Showing posts with label Ven. Luon Sovath. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 30, 2012

ព្រះសង្ឃ​តស៊ូ​មតិលួន សូវ៉ាត​ទទួល​ពាន​រង្វាន់​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស នៅក្នុងប្រទេសស្វីស

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អត្ថបទចុះ​ផ្សាយ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ សៅរ៍ 30 មិថុនា 2012 - ព័ត៌មានទើប​កែប្រើ​លើកចុងក្រោយ​ ថ្ងៃ សៅរ៍ 30 មិថុនា 2012

ព្រះសង្ឃ​តស៊ូ​មតិលួន សូវ៉ាត​ទទួល​ពាន​រង្វាន់​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស នៅក្នុងប្រទេសស្វីស

ព្រះសង្ឃ​លួន សាវ៉ាត​ធ្លាប់​ត្រូវ​បាន​អាជ្ញាធរ​និង​គណៈសង្ឃ​ចាប់​យក​ទៅ​សាកសួរ បន្ទាប់ពី​ព្រះអង្គ​បាន​ចូលរួម​ជួយ​ការពារ​ប្រជាជន​រងគ្រោះ​ដោយ​ដីធ្លី
ព្រះសង្ឃ​លួន សាវ៉ាត​ធ្លាប់​ត្រូវ​បាន​អាជ្ញាធរ​និង​គណៈសង្ឃ​ចាប់​យក​ទៅ​សាកសួរ បន្ទាប់ពី​ព្រះអង្គ​បាន​ចូលរួម​ជួយ​ការពារ​ប្រជាជន​រងគ្រោះ​ដោយ​ដីធ្លី
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បន្ទាប់​ពី​ធ្វើ​ការតស៊ូ​មតិ​ជួយ​ការពារ​សិទ្ធិ​ជនរងគ្រោះ​ដោយការបាត់បង់​ដីធ្លី អស់​រយៈពេល​ជា​ច្រើន​ឆ្នាំ​រួច​មក ព្រះ​សង្ឃ លួន សូវ៉ាត គង់​នៅ​ក្នុង​វត្ត​មួយ នៅ​ខេត្ត​សៀមរាប​ទទួល​បាន​ពាន​រង្វាន់​ស្តី​ពី​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​ពី​ប្រទេស​ស្វីស។ ព្រះសង្ឃ​នឹង​និមន្ត​ទៅ​ទទួល​​ពាន​រង្វាន់​នៅ​ចុង​ឆ្នាំ​២០១២​ខាង​មុខ​នេះ។

សេចក្តីរាយការណ៍​របស់​គី សុខលីម​ពី​ទីក្រុង​ភ្នំពេញ
30/06/2012 by គី សុខលីម


 

ព្រះសង្ឃ លួន សូវ៉ាត ដែល​គង់​នៅ​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​សៀមរាប​នឹង​ចាក​ចេញ​ទៅ​ទទួល​ពាន​រង្វាន់​ស្តីពី​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​ស្វីស នៅ​ខែ​តុលា​ឆ្នាំ​២០១២​ខាង​មុខ​នេះ។

