I nationalist Buddhist Monk U Wira
Thu is writing this letter to you.
When you came to us, we had
treated you and your photographer
with hospitability. You know we had
done our best to help you and your
photographer to get what you want.
We had helped you only with the
good volition that we want the
media and correspondents get the
true facts.
We helped you because we respect
western liberal media like Times and
we expected you wouldn’t make lies
to the people of the world. And we
did not think you wouldn’t break
ethic and responsibility of media.
Now I know that you are the worst
visitors we have ever had.
I could not see the hatred behind
your smiles. I could not see your
ruthlessness under your tender
actions.
I could not see your deceit under
your sweet words it is like blade
covered by honey.
I did not think that a gentle and
beautiful girl like you have the
ruthless heart of performing savages
attack on us to be heard all over the
world. I could not think that
because of my background may be as
you said I was a vagabond.
I had told you that those names
such as Shaved Head Nazi, Neo Nazi,
Burmese Bin Laden were given by
Muslims on Facebook. And then
liberal media like you dare use the
word like “The Buddhist Monk, The
Title “Burmese Binladen”
I believe (think) you admit your dirty
mind by deliberately using the word
“The Buddhist Monk” then followed
by the word “With the man in
burgundy robes.” You are not a lady
with high moral ground and you are
same as dirty minded as extremists
all over the world. Muslims are also
like you want me to strip of the
robe. They do not revere me as a
Monk and call me “the man in the
robe.”
My preaching is not burning with
hatred as you say. Only your writing
is full of hate speech.
We can forgive the
misunderstanding. We can forgive
wrong conclusion. But will you deny
that your hatred words targeted me
to tarnish my reputation.
Please recheck your words and the
words that I preached.
“Now is not the time for calm.”
“Now is the time to rise up to make
your blood boil.” These are your
words.
Now I show my words.
969 is for peace,
We should preserve these noble
reputations of Buddha, Dhamma and
Sangha.
For our National cause, our Culture
and our Faith,
We will avoid terror act.
Upholding three gems (Buddha,
Dhamma, Sangha)
We will perform with honesty,
diligence and determined attempts.
For our national cause,
We will carry out it warmly without
ignorance.”
These are my words. It is clear that
you made savage attack against me
by comparing my words and your
words.
I preach people not to react with
lawlessness, but you accused me of
terrorist. You tried to draw a picture
of me as a person who aggravate the
situation by hate speech and
fuelling to make offensive attack,
where I am preaching people to
perform with honesty, diligence and
determined attempts to preserve our
value. I preach people to carry out
national cause warmly without
ignorance, than you gave the world
bad impression of me who is trying
to boil the blood of people.
You dare do that.
With sustained loving-kindness,
Ven. Wira Thu
http://democracyforburma.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/u-wira-thu-open-letter-to-ms-hannah-beech-time-magazine-english/