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Misbehaving monks need reform, too
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 15/01/2014
» When the anti-government movement brands its protest as a battle between good and evil, we should not be so surprised to see monks among the protest leaders, should we?
Drums of war imperil 'good people's rally'
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 11/12/2013
» One of my best friends works in an office building next to Lumpini Park, where a hard-core anti-Thaksin Shinawatra group staged a protest for several months with little public support.
People's council can't succeed minus dialogue
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 04/12/2013
» When anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban said he wanted to set up a "People's Council" to reform the country, he made almost everyone scratch their heads and say, "What on earth is he talking about?"
It's a power grab, not a push for reform
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 27/11/2013
» All parties must come to an end. So must all political protests. The country's biggest anxiety right now is how the anti-government rally will end.
Let Buddha's words unify our divisions
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 20/11/2013
» As we are holding our breath in fear of what the political confrontation will bring, we begin to hear words of caution from many groups of people. Not from our monks, though.
Buddhism's 'lords' must be challenged
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 14/08/2013
» When Somdej Phra Buddhajarn (Kiaw Upaseno), the country's second most powerful Buddhist figure after the Supreme Patriarch, passed away over the weekend, the spotlight fell not only on who would succeed him, but also on the functionality of the Sangha Council itself.