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Venerable SOVATH Visited Big Buddha Mountain in Hong Kong

ព្រះតេជគុណ លួន សុវ៉ាត ទស្សនកិច្ចសិក្សា វត្ពព្រះពុទ្ធសាសនានិងព្រះពុទ្ធរូបដ៏ធំនៅលើកំពូលភ្នំក្នុងដែនដីនៃកោះហុងកុង ។ Venerable LUON SOVATH Visited Buddhist Temple and Big Buddha Mountain in Hong Kong Island after finished A Cambodian Spring Documentary Screening,4.10.2018

Venerable SOVATH Visit Hong Kong to join Chinese Documentary Festival

ព្រះតេជគុណ លួន សុវ៉ាត និមន្តទស្សនកិច្ចសិក្សាទៅកាន់ដែនដីកោះហុងកុងដើម្បីចូលរួមកម្មវិធីមហោស្រពភាពយន្តឯកសារអន្តរជាតិ និងសួរឆ្លើយលើភាពយន្តឯកសារ A Cambodian Spring Documentary ផងដែរ ។ ២តុលា២០១៨ Venerable SOVATH LUON go to visit Hong Kong Island to join The 11th Chinese Documentary Festival Q&A about A Cambodian Spring Documentary Screenings also,2.10/2018 "Non-Violence Overcome All Obstacles"

ជួបសន្ទនាគ្នារឿងនយោបាយនិងរឿងចោរលួចHacked Facebook ព្រះតេជគុណ លួន សុវ៉ាត

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We Are All Human Rights Defenders

The next morning, Sovath woke at 4 a.m. He snuck quietly out of his pagoda, undetected by police, and slipped into the village. He went door-to-door, waking each family, until he had assembled a group of over 50 citizens - the elderly, the young, even pregnant women and children. They set out across the rice fields in the direction of the main road. 

Sometimes the most effective defense of human rights begins with the simplest of questions.

Published on May 9, 2010

"Why can't I be here?"

"What law did I break?"

And sometimes, just: "Why?"

The latter was a question that the Venerable Luon Sovath began asking early in life. The 32-year-old grew up in Cambodia's Siem Reap province and came of age in the midst of Cambodia's vicious civil war. He witnessed horrific violence as the Khmer Rouge attempted to regain control of the country.

Growing up, there was rarely a clear answer to the question "why?" The violence was usually senseless; the injustice seemed systematic. Only two things were certain: First, the war was tearing his family apart; each of his 11 siblings had become entangled in the conflict. And second, he did not want to join them.

So at age 15, Sovath took a different path: He became a monk. His choice allowed him to escape harm during Cambodia's decades-long war, and instilled the virtues of karma, reflection, and justice.

Today, Cambodia's guns are mostly silent, but another battle rages: The fight over land rights. Since 2004, over 250,000 Cambodians have been victims of illegal government land seizures to make way for commercial development, plantations, dams, and mining concessions.

Cambodia's activist monk remains defiant despite temple ban

Updated October 3, 2011 15:42:32

A Cambodian monk, who has been targeted by the government for his social activism, says the country's top leaders are responsible for the poverty and suffering of some of its citizens.

Venerable Luon Sovath came to prominence after a forced eviction from his village in 2009 turned violent, and police opened fire on land protesters, injuring four people.

The villagers called the monk in to help document the incident and advocate on their behalf.

This began his work travelling the country, helping to inform people of their rights and to protest against land grabs.

He says this practice of what he calls "engaged Buddhism" has resulted in him being arrested and being threatened with beatings, death, and defrocking as a monk.

In April this year, the ruling body for Buddhist monks in Cambodia banned Venerable Luon Sovath from going to temples in Phnom Penh or Siem Reap.

Presenter: Liam Cochrane
Speaker: Venerable Luon Sovath, a Cambodian monk and social activist

Click this link to listen the whole interview

Source: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/201110/s3331046.htm

The disconnection between the belief in Buddhism and the social problems in Cambodia

By Pen Bonna
Radio France Internationale
Translated from Khmer by Soy

Buddhism teaches that we all come to this world naked, when we die, we will not take anything with us with the exception of the sins and good deeds that we perform. Therefore, true Buddhist believers should not fight each others to fulfill our greed.

