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Myanmar: Govt Asks Buddhist Leaders to Act Against Badly Behaved Monks

The Irrawaddy, 22 February 2018

Yangon, Myanmar -- Religious Affairs and Culture Minister U Aung Ko has urged the nation’s highest religious authority to take action against monks who disgrace Buddhism through their activities or speech.

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Myanmar clamps down on Buddhist nationalism

Asia News Network, December 30, 2017

Yangon, Myanmar -- In a further sign that Myanmar is clamping down on the spread of ultra-nationalist Buddhism, six monks have been sentenced to 18 months’ hard labour for leading an anti-government protest in Mandalay.

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Not all Buddhists agree with Sitagu Sayadaw’s militant message

By Jacob Goldberg, Coconuts, Nov. 2, 2017

Yangon, Myanmar -- Myanmar’s most revered Buddhist leader gave a speech on Monday in which he urged hundreds of military officers to not to fear the sinfulness of taking human life. Despite building a reputation on his interfaith and humanitarian activities, Sitagu Sayadaw has long made excuses for the military’s abuses against Rohingya Muslims. This week, critics said the monk veered into promoting genocide.

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Pope to Meet Top Buddhist Monks in Myanmar, Address Military

Reuters, 11 October 2017

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis will meet Myanmar’s top Buddhist monks, its military generals and civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in November when he visits that country and Bangladesh, both caught up in a crisis over the self-identifying Rohingya Muslim minority.

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Myanmar Commission Slams UN for “Smear Campaigning”

By Kalinga Seneviratne, IDN-InDepthNews, 10 August 2017

YANGON, Myanmar -- A Myanmar government commission that investigated allegations made by an international human rights organisation and the media about the country’s security forces abusing the human rights of Muslims known as Rohingyas in Rakhine State has found these allegations to be “unproven” and slammed its critics, including the United Nations, for carrying out an international “smear campaign” against the country.

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Myanmar State Buddhist Authority Stands its Ground

Religion minister refuses to resign, pledges to ‘purify’ Buddhism

Rakhine Protesters Demand UN Protect Buddhist Chakma in Bangladesh

Myanmar: Ma Ba Tha ordered to cease all activities by State Sangha Committee

Buddhist Authorities in Myanmar Warn Outspoken Monk to Adhere to Ban on Public Sermons

Myanmar Buddhists Decry Thai Government's Temple Crackdown

Anti-Buddhist Media and Myanmar: Complex Regional and Historical Dynamics

Myanmar jails Dutch tourist for pulling plug on Buddhist sermon

Dutchman held in Myanmar after 'pulling plug' on Buddhist sermon

Nearly 200 ancient pagodas damaged in Burma quake

Commission on Arakan State to be Formed With Buddhist and Muslim Members

Myanmar census data undercuts Buddhist hardliner claims

Myanmar’s top monks parry claims of anti-muslim Buddhist hardliners

Funeral fo the late Sayadaw U Pandita

Buddhist nationalist group threatens stability in Myanmar

Thousands of Buddhist monks march in anti-Muslim protests in Myanmar’s restive Rakhine State

Buddhist Mob Destroys Mosque in Myanmar

Senior Buddhist monk quits Ma Ba Tha

Myanmar Religious Officials Decry Buddhist Monk’s Pagoda-Building Spree

Concern as Myanmar Buddhist Monk Builds Stupas at Christian, Muslim Sites

Last rites performed for the late Sayadaw U Pandita

Is Thein Sein Myanmar's Angulimala?

Former Myanmar president Thein Sein 'becomes a monk': State media

Sula pagoda given a golden facelift

Buddhist Nationalist Monks to Protest Christian VP-Elect

Myanmar: Dhamma schools lack funds

Indian Buddhist monks march for peace in Myanmar, his eminence Thuksey Rinpoche leads

Buddhist monks march through Myanmar for peace

Buddhist Peace Conference Kicks Off With Presidential Cameo

Extremism Loses Out in Myanmar Vote

Burmese Public Dismisses Buddhist Nationalism With a Ballot

Can Burma Save Buddhism From the Politicians?

