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Cambodian children refugees in Thai camps in the 80s The MC Mu Sochua versus Cambodia's weak-leg-dictator Cambodia is beginning to deal with the legacy of decades of civil war: soldiers and civilians maimed by landmines. 1) To undertake the training to avoid taking the life of beings. This precept applies to all living beings not just humans. All beings have a right to their lives and that right should be respected. 2) To undertake the training to avoid taking things not given. This precept goes further than mere stealing. One should avoid taking anything unless one can be sure that is intended that it is for you. 3) To undertake the training to avoid sensual misconduct. 4) To undertake the training to refrain from false speech. As well as avoiding lying and deceiving, this precept covers slander as well as speech which is not beneficial to the welfare of others. 5) To undertake the training to abstain from substances which cause intoxication and heedlessness. These are the basic precepts expected as a day to day training of any lay Buddhist. Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer Washington, DC Wednesday, 11 August 2010 “Our national courts do not have enough money to arrange logistics and resources.” FOR CAMBODIA Strong Resolution on Cambodia Human Rights Abuses Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a resolution condemning Vietnam’s occupation of Cambodia as a violation of Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions. Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. 10 UN RESOLUTIONS,(1979-1988) VOTED BY 116 UN MEMBER COUNTRIES ,CALL VIETNAM TO CEASE HER OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA & REMOVE ALL HER TROOPS FROM THE COUNTRY, ARE NOT RESPECTED AS OF TODAY. Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. President Reagan's address to the 43d Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York,September 26, 1988. "Mr. Secretary-General, there are new hopes for Cambodia, a nation whose freedom and independence we seek just as avidly as we sought the freedom and independence of Afghanistan. We urge the rapid removal of all Vietnamese troops ...." As of today,Cambodia is still occupied by the Vietnamese troops despite the call from the US president to Vietnam to cease her occupation of Cambodia since 1988. Cambodia needs Independence from Vietnam and the Vietnamese invaders. Vietnam must cease her occupation of Cambodia at once. Bury Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:34:01 -0700 Subject: Practice humanity's high principles From: dara.t...@gmail.com To: camdisc@googlegroups.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gaffar Peang-Meth <peangm...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 12:53 PM Subject: Practice humanity's high principles To: PACIFIC DAILY NEWS August 11, 2010 Practice humanity's high principles By A. Gaffar Peang-Meth Last week, I wrote about something of a cultural shift through which men and women seem to place less value on personal integrity. Notably, members of the "Ugly Party" demonize and wish the worst for those of opposite views. Political mean-spiritedness is nothing new, but it has seemed to reach a contemporary crescendo. Many have commented on man's competing passions. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, "There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us." In Time magazine's Dec. 3, 2007, cover story, "What Makes Us Good/Evil," Jeffrey Kluger posited, "The savage and the splendid" coexist in the same person -- "Morality and empathy are writ deep in our genes. Alas, so are savagery and bloodlust." James Madison famously observed, "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." Kluger asserted that man's sense of "morality" -- a "sense of moral grammar" -- is built on empathy that's inborn; but others teach man how to apply it. As my father taught me when I was a child, "Live with cow, sleep like cow; live with parrot, fly like parrot." Later, in college, I learned that political socialization is a process that molds one's values and beliefs, opinions and perceptions, attitudes and personality. As a lifelong process, political socialization stops only when man dies. Why can't old dogs learn new tricks? Stanford Professor Larry Diamond, a specialist in democracy studies, posited nearly two decades ago that political culture is "'plastic' and open to evolution and change"; that a people aren't condemned "to perpetual authoritarianism and praetorianism." Political culture is a people's predominant values, beliefs, attitudes, sentiments and ideals about their society's political system, and their own roles in the system. Diamond said a people's "values, beliefs and orientations" can be "reshaped by the deliberate actions, doctrines and teachings of political leaders." Lord Buddha taught: "Everything changes, nothing remains without change." Madison relied on a system of limited government with structural checks and balances and a separation of powers to keep man from abusing power. For Kluger, some men "do come untracked" as Homo sapiens deal with those "outside" their tribe, but the "overwhelming majority" don't "run off the moral rails." "Our opposable thumbs and big brains gave us tools to dominate the planet," said Kluger, "but wisdom comes more slowly than physical hardware." Savagery and killing continue until man becomes more "fully civilized." Ancient Hindus, Greeks, Egyptians; Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad; and a long list of Eastern and Western philosophers have sought to understand human nature and to build a "good" society for humans to live in peace and harmony. Yet look around. We see among friends, within families, between office workers, community members and nations, a world of frictions and disharmony, of disorder and discontentment. An Indian spiritual sage, Jiddu Krishnamurti, said this need not be so. "It is possible (for man) to live ... sanely, happily, intelligently without the battle going on inwardly and outwardly"; that he can do so in "a good society" and "a good society can only exist when mankind is good." "Our life is a constant struggle," he said, "a battlefield not only within ourselves but also outwardly." So, man needs an "Inward Revolution" -- Man must live in the present "in goodness" and "let go" of anything else. Krishnamurti defined "good" as that which is holy and related to the highest principles. You don't preach love and then kill; you don't preach killing, stealing and smearing someone's good name. The "ending of the 'me,'" is a must in man's relations, actions, thinking and way of life; "meditation" transforms the mind, instills compassion, love and energy to transcend life's pettiness, narrowness and shallowness. Spiritualwealth.com, The Road Map to a Rich Life, provides valuable reading materials: Perennial Philosophy -- "Philosophia Perennis" -- encompasses the ongoing and never ending "Great Conversation" about the best life, using the teachings of Confucius, Aristotle, the world's great religious traditions and more. Perennialists say there are things of everlasting importance to people everywhere: certain "core principles" handed down through generations that must continue. The Golden Rule exists in every society, they say; love, compassion, forgiveness, gratitude, generosity, humility, integrity are among the qualities that contribute to the best life. Spititualwealth.com made simple the study of Buddhism, which the Dalai Lama called a science of the mind. Suffering is caused by attachments and cravings, said Buddha. End them -- by following an eightfold path, to break out of routine, habitual impulses, delusions, fear, ignorance, pride, anger, envy and hatred -- and you end suffering. For the Dalai Lama, once man's basic needs -- food, clothing, a roof -- are met, there shouldn't be a need for more money or greater success. Man has a mind; contentment is a state of mind; one's happiness depends on how one perceives one's situation. Let go of attachments and cravings. And embrace the highest principles. An old saying goes, "practice makes perfect." We don't even need perfection. Just practice the high principles. A. Gaffar Peang-Meth, Ph.D., is retired from the University of Guam, where he taught political science for 13 years. Write him at peangm...@yahoo.com. http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201008110300/OPINION02/8110319 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. 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