Hence, Venerable Preah Krou Luon Sovath has witnessed with land grab and intimidating from the rich and authority since 2005 in his birth place. He has risen up to involve with the suffered people in the expect to lead a better change for them. As a monk, his weapon is the compassionate devotion and the use of non-violence mean for the sake of human beings.Words of Lord Buddha have encouraged Buddhist monks to wander near and far to preach the Dhamma beautiful on both the beginning and the ending in the purpose of bringing most benefits to the unfortunates, the poor, the weak and the human kind. World's religions have shared similar characteristic as those religious men are responsible for correct understanding of the teaching, implement the teaching accordingly, and outreach their compassion to all directions of the world. Buddhist engaged monks have carried out this mission worldwide since the Buddha was alive and the tasks have been continuing nowadays.
In case of Cambodia, the ravaged war has not discouraged Cambodian Buddhist monks from engaging with the communities and society. Many Buddhist-based organizations are stationing importantly on improving livelihood of the destitute people. Hence, Venerable Preah Krou Luon Sovath has witnessed with land grab and intimidating from the rich and authority since 2005 in his birth place. He has risen up to involve with the suffered people in the expect to lead a better change for them. As a monk, his weapon is the compassionate devotion and the use of non-violence mean for the sake of human beings.
Currently, at the notorious land grab and forced eviction of Beoung Kok Lake in the heart of Phnom Penh city, Ven. Sing Tonly has firmly stood in front of the gun men of servants of the rich and the powerful. His surveillance stemmed from the injustice in society and the land concession lasting 99 years in the scrupulous contract between the government and the tycoons as well as the foreign business owners. According to his word, the concession period of 99 years is to murder the Cambodian nation.
Ven. Sing Tonly has emerged as another Buddhist monk who has seen the land concession is not justifiable for the development. The forced eviction happened by those land concessions are not a rational for development in Cambodia, but he has seen it as the excuse to plunder this nation and it can lead to the extinction of this nation in the future.
For more information, please listen to his interviewing with the Khmer Post below:
As for a layman it would be nothing but politic, as for a monks it is not fairly.
ReplyDeleteNo need to make politic and opinions protected by the holy robe. That was not the intention of the Buddha, does harm the Sangha and has no foundation in the Dhamma.
As for the person behind, I am happy if people help others as long as they dont miss to forget that peace is much more important that any piece of land.
Please stay mindful!
Hanzze