UN chief hits out at Myanmar monks' 'hate speech'

Myanmar's Ma Ba Tha monks flex their political muscle

Buddhist Group Comes Under Fire From Myanmar Politicians, Activists

Anti-Muslim Buddhist group moves toward Myanmar's mainstream

Understanding Buddhist-Muslim relations in Burma (Myanmar)

Myanmar's hardliners, monks protest in Rakhine against Rohingya migrant rescues

Activists outraged as Myanmar jails writer for Buddhist insults

Myanmar Buddhists plan anti-boatpeople rally

Buddhist monks sue Burma minister over 'use of chemicals on protesters'

Buddha Wearing Headphones Image Triggers Controversy in Myanmar

Buddhist monk goes on hunger strike for release of all political prisoners

Burma expels Canadian prof over Buddhist tattoos on his leg

Mahasantisukha monks’ request to countersue Buddhist council rejected, again

Myanmar-Nepal flight would facilitate Buddhist pilgrims

Buddhist backlash against fear of 'love-jihad'

Myanmar's religious department prosecutes five Buddhist monks including London Sayadaw U Ottara

Five Buddhist monks defrocked and remanded for religious offence

'They All Become Like My Children'

Buddhist Sangha conference to begin on Sunday

Commission says NGO staff did not disrespect Buddhist flag

Ethnocentric Buddhism: A new theme in Burmese Buddhism

Concern as Buddhist mobs target foreign aid groups in Myanmar

In Myanmar, a Buddhist ‘siege mentality’ at work?

Chinese Buddhist pictures exhibited in Myanmar

Buddhists in Myanmar Protest OIC's Visit

Bill seeks to disallow Buddhist Myanmar women from marrying non-Buddhist men

Myanmar arrests 44 suspects after Buddhist-led attacks in Thandwe

Late S.N. Goenka's ashes to be scattered in the Irrawaddy River, Myanmar

Protesters Attempt March from Mandalay to Copper Mine

Mon at Burmese-Thai Border Mark Historic Arrival of Buddhist Scriptures

Burma Buddhist Committee Bans Anti-Muslim Organizations

Buddhists Get Prison Terms in Myanmar

Buddhist monks to preach without hurting other religions

Myanmar's prominent Buddhist monk talks peace and unity

Myanmar monks make clarification on Buddhist meeting

Myanmar Buddhist monks call for peace as they conclude meeting on religious tensions

Buddhist monastery protects Muslim refugees in Myanmar

Monks’ Convention in Burma Calls for Restricting Buddhist-Muslim Marriage

Monk Arrested for Smuggling Rohingya in Buddhist Robes

Who can stem the tide of Buddhist supremacy in Myanmar?

Fanatical Buddhist Monk Saydaw Wirathu Calling for Boycott of Myanmar Muslims

Armed Buddhists, including monks, clash with Muslims in Myanmar

Buddhist monks say words against the Letpadaungtaung final report

Buddhists Leaving Bangladesh Welcomed in West Burma

Bangladeshi Buddhist families resettle to Arakan state

Buddhist conference held in Yangon

Chinese copper mine triggers nationwide protests led by Buddhist clergy

Monks Stage Protest in Rangoon

Buddhists seek voice in strife-hit western Myanmar

Buddhist monks march in Myanmar to thwart Islamic office plan

Mass Myanmar monk rally backs anti-Rohingya plan

Myanmar to examine Muslim-Buddhist violence

Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi Pleads For Ethnic Minority Rights

Myanmar is reminded of its ethnic realities

The Buddhist Revival in Burma

Buddhist festival celebrates a new freedom

Devotees celebrate Buddhism and hope at Myanmar shrine where festival was banned 20 years

