Rev. Danny Fisher

Just a Buddhist Minister Trying to Benefit Beings
July 17, 2009

"Shiny, Happy People"

Tiffany Stanley at the Religion News Service Blog reports on a new commercial from the Chinese government that depicts “happy Muslims and Han Chinese, donning matching yellow polo shirts and singing: ‘We are all part of the same family.’”

    This ad brought to you by China’s “relentless propaganda campaign” to gloss over the ethnic rioting in Xinjiang, the Associated Press reported.

Ms. Stanley notes the similarities between this reaction and the propaganda that followed the Tiananmen Square Massacre–a campaign that is said to have inspired a very famous song by one of America’s favorite rock-and-roll groups:

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July 17, 2009

"Colorado Dharma Odyssey"

My old pal Nick Vail over at 2nd Wave American Buddhism posts some beautiful pictures from his and his girlfriend Colleen’s recent tour of several major Tibetan Buddhist centers in Colorado. Take a look!

July 17, 2009

Burma News (7.16.09)

“Kachin officers listen to a lecture on military and cultural affairs.” Photo by Ryan Libre for The Irrawaddy.
Here are today’s headlines about Burma:

  • The Democratic Voice of Burma suggests that the impending prisoner amnesties in the country “offer false hope.”
  • The Irrawaddy offers a news analysis of the country’s “constitutional crisis over the border guard.”
  • The Irrawaddy also reports that “ten high-ranking Burmese army officers have reportedly been arrested on suspicion of divulging to Western and exiled media news of a secret visit to North Korea by the junta’s No. 3, Gen Shwe Mann, and photographs and video footage of tunnel construction in and around Naypyidaw.”
  • The Irrawaddy also reports that “Burma will come up as a major issue of discussion when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets her ASEAN counterparts in Thailand on Friday, according to a state department official.”
  • Lastly, the BBC visits with an opposition leader in hiding who says that “everyone is scared” in Burma as the military trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace laureate and Prime Minister-elect, continues.

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