One of my favorite passages is on page 637,
where he states that “At the root of
that responsibility lies, and I quote, ‘the concept of perfection, the
urge to achieve it, the intelligence to find a path towards it, and the will to
follow that path if not to the end, at least the distance needed to rise about
individual limitation…’” I found this to be very inspirational and encouraging.
I believe that it would be a good quote to live by.
I
found it interesting that Aung San Suu Kyi’s father, Aung San, was an
independence hero in Burma, and that he was assassinated when Aung San Suu Kyi
was only two years old. I also found it interesting that she went back to Burma
to take care of her dying mother, Daw Khin Kyi, and then she became a big part
of the democratic movement. At her mother’s funeral, the large crowd that came
to honor her ended up turning into a large crowd of people that were peacefully
protesting against military rule. I also found it very interesting that she was
actually placed under house arrest many different times, but the first time was
under the Martial Law, which allows her the be held in custody for three years
without even have been charged or had a trial. That just seems ridiculous to me
that they can put you on house arrest for 3 years, keep you confined so you
cannot see your family, and yet they have not even charged you with anything,
let alone have you gone to trial.
The Dalai Lama is a
high ranking religious figure in Buddhism. He is believed to be the rebirth of
tulkus. I found that the Dalai Lama created tensions in China just earlier this
month he associated with the Japanese right-wing forces over some island dispute
between China and Japan. China believes that he was doing this because he wants
to split China under the appearance of religion. The article goes on to say
that the Dalai Lama says that China is making it all up. This is obviously
causing tension between China and The Dalai Lama.
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