ពាន​រង្វាន់​របស់​ប្រទេស​ស្វីស​ដែល​មាន​ឈ្មោះ​ជា​ភាសា​អង់គ្លេស​ថា Martin Ennals Award គឺ​ជា​ពាន​រង្វាន់​ដ៏​សំខាន់​មួយ​សម្រាប់​ផ្តល់​ជូន​ដល់​បុគ្គល​ណា​ដែល​បាន​ចូល​រួម​ការពារ និង​លើក​តម្កើង​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស។ សម្រាប់ឆ្នាំ​២០១២​នេះ ពាន​រង្វាន់ Martin Ennals Award ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​ប្រគល់​ជូន​អោយ​មនុស្ស​ពីនាក់ និង​ស្ថាប័ន​មួយ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​ផ្សេង​គ្នា។ មនុស្ស​ទី​មួយ​ដែល​ត្រូវ​ទទួល​បាន​ពាន​រង្វាន់​នេះ​គឺ ព្រះសង្ឃ​ លួន សាវ៉ាត ជនជាតិ​ខ្មែរ។ ព្រះសង្ឃ​ លួន សាវ៉ាត គឺ​ជា​ព្រះសង្ឃ​មួយ​អង្គ​ដែល​បាន​ចូលរួម​ចំណែក​គាំទ្រ​ជន​រងគ្រោះ​ដែល​ត្រូវ​បាន​អាជ្ញាធរ​ខ្មែរ​បណ្តេញ​ចេញ​ដោយ​បង្ខំ​ពី​លំនៅឋានរបស់​ពួកគេ។ ព្រះសង្ឃ​បាន​ធ្វើ​ការតវ៉ា និង​តស៊ូ​មតិ​ដោយ​អហិង្សា​ជួយ​ជន​រងគ្រោះ តាមរយៈ​ខ្សែ​អាត់​វីដេរអូ ចំរៀង និង​កំណាព្យ​ជា​ដើម។

មនុស្សទី​ពីគឺ​លោកស្រី Nasrin Sotoudeh មេធាវី​ជនជាតិ​​អ៊ីរ៉ង់​ដែល​កំពុង​ជាប់​ពន្ធនាគារ​ដោយសារ​ការឃោសនា​ប្រឆាំងនឹង​រដ្ឋាភិបាលនិង​ទី៣​គឺ​ជា​ស្ថាប័ន​ការពារ​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស​នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​បារ៉ែន។ The Bahrain Center for Human Rights គឺជា​មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល​ចងក្រង​ឯកសារ​​ស្តី​ពី​ការរំលោភ​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​បារ៉ែន។

ពិធី​ប្រកាស​ផ្តល់​ពានរង្វាន់​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​ខ្នាត​អន្តរជាតិ​មួយ​នេះ​នឹង​ប្រព្រឹត្ត​ធ្វើ​ឡើងនៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​០២​ខែ​តុលា​ឆ្នាំ​២០១២​នៅ​ក្នុង​ទីក្រុង​ហ្សឺណែវ​ប្រទេស​ស្វីស។

ព្រះសង្ឃ លួន សាវ៉ាត ដែល​ជា​ជ័យលាភី​ពី​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​បាន​មាន​ពុទ្ធដីការ​ប្រាប់​វិទ្យុ​បារាំង​អន្តរជាតិនៅថ្ងៃ​សៅរ៍​នេះ​ថា៖«ការ​ផ្តល់​ពាន​រង្វាន់​នេះ​គឺ​ជាមោទនាភាព​សម្រាប់​ប្រជាជន​ខ្មែរនិង​ប្រជាជាតិ​ខ្មែរ​ទាំង​មូល»។ ក្រៅ​ពីទទួល​បាន​ពាន​រង្វាន់​ជា​និមិត្តរូប ព្រះសង្ឃ លួន សាវ៉ាត​ នឹង​ទទួល​បាន​ថវិកា​ពី​ម្ចាស់​ពាន​រង្វាន់​ចំនួន​ប្រមាណ​ជា​២​ម៉ឺន​ដុល្លារអាមេរិក​សម្រាប់​ធ្វើ​សកម្មភាព​ក្នុង​គម្រោង​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា។

សូម​បញ្ជាក់​ថា សម្រាប់​ឆ្នាំ​២០១២​នេះ ឥស្សរជន​ខ្មែរ​ចំនួន​ពីរ​នាក់​ហើយ​ដែល​ទទួល​បាន​ពាន​រង្វាន់​ខាង​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​ខ្នាត​អន្តរជាតិ។ ទី​មួយ​គឺ​លោក អាត់​ ធន់ ប្រធាន​សម្ព័ន្ធ​សហជីព​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​កម្មករ​កាត់ដេរ​កម្ពុជា។ លោកទទួល​បាន​ពាន​រង្វាន់​សិទ្ធិ​ការងារ​ពីប្រទេស​ន័រវែស ក្នុង​ខែ​មិថុនា​នេះ និង​ព្រះសង្ឃ លួន សូវ៉ាត ទទួល​បាន​ពាន​រង្វាន់​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​ពី​ប្រទេស​ស្វីស​ក្នុងខែតុលា​ខាង​មុខ​នេះ៕

