions and their hundreds of denominations. I personally think that there was a Muhammad. History is quite clear regarding the roots of the Christian deception, which was firmly grounded by the end of the sixth century. Theodosian laws, for example, condemned all non-Christians, thus promoting ardent persecutions of freethinkers, deists, pantheists, polytheists, pagans, and others whose confiscated property enriched the new church. Then came the barbaric reign of Justinian, which barred anyone outside specific neo-Christian beliefs from civil service, and whose forced baptisms upon Arabs encouraged the way for the establishment of Islam. Muhammad (570–632 CE), the Abrahamic teacher who, prompted by persecutions upon Arabs, such as those continued by Pope Gregory (540–604 CE), the Father of the Dark Ages, invented the Arab version of monotheism. Interestingly, this new religion supplied the pedophile prophet with many attractive wives, the youngest of whom is said to be nine-year-old.

At least mine is the "desire" for knowledge,...does not say I'll ever get it.

I too am an Ace of Clubs,...one of the Family of Seven. Just goes to show you how different the card can be expressed. I haven't been to Burning Man, but have frequented regional Burning Man events, like: http://www.3sidedwhole.com/

Where I grew up, most White's would use the N-word while talking to other White's about themselves,..."you N." The meaning I suppose was "you're like those Black folks." Many used to belive they offended Gays with terms like Queer,...but they turned around and said "I'm Queer and proud of it." According to some academics, the most racist State in America is Hawaii. The term Haole, is much worse than the N-word,...but not only is it not challenged, it is a racist word encouraged by Hawaiians. They even have a Kill Haole holiday to cellebrate their hate of Haole's. I lived in Hawaii for a year, and left because of the underlaying racism. Even their King, Majesty Akahi Nui, is a full blown racist. Many sympathize with Hawaiians,...I don't. If they wanted to go back to some sort of Hawaiian roots, I could understand,...they don't,...they want a country based on Old Testament Law. http://www.freehawaii.org/1840.html

I was referencing a post from nearly 3 months ago,...not this thread Posted 08 April 2013 - 09:19 PM Allow me to repeat my opinion: It was sad reading a few months back about the pro-Muslim Western media bias regarding Myanmar. Overall, from stories I've read at that time, the Muslim minority of Myanmar, who by the way, own the majority of the Country's private wealth, and treat Buddhists like scum infidels, are quite oppressive towards Buddhists in daily life. This latest clash was fueled by two incidents,...first involved a Buddhist woman attempting to sell a gold hair piece, worth an equivalent of $200 in gold. The creepy Muslim merchant would only pay $100,...and as the woman attempted to counter for $120, the merchanct sneakily damaged the piece, and in traditional Muslim form, offered $50. The police were called, and the Muslim got caught in their unconscionable act,...which riled the Muslims to initiate incident number 2,...that of 4 Muslim males attacking, and then setting fire to a Buddhist monk. Next thing you know,...the world is condemning Buddhists for retaliating. The way I see it,...Muslims invaded Myanmar in the 14th Century,...and it's now time to purge the Country of this disease. I personally like to see the religion of the pedophile Prophet removed from all of Asia,...and along with Judeao-Christianity, obliterated from the world. An unbiased media would be highlighting this: that Buddhists monks watch Buddhists women being lured by wealthy Muslems and subsequently have a higher birthing rate than Buddhists,...thus adding more Islamic youth to the population, but over and over I’ve read of $millions in Saudi money earmarked for the conversion of Myanmar Buddhists to Islam.

Actually,...that Dalai Lama quote above was in reference to US Seals taking out Bin Laden.

