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Which one are we at?
All right, I got it.
There's one about Burma down there.
Did we miss one?
What is it about riots?
Why riots in Burma?
Oh, yes.
Why riots in Burma?
I don't know, because people are people.
People riot.
Burma has a lot of issues.
One thing I would like to talk about is the Buddhists.
I saw an article recently, Buddhists outraged over Buddha images on shoes, I think.
Pictures of the Buddha on shoes.
It's such an absurdity to write an article saying Buddhists outrage.
It's an insult, really.
How could a Buddhist be outraged?
How could you call yourself a Buddhist if you're outraged at anything?
The Buddha was very clear.
If you get angry when people are sawing you savagely limb from limb with a saw, you're not a follower of the Buddha.
So how could you possibly be Buddhist if you're outraged?
How could you possibly write an article stating Buddhists outraged?
You'd have to say, people claiming to be Buddhist outraged at etc., etc.
You know, it's not... I'm just making fun.
But it made me think that... I didn't read the article, I just read the headline.
It made me think that...
This is a real problem with labels and something that has to be understood by people.
You're not something because you say you're something.
Buddhists who riot or kill people or even protest governments, this is not a Buddhist thing to do.
They're not doing something that is in line with the Buddhist teaching.
even though they might claim that they are, they might say it's in the name of Buddhism, protecting Buddhism and so on.
This is not the Buddhist teaching.
You can't protect Buddhism by getting angry.
These people thinking they're protecting Buddhism, don't let them put Buddha images on their feet, down with them, tear down their store.
Buddhist monks who go and burn Muslim temples.
They built a Muslim temple on our sacred holy site.
Burn it down, tear it down, throw them out, kill them even.
Protect Buddhism.
It's ridiculous.
You can't protect Buddhism by getting upset.
You protect Buddhism by letting go.
So that's what I think about riots in Burma or wherever.