Buddhism is the state religion and it is worshiped by Buddhist Khmer families in general. For example, during each year’s Pchum Ben celebration, no Cambodian families would miss visiting a pagoda, whether they are rich or poor. However, when you compare the current social problems in Cambodia and the [intrinsic] value of Buddhism, one can see that the majority of Cambodians only worship Buddhism superficially only, they do not worship Buddhism out of their heart or out of their true belief at all. Why is that so?

The 15 days of the Kan Ben and Pchum Ben celebrations ended on Tuesday. Each pagoda in the kingdom was busy receiving Buddhist devotees. People from all creeds tried to visit a pagoda to celebrate Pchum Ben. This action seems to show that Cambodians are true believers of Buddhism, of sins, of “retributions” which are part of the Buddhist core.

Based on the busy traffic in pagodas during the Pchum Ben season, it is hard to believe that the Cambodian society is riddled with so many social problems because Buddhism provides a just philosophy that everybody can believe and worship. The foremost philosophy that Buddhism teaches to people is: “Do the right deeds and you will reap good deeds, do the wrong deeds and you will reap bad deeds” during this lifetime or during the next lifetime. However, Cambodia had continuously met with unending war and genocide, as well as major and minor problems.

Analysts who follow the situation of the Cambodian society have pointed out 2 major issued that we should reflect on. The first issue is the fact that a number of Buddhist followers worship the religion without clearly understanding the teachings of Buddha. Any religion aims to direct people to perform good deeds, but the problem stems from the fact that the worshipers do not practice their belief properly because they do not understand and they twist religion for other purposes. The second issue stems from the fact that people are using religion only as a shield, but they do not truly believe it in their heart and they do not practice it according to Buddhist meaning at all.

បទ​សម្ភាសន៍​ជាមួយ​ព្រះ​ភិក្ខុលួន សូវ៉ាត​នៅប្រទេស​អូស្រ្តាលី

==>បទសម្ភាសព្រះតេជព្រះគុណ លួន សាវ៉ាត ដោយវិទ្យុអូស្រ្តាលី 26 Sept. 2011

Summary of the Interview in English

Interviewer: Venerable, what are your purposes in coming to Australia?
Ven. Luon Sovath: My purposes to come to Australia this time is to participate with Khmer Buddhists in Australia during this auspicious Bon Pchum Ben during this Rain Retreat Season as in Cambodia I am expelled from the pagoda by the Supreme Patriarchs and the Chief Monk of Siem Reap because of my activity in engaging with the evicted communities and the victims of land grabbing. Other purpose is to bring petition for the greater support of everyone in requesting the supreme patriarch as well as the chief monk of Siem Reap province to withdraw their orders.

Interviewer: Now, Venerable is arriving Australia, do you plan to travel to other cities as well or just stay in Melbourne?
Ven. Luon Sovath: Yes, I will travel in accordance with the invitation and friendly relationship of the Buddhist friends here.

Interviewer: so Venerable plans to stay in Australia only one month?
Ven.Luon Sovath: Yes

Interviewer: Recently, Venerable has faced many problems because of your engagement with the social activities, could Venerable discuss those issues in details for the audience here?
Ven. Luan Sovath: Truly, it is because my engagement and outreaching to the communities of land grab victims and forced eviction. In reality, it is not my problem, it is the government problem whose people have been suffered. Look at the Australian government, the suffering of the people has been justly dealt. In Cambodia, the suffering of the people have been deeply embedded by the lawless activities, physical violence and bullet shooting.

According to Buddha's teaching, everyone is equal and fully exercising basic rights. If the government followed this teaching, it would have no problem in society at all. Authority at all levels must not abuse their power. When people at the rural areas are facing suffering and violation from the richs, the policemen or authorities must help them. But in contrast, those authorities and policemen beat and shoot at the people.

On behalf of a Buddhist monk, I take no side, no discrimination and no violence. I am undertaking four sublime states of the mind ie. metta (loving-kindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (sympathy) and upekkha (neutrality). But I am not seen by this virtue, contradictorily the authority accused me of violation the rules of Buddhism and joining the political activity. Of course, all these accusations are baseless.

So I would like to appeal to everyone to deeply research on this matter and help to write an appealing letter, petition or other lobbying activities by submitting to the international communities, embassies, Cambodian government and the Buddhist institution etc. to withdraw those orders.

Interviewer: According to the order of Supreme Patriarch Noun Ngeth, it means to force Venerable to stop those activities or to defrock Venerable?
Ven. Luon Sovath: The order is tending to accuse me of political involvement and violation of Buddhist's principles. In reality, the order has clearly distorted my Engaged Buddhism, freedom of speech and rights of social participation. Understand that the order is not the rule or the principle of the Buddha's teaching. It is just a personal decision which is evidently a totalitarian manner to force me to be arrested, defrocked or expelled from the country.

