Aung San Suu Kyi - a deeper perspective

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Aung San Suu Kyi - a deeper perspective

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"This David-Goliath face-off is how moral courage is defined and moral authority derived. In this universe, morality is a weapon, a stone to bash someone’s head in.

But Suu Kyi has never subscribed to this philosophy. In her moral universe, courage is the freedom from fear, which she defines as the freedom from hostility, or the freedom from the need to hate. It is a courage that makes it possible to sit next to someone, instead of standing up to them.......You can criticise her because it is now fashionable to do so, but the truth is that Suu Kyi is a spiritual politician, a breed so rare we no longer know how to recognise it."

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Thanks for posting. Aung San Suu Kyi is a fantastic woman and an upstanding member of the Sangha.
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There is always an official executioner. If you try to take his place, It is like trying to be a master carpenter and cutting wood. If you try to cut wood like a master carpenter, you will only hurt your hand.

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This thread will now be locked. Members wishing to post about Aung San Suu Kyi and the theory and practice of Dhamma should feel free to start a new thread. People wanting to debate her political practice and legacy are directed to Dhamma Wheel Engaged.
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