His Holiness the Dalai Lama May Visit Holiest Buddhist Sites of Burma

Myanmar to hold grand religious function to mark 2600th anniversary Shwedagon Pagoda

Burmese Junta's Proxy Forms New Buddhist Organization

Remote Buddhist Villages Threatened by Rampant Robberies

Aung San Suu Kyi gives robes to monks, nuns in Buddhist rite

Buddhist missionary group launches border projects

More foreigners study Abhidhamma Buddhism in Myanmar

Group spreads Vipassana meditation

Landslides in southern Myanmar kill 3 Buddhist monks, damage monasteries

Earthquake damages Buddhist temples

Buddhist canon preserved on 9500 brass plates

Buddhists outraged by actor's photo

Thousands donate hair to fix pagoda road in remote Burma

Shoddy work blamed for Myanmar pagoda collapse

International Theravada Buddhist universities conference to be held in Myanmar

Shwepawkyun abbot prosecuted in assault case

Foreign Buddhist association funds delta housing project

U Gambira to serve total of 68 years in prison

Sri Lankan Buddhist coordinates delta construction project

Officials scratch off gold from Buddha statues

Pagodas ready for pilgrimage season

The Full Moon Day of Thadingyut or Lighting Festival of Burma

India, Asean discuss joint Buddhist pilgrimage tourism

Two ancient statues of Buddha found in Mandalay

Putting Compassion into Action

Statement by the All Burma Monks’ Alliance

Buddhist scriptures at risk of rain damage

Buddhist ceremony disrupted in Taunggok

Myanmar's Shwedagon Temple Damaged

Democratic Karen Buddhist Army denies taking monk’s body

Armed group steals monk's corpse

Serving the People

Boat capsize kills 10 in Myanmar

Association of monks in Burma urges holding protest day on Sept 11

Monks Take Officials Hostage for hours in Upper Burma Standoff

Buddhist monks release hostages

Myanmar soldiers fire shots in air to break up Buddhist monks' protest, exile media report

All that glitters is not gold in Myanmar's political landscape

Giant 'pilgrim fish' disappear from river by Myanmar pagoda

Rare Myanmar parties for Buddhist New Year

The orphan monks of Myanmar

`Blitzkrieg' rehab imperils Myanmar's ancient temples

Mandalay authority member sells liquor near Buddhist monasteries

From Ruins to Ruined

Buddhist Monastery Pressured to Sell after Gas Discovery

Buddhist monk killed by drunken youths during Thingyan festivity

Mahamuni Temple Trustees Face Detention after Army Wireless Set Missing

Authority Denies Renovation of Reclining Buddha

Burma offers Bangladeshi Buddhists to settle in northern Arakan

80-Family of New Buddhist Settlers Brought into Northern Arakan

Myanmar: Holy relic stolen

Quake shakes historic Myanmar temples

Burmese Buddhist nun detained for religious reasons

Chinese, Myanmar Buddhist masters stress promotion of friendship, world peace

Burmese authorities banned Buddhist monks from preaching

Buddhist monks detained and restricted by Burma junta

Regime using Buddhism for propaganda purposes, monks say

World Buddhist leaders stress propagation of Buddhism

World Buddhist summit wraps up in Myanmar

Essential unity among Buddhist leaders for peace - Burmese Buddhist Leader

World Buddhist conference opens in Myanmar despite boycott call

Interview with Abbot of Sitagu on the forthcoming ?World? Buddhist Summit in Burma

Burma junta to go ahead with ?World? Buddhist summit

Myanmar to issue new stamps to mark world Buddhist summit

Buddhist monks and Burma?s junta

World Buddhist Summit: appeals to boycott Myanmar?s military regime

Burma junta tries to appease Buddhist monks

Report on detained Buddhist Monks in Burma

Burma junta invites another Japanese Buddhist group for Buddhist conference

World Buddhist Summit on schedule

Japanese Buddhist sponsor boycotts Burma junta

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