Hozan Alan Senauke on “Burma at the Crossroads”
Hozan Alan Senauke, founder of the Clear View Project, has a post at Shambhala Sun Space on “Burma at the Crossroads.” Here’s a snippet:
In her recent trip to Asia Secretary Clinton decried human rights abuses in Burma, including widespread and documented accounts of rape by the Burmese military. She also raised serious concerns about conventional arms and nuclear trade between North Korea and Burma.
Yet the U.S. government continues to speak out of both sides of its mouth: protesting the conviction of Suu Kyi and the military’s policy of ethnic cleansing while holding out promises of engagement and a lessening of sanctions. Meanwhile sanction loopholes allow Chevron to pay cash to the junta in exchange for a 28% stake in the Yadana pipeline, carrying natural gas from Burma’s Andaman Sea overland to Thailand.
In addition to his work with the Clear View Project, Hozan is also vice-abbot and tanto (or, head of practice) at the Berkeley Zen Center. A former executive director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, he is also one of the founders of Think Sangha.