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Seminar on "Reconfiguration of Khmer Soul" on March 17, 2012

You are cordially invited to this very important seminar on "Configuration of Khmer Soul". The main purpose here is not about recollecting of typical Khmer soul rituals as believed and practiced by Khmer people, the seminar aims to elaborate on the Khmer Soul of Race/Nationality, Khmer Soul of Culture/Tradition/Costume/Buddhism, Khmer Soul of Social Affair, Khmer Soul of Economic, and Khmer Soul of Politic.
There is a part of your engagement by multi-choice questionnaires and input space of your thoughts and suggestions.
Don’t miss it, if you can not physically attend this Seminar, you can log into paltalk and enter into room named “CanCambodia”.
Thank you very much,

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Listen to the whole Public Forum hosted by Khmer-Canadians in Montreal in Welcoming Ven. Luon Sovath

On March 3, 2012, Watt Buddha Sodharam of Montreal organized a forum gathering to welcome Venerable Luon Sovath. At the event, Venerable Luon Sovath answered to all questions and doubts of the Khmer-Canadians living in Montreal.





Please, listen the whole session of the forum below: Your Kind Interest and Support Are Very Welcome!



Watch photos at: http://www.flickr.com//photos/dankuy/sets/72157629504360607/show/

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Latest report by RFA on trip of Ven. Luon Sovath in Montreal Canada

Please, listen latest interviewing and activities of Ven. Luon Sovath while he is on his trip in Montreal, Canada by Radio Free Asia. Stay tune...
==>Interview with Venerable Loun Sovath by Phorn Ryna of RFA on 26 February 2012

Saturday, February 25, 2012

CAMBODIAN MONK BRINGS HIS ACTIVISM TO MONTREAL'S KHMER COMMUNITY

“The more they stop me, the more I am strong and stand up. Again and again, more and more,” he said.
On Saturday, Sovath called on Canadians to support land activists and victims, not just with donations, but also through advocacy and petitions to the Canadian government. Sovath’s message of peaceful action resounded through the audience.
“Before, when I was small, I wanted to do something, but I was too scared and I felt alone, so I was discouraged and I lost hope,” said Sarom Om, a Khmer Canadian living in Montreal for 29 years. “If we see someone who stands up, who has confidence, that will help people who want to stand up and help and it will continue like that.”

REPORTED BY

Cambodian monk and human rights activist Venerable Loun Sovath speaks to the Khmer Canadian community at Wat Buddha Sodhara in Montreal. Photo by Heather Stilwell.

REPORTED ON


February 25, 2012
Long ago in the foothills of the Himalayas, a young Prince Siddhartha left the safety of his palace and set off on a journey to overcome suffering. Upon realizing that the root of all suffering was greed, the newly enlightened Buddha dedicated his life to teaching compassion and sympathy to others.
More than 2,500 years later, a Cambodian monk is adding a modern twist to a journey of his own.
Venerable Loun Sovath maintains that Buddhism, human rights, and democracy are intertwined philosophies. He is an outspoken activist, documentary filmmaker, and poet – and earlier this month he boarded a plane to deliver his message of peace to Canada.
“It is very difficult working for human rights and democracy in Cambodia,” said Sovath in Montreal. “I came here because I want Khmer people in solidarity to help each other.”
Sovath is well known among Khmer Canadians, many of whom left Cambodia as early as 1975 to escape the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Last Saturday at Wat Buddha Sodhara in Saint Laurent, Sovath spoke to Montrealers about Buddhism, human rights issues in Cambodia, and a monk’s role in fighting injustice.
“I’ve never ever seen such an inspirational speech like this,” said event organizer Samnang Chuop. “People can listen to him talk for hours and hours.”

