Burma's Democratic Religion

I took this photo on a trip to northern Burma. Buddhism, as a Burmese man explained to me on my trip, is a very "democratic" religion. By this, I believe he implied open and scientific. Buddha said to accept no dogma, to believe no truth beyond the bounds of your own personal experience.

As I write this, the monks in Burma have started mass protests against the repressive military regime. It has ruled their country since the late 1980s. On my other blog, I'm following developments closely --see here.

A few years ago I began training in a Burmese tradition of meditation, rooted in the teachings of Buddha, called Vipassana (described here).