But for me, I will not stop from my Engaged Buddhism. I will stand firmly with those victims in Cambodia. For me, if I am defrocked, I am keenly arrested by the new criminal law to put in jail or convicted by the authority.

I have become a monk in order to seek my personal knowledge, to help the social causes and propagate Buddhism. I am wondering, their accusation tends to stop all those primary intention of how becoming a monk of mine or what?

Buddhists and people nationwide and worldwide have supported me and my original purposes in engaging with the communities and propagating Buddhism.

Interviewer: If Venerable went back to Cambodia, is there any pagada Venerable will go to stay?
Ven. Luon Sovath: In accordance to Buddhism, the actual pagoda is inside our heart, the pagoda outside is just a symbolic one. Lord Buddha played important role in teaching us how important is the pagoda inside ourselves. Buddha traveled from places to places without having proper pagoda to stay. I am a Buddha's student, I must do the same.

Interviewer: Venerable, has you been concerning of personal security and safety?
Ven.Luon Sovath: Every being is afraid of danger and insecurity. I am the same. But my returning back to Cambodia is not feeling in insecure as I have done nothing wrong. Those who are feeling insecure because of their bad deeds and lawless activities.

Interviewer: what is your plans in Cambodia when returning back to Cambodia?
Ven. Luon Sovath: My plan is the same: to learn and practice Buddhism, to outreach to all communities and propagate Buddhism. Those plans are in accordance with principles of Buddhism, universal laws, human rights and freedom of speech.

ភិក្ខុលួន សូវ៉ាត ព្រះសង្ឃខ្មែរមួយអង្គដែលបាននិមន្តមកដល់ប្រទេសអូស្រ្តាលី កាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រ បានមានសង្ឃដីកាថា ព្រះអង្គ​ពុំ​ដែល​បាន​ប្រព្រឹត្ត​អ្វីដែលប្រាកចាកធម៌វិន័យព្រះពុទ្ធសាសនាឬក៏ច្បាប់ជាតិ និងអន្តរជាតិនោះទេ ទោះបីជា​មានការ​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​ពី​សម្ដេច​សង្ឃ នន្ទ ង៉ែត កាល​ពីប៉ុន្មាន​ខែកន្លងទៅនេះថា ព្រះតេជគុណ​បានប្រព្រឹត្ត​ល្មើស​ធម៌វិន័យ​របស់​ព្រះពុទ្ធសាសនាក្ដី។

ភិក្ខុលួន សូវ៉ាត​បានមានថេរដីកាថា ក្រៅ​អំពី​ការ​ចូល​រួម​ពិធី​បុណ្យ​ភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ​ជាមួយ​នឹង​ពុទ្ធបរិស័ទ​ខ្មែរ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​អូស្រ្តាលី ព្រះអង្គ​ក៏​ឆ្លៀត​​ឱកាសនេះ ប្រមែ​​ប្រមូល​​ការ​គាំទ្រ​​ពី​សំណាក់​ពលរដ្ឋ​ខ្មែរ​ដែល​ស្រឡាញ់​យុត្តិធម៌​ផងដែរ​ដើម្បី​ធ្វើជា​ញត្តិជូន​ដល់​ស្ថាប័ន​​អន្ដរជាតិ​នានា។

មួយរយៈនេះ ព្រះតេជគុណបានជួបប្រទះនឹងបញ្ហាមួយចំនួនជាមួយនឹងអាជ្ញាធរដោយសារសកម្មភាពរបស់ព្រះអង្គនៅក្នុងសង្គម រហូត​​ដល់​មាន​សង្ឃ​សម្រេច​ចេញ​ដោយ​សម្ដេច​សង្ឃ​មហា​និកាយ ហាម​ប្រាម​​មិន​ឲ្យ​​វត្ត​អារាម​​នៅ​​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​​ទទួល​យក​​ព្រះ​តេជគុណ​លួន សូវ៉ាត​ឲ្យ​គង់​នៅ​ក្នុង​វត្ត​ឡើយ៕

(ប៊ុន ឡឺវីសីដា)

Announcement and Banning Letter from the Chief Monk of Siem Reap Province

Appealing Letter for Financial Support from Preah Krou Loun Sovath

Requesting Letter to the Local Authority for Freedom Celebration

Enforcing Letter from Chief Monk of Siem Reap Province to Ban Preah Krou Loun Sovath from Sheltering in any Pagoda in this Privince