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Latest update of Ven. Preah Krou Luon Sovath

 Dear Dhamma Friends;
The journey of Venerable Preah Krou Luon Sovath for the defending of human rights in Cambodia has not been smooth and easy, but thing has kept his socially engaged Buddhist value moving and alive is from his internal strength and the supportive mindset of everyone. So please, continue to give him support as much as you can. 
Venerable Preah Krou Luon Sovath has been in Cambodia after his long journey for the international campaign for the respect of human rights in Cambodia. Buddha and human rights is the same. Nonetheless, Buddha also valued and respected the rights of animal and nature as well.

However, his arriving in Cambodia saddened after he realized that his pet (dog) he has ever fed him food in the Watt Unaloum temple has been lost after he went to feed him food on the 21th of this October.

Pressure from the authority towards Venerable Preah Krou Luon Sovath has blatantly happened by threatening all his students, friends and supporters to isolate him; but now it has been happening with his dog pet who is considering his last friend living in Watt Unaloum.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Interviewing Preah Krou Luon Sovath by World Khmer Radio

Listen interviewing Preah Krou Luon Sovath by World Khmer Radio on October 12, 2011 broadcasted on October 16-17, 2011. Video clip re-posted from peakkdey's channel:


Summary of the Interview


Virak Oum: Firstly, I as well as other Cambodian people want to know your purposes of coming to Australia?
Ven. Luon Sovath: My first intention in coming to Australia is by the kind invitation of Cambodian-Australians to attend Pchum Ben Festival here. As you know, I am marginalized by the Cambodian Buddhist leaders to banning me from staying in any temple there. With this banning, I cannot fully practice Buddhism and my opportunity in participating with Pchum Ben Festival doesn't have in Cambodia. Second intention is to seek for assistance from all Cambodians and main stream people to write letter, petition including other campaigns to request Cambodian supreme patriarch to drop those directives that have banned me from staying in the temple.

Virak Oum: Kona heard Preah Dejkun mentioned about the banning by the supreme patriarch by the directives accused Preah Dejkun on the incitement, let returning back to the background of this banning, why the supreme patriarch issued such directives?
Ven. Luon Sovath: Po (yes), it is because of my social engagement in helping the people (farmers) who were facing with violence committed by the local authority in a land grabbing. But when I preached about non-violence and threatening or other unwholesome deeds, and as I am a monk, I have no material means to help them but to preach and to spiritually guide them. Hence, the authority was mad at me, later on there were directives from the supreme patriarch accused me of incitement and politic, and ordered all temples not to accept me to stay.

Virak Oum: According to the video clips broadcasted online by the International Human Rights Websites highlighted some violent acts of some monks towards Preah Dejkun, are those acts appropriate in Buddhism?
Ven. Luon Sovath: Po (yes), actually in Buddhism if we look at scriptures especially Lord Buddha, He gave up secular power as the emperior to live a simple life and instructed people to love peace, practice Dhamma for enlightenment, and non-violence. I became a monk in accordance with this example and the Dhamma discourses in the scripture. I was ordained by the genuine preceptors and I have practiced the right Dhamma, not by other excuses. But look at those monks, they acted violent towards me and their acts were not independent. They worked in accordance with the signals of others. Those accusations occurred without durable to the Buddha Dhamma, the Vinaya and the state law. The acts as well as the directives were solely issued by the private individuals, not by the Bhikkhu monk assembly in accordance with the Buddha Vinaya. By those interferences of secular authority and the individual decision-making of the Bhikkhu monk, it led to violence over me and banning me from the temple which are not durable to the Buddha Dhamma and the national law.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

