Aljazeera
18 Mar 2019
Is the joining of forces between radical Buddhist monks and generals threatening Myanmar's young and fragile democracy?
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A film by Fatima Lianes With almost 90 percent of Myanmar's population being devoted Buddhists, the religion has been at the heart of the nation's very identity for centuries.
But while the pillars of Buddhist teachings are love, compassion and peace, there is a very different variation to the philosophy being taught at the Ma Ba Tha monastery in Yangon's Insein township.