Rev. Danny Fisher

The Buddhist Peace Fellowship‘s Hozan Alan Senauke and Zenju Earthlyn Manuel both offer reflections and suggestions for action regarding Aung San Suu Kyi at the organization’s official website. Manuel, the BPF’s executive director, writes:

While the world watches the 63-year-old goes on trial on Monday, May 18th, on the charges, which carry a jail term of up to five years and would stretch her detention past its supposed expiry date on May 27th and through controversial elections due in 2010.

Suu Kyi is not only an icon of freedom for the Burmese people, but also a symbol of the ideals of peace and liberty inked into the pages of the American constitution whether practiced on this land or not. For that reason many of us in this country can clearly see our place in advocating for Suu Kyi’s passage through the locked gates.

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The Buddhist Peace Fellowship uses its freedom to support the freedom of Aung San Suu Kyi. The freedom of Burma and many other countries is a long haul in which we must carry the perpetual fire of wisdom and take action with our voices. Let’s not be silent about any acts of dehumanization in the world.