As I wrote on TTB: Posted 08 April 2013 - 09:19 PM I vote that this thread, a pro-Muslim view, go to the pit. Overall, from stories I've read, the Muslim minority of Myanmar, who by the way, own the majority of the Country's private wealth, and treat Buddhists like scum infidels, are quite oppressive towards Buddhists in daily life. This latest clash was fueled by two incidents,...first involved a Buddhist woman attempting to sell a gold hair piece, worth an equivalent of $200 in gold. The creepy Muslim merchant would only pay $100,...and as the woman attempted to counter for $120, the merchanct sneakily damaged the piece, and in traditional Muslim form, offered $50. The police were called, and the Muslim got caught in their unconscionable act,...which riled the Muslims to initiate incident number 2,...that of 4 Muslim males attacking, and then setting fire to a Buddhist monk. Next thing you know,...the world is condemning Buddhists for retaliating. The way I see it,...Muslims invaded Myanmar in the 14th Century,...and it's now time to purge the Country of this disease. I personally like to see the religion of the pedophile Prophet removed from all of Asia,...and along with Judeao-Christianity, obliterated from the world. Today..... As I've tried to dig deeper into this story than the Western media puts out, and as I said previously, there does indeed appear to be a biased Western agenda...not only because Buddhists monks watch Buddhists women being lured by wealthy Muslems and subsequently have a higher birthing rate than Buddhists,...thus adding more Islamic youth to the population, but over and over I’ve read of $millions in Saudi money earmarked for the conversion of Myanmar Buddhists to Islam. Now,...just moments ago, after going through 7 pages of search engine entries,...it appears that all the original stories of the Muslim atrocities leading up to this situation have been removed. This whole thing smells like Muslim money to me.

"If something is serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to take counter-measures....in fact, one of the precepts of the Bodhisattva vows is to take strong countermeasures when the situation calls for it. If a Bodhisattva doesn't take strong countermeasures when the situation requires, then that constitutes an infraction of one of the vows." HH Dalai Lama

Astrodienst is awesome,...been using it for years. Speaking of astrology,...anyone interested in Cinderella Transits? Any opinions? http://www.jupitersweb.com/magi-astrology-aspects.html

Ashin Wirathu, the leader of the 969 movement, encourages Buddhists to only shop at Buddhist owned shops. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpict ... 07914.html I wonder if things remained as they were before this year, that Buddhism may be in the minority in Myanmar within 20 years, with the $millions in conversion funds being funnelled in from Saudi,...and once that occurs, in Islamic fashion, the Buddhist temples and chedi's will be destroyed. Although I consider myself a Buddhist of sorts,...mostly within the Prajnaparamita variety,...I favor the banning of the Abrahamic religions from Myanmar,...with perhaps an exception within tourist zones for those dishonest foreigners who live by those faiths. Buddhist compassion should dictate that Evangelism should be a capital crime, to protect people from those religions stepping between the people of Myanmar, and their direct spiritual experience. Perhaps another solution for Myanmar would be to establish lying as unconstitutional. If lying was unconstitutional, all Abrahamic religions would be instantly illegal. The last thing, IMO, that Myanmar should do, is submit to the insane Western influence of religious tolerance. To me, that mentality is no different than pedophile tolerance, rape tolerance, slavery tolerance, or a tolerance of misogyny.

I say Fuxk You Western media. For a different perspective: "A genuine ruby will shine," said Wirathu at his monastery in the city of Mandalay, "even if you try to sink it in mud." New freedoms of speech have made it easier to disseminate radical views, while exposing deep-seeded feelings felt by much of the population toward Muslims and other minorities. The social networking site Facebook was alight with criticism. Dozens changed their profiles to mock-covers of Time with the word "Boycott." One person lamented that the image of his country — and faith — was being tarnished. Most said that Time's article was further evidence of media bias. The monk has repeatedly called on Buddhists to unite against the "threat" Muslims pose to the country and its culture, accusing them of breeding too fast and hijacking the business community. The Time article quoted him as saying this was not the time to stay calm. "Now is the time to rise up, to make your blood boil," he said. I say that Western media has been very biased on this story, as if being presured by Islamic oil money. I hope that Myanmar does not submit to Western ignorance, arrogance, and faith-based tolerance. Real compassion is not tolerant of Muslem belief. We are not our beliefs,...although the faith-based believe they are.