Venerable Loun Sovath and the Politics of Compassion

Nathaniel Adams | June 29, 2011

Recently Venerable Non Ngeth, Supreme Patriarch of the Mahanikaya branch of Cambodian Buddhism, issued a directive stating that pagodas in the country are no longer permitted to host one Venerable Loun Sovath. This pagoda ban is the latest admonition for the 31-year-old monk, who has been involved in advocacy for victims of forced evictions and land-grabbing over the last several years. Originally from Siem Reap’s Chi Kraeng commune, Ven. Sovath became outspoken on land rights issues after members of his community were detained in the midst of an on-going land dispute in which 175 families were being forcibly relocated. Intending to draw great attention to such issues, Ven. Sovath has attended protests over other notable land disputes in the country.

In Boeng Kak lake in Phnom Penh, he joined protests against the displacement of 4,000 families as a result of a joint project between a Chinese developer and a ruling party senator. And in Prey Lang, where over 40,000 hectares of old growth forest have been granted in a private concession to a Vietnamese rubber corporation, and 27 mineral exploration permits have also been issued, Ven. Sovath was there to protest as well. He has been threatened with arrest at several demonstrations and due to the pagoda ban, he is now somewhat of a pariah, being ferried between various safe houses in the country.

In his recent directive Ven. Non Ngeth stated that Ven. Loun Sovath “has been involved in politics … he joined protests with villagers and has gone everywhere with human rights activists, which is an abuse of Buddha’s rules.” Human rights groups, on the other hand, have pointed to the fact that the monastic code Vinaya does not explicitly prohibit social activism and have claimed that Ven. Non Ngeth’s comments were themselves politically motivated, since certainly it is no secret that the senior leadership of the Cambodian sangha has close ties to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party. This episode raises a number of important questions about the role of a monk in the temporal world of development. Namely, when does the practice of compassion become a political act? During the course of our exploration into the social engagement of Buddhist actors, we’ve heard many monks state that “sharing compassion” is a major motivation for their work in the community. As one of the two main qualities required to achieve enlightenment (the other being wisdom), compassion is central to Buddhist practice. The idea is that by selflessly acting on behalf of others whenever and wherever suffering occurs, this begins to free one from the false notion of the individual self and the individual other. On a similar note, several monks suggested that there is a practical imperative for a monk to work on behalf of their community, as it was impossible to separate the wellbeing of a monk from the wellbeing of his community. As one monk put it rather succinctly, “if they starve, we starve."

Preah Krou Loun Sovath: the Human Rights Defender

Witness video about Human Rights Defenders, featuring the venerable Loun Sovath.


Witness video training LICADHO staff and the venerable Loun Sovath.


Video by LICADHO featuring the venerable Loun Sovath.


Video by the UNHCHR feature Human Rights Defenders from around the world, including the venerable Loun Sovath.

ព្រះ​ភិក្ខុ លួន សាវ៉ាត ចេញ​ពី​វត្ត

Social engagment of Preah Krou Luon Sovath by Licadhocanada

Human Rights Defender part 1 to part 4 by Jendhamuni

Cambodian monk defies his superiors to document and oppose land grabs

Friday, September 16, 2011

Cambodian monk defies his superiors to document and oppose land grabs

Ven Sovath Luon: leading struggle of poor farmers

Friday, September 16, 2011
CÍAN NIHILL
The Irish Times

According to Luon, the Buddhist hierarchy in Cambodia has been corrupted by close ties to power and no longer works for the good of ordinary people.

FRONT LINE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS: GOING AGAINST centuries of tradition, Buddhist monks across Cambodia have been ordered by their superiors not to give food or shelter to the Venerable Sovath Luon, whose only crime has been to stand up against brutal land seizures.

Known in some quarters as “The Multimedia Monk” for his use of video to catch human rights violations, Luon has risked defrocking and police brutality by documenting and often leading the struggle of poor farmers in his community.

Luon spoke passionately while at the Front Line Dublin Platform about what he sees as rampant corruption around him.

His activism started after he witnessed a land grab in his village in 2009, when police fired at unarmed villagers protesting against the confiscation of their fields. Land seizures are common in Cambodia, where large tracts are being sold, often to foreign investors, for logging, agriculture, mining, tourism and fisheries, displacing thousands of people.