ខុសឬត្រូវនៅករណីលួន សាវាត Ven. Luon Sovath

ពន្លឺអាស៊ីទ្វីបជាឈ្មោះនៃសៀវភៅពុទ្ធប្បវត្តិ ដែលរៀបរៀងឡើងដោយ Sir Edwin Arnold  នៅឆ្នាំ ១៨៧៩ នៅសេចក្តីផ្តើមនៃ​សៀវភៅ​ពន្លឺអាស៊ីទ្វីបនោះយើងបាន សង្កេតឃើញ ហេតុការណ៍ជម្លោះមួយដែលកើតឡើងរវាង ទេវទត្តកុមារនិងសិទ្ធត្ថកុមារទាក់ ទងនឹងសត្វហង្ស ទេវទត្តកុមារជាអ្នកបាញ់សត្វហង្ស ឯសិទ្ធត្ថកុមារជាអ្នកជួយសត្វហង្ស ជម្លោះដណ្តើមកម្មសិទ្ធិលើសត្វហង្ស​បានកើតឡើងរវាងអ្នកបាញ់និងអ្នកជួយ ទាំងទេវទត្តកុមារទាំងសិទ្ធត្ថកុមារជជែកយកឈ្នះតែរៀងៗខ្លួនថា ខ្លួនគឺជាម្ចាស់លើ​សត្វហង្ស
ទេវទត្តកុមារនិយាយថា "សត្វហង្សគួរតែជារបស់យើង ព្រោះយើងគឺជាអ្នកបាញ់" ឯសិទ្ធត្ថកុមារក៏និយាយថា "សត្វហង្សគួរតែ​ជារបស់យើងព្រោះយើងគឺជាអ្នកជួយសង្គ្រោះ" ជជែកទៅជជែកមក ជម្លោះដណ្តើមសត្វហង្សនោះ មិនអាចដោះស្រាយបានទេ នៅទីបំផុត ដើម្បីឲ្យដាច់ស្រេចក្នុងរឿងនេះ អ្នកទាំងពីរក៏ ចូលទៅរកចៅក្រោម ដើម្បីឲ្យជួយដោះស្រាយជម្លោះ ចៅក្រមលុះ​ពិចារណា​ដំណើរដើមទងរួចហើយក៏ សម្រេចសេចក្តីថា"ជនណាករុណាអាណិត សត្វនិងជាអ្នកជួយសង្គ្រោះសត្វ ជននោះគប្បីបាន ជាម្ចាស់នៃសត្វដែលរងគ្រោះនោះ ព្រោះហេតុនោះ អ្នកជួយសង្គ្រោះជីវិត​សត្វ ទើបឈ្មោះថាជាអ្នកប្រោសសត្វ ជនណាបៀតបៀនយាយីសត្វ ជននោះមិនគប្បីបានជាម្ចាស់នៃ​សត្វ​ដែលរងគ្រោះនោះទេ ព្រោះហេតុនោះ អ្នកបៀតបៀនយាយីសត្វទើបឈ្មោះថាជាអ្នកយាយីសត្វ"

Monday, October 3, 2011

The Cause of Progress - Ven. Loun Sovath

A violent land dispute left four men in hospital and twelve in jail. Luon Sovath swapped his paintbrush for a camera after his family were shot. Video is a source of information, and information is a community's power. And become a human rights defender and video activist.

The problem of people and the path of Buddha are not different. Buddha's role was that of a man who saved people. So we need to follow the peaceful path of the Buddha. He has been threaten of defrocking, eviction and arrest.

Authority: this law prohibits you to participate in any activity that can destroy our religion. And religion belongs to the government. You can come to visit the villagers but you cannot lead them to protest.

I want to verify with the villagers. Everyone, did I gather and lead you to protest? No he does not. Did I lead you to protest? No, you don't. So you can see that I didn't lead them here to protest.

What is the problem brother? We are not going to stop until you meet with the head monk. I have to ask you to get out of the car to meet the head of the monks. Come on. What you are doing is wrong. We warned you but you do not listen to us. Get out. Drag him out.

They shot my relatives and they want to harm and to arrest the monk too. This is such an injustice. They arrested our villagers and now they want to arrest our monk too. This is unfair.

Please you cannot arrest the monk. They said they are not going to arrest him.

They have not been able to successfully defrock me. So they are finding other methods, like forced eviction. My room which I have lived in for 20 years as a monk has been taken. But I will struggle to get justice for people, for society and for myself.

The Cause of Progress - Loun Sovath Teaser Trailer from Little Ease Films on Vimeo.

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 emerge of engaged Buddhist monks in Cambodia

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: