Politically active Burmese monk declared “Inobedient,” faces defrocking following Clinton visit

With much ink being spilled in the international press these days about recent reforms in Burma and whether or not they signal a meaningful shift in the country, which has from 1962 until recently been openly ruled for a repressive military junta, a new story for consideration emerges from the Buddhist sangha. The Irrawaddy is reporting that Sardu Pariyatti Monastery's Ashin Pyinna Thiha, a prominent and politically-active monk who has long supported the movement for democracy in his country, and who met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her recent and historic trip to Burma, has been deemed "inobedient" by State Sangha Committee. Among other things, he faces being defrocked. Get the whole story here: http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=22662).

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