{"title":"Shwe Lu Maung","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"prima-materia-of-myanmar-buddhist-culture-book-shwe-lu-maung-9781928840152","title":"The prima materia of Myanmar Buddhist culture","description":"The prima materia of Myanmar Buddhist Culture Laukathara of Rakhine thu Mrat ISBN 10: 1-928840-15-9 ISBN 13: 978-1-928840-15-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015956223 Overview In 1990, Senior General Saw Maung, the Myanmar military ruler, announced that he would rule the country according to Laukathara. In the recent days, since 2007, the world is seeing the rise of Buddhist nationalism with the symptoms of racial and religious intolerance and violence in Myanmar. Lauka-thara, in its poetic verses, teaches how to be a Buddhist, how to build a Buddhist society, and how to be a Buddhist king. Accordingly, the prima materia that forms the cultural fabrics of Myanmar Buddhist nationalism can be found in Laukathara. Hence, understanding of Laukathara means the understanding of Myanmar culture and society, including her political fabrics. Objectives of the translation There are two objectives in my endeavor of translating Laukathara into English. The first objective is: To present the international community with a piece of Myanmar classic cultural philosophy which has a significant political bearing. The second objective is: To give a glimpse of a Myanmar classic literature to the world and especially to the Myanmar diaspora who may not have the opportunity of learning Myanmar language and literature. Culture and literature Lauka-thara teaches how to be a Buddhist, how to build a Buddhist society, and how to be a Buddhist king. In its poetic verses, Lauka-thara illustrates the fabrics of Myanmar Buddhist culture with bright and colorful words. From learning Laukathara, one can also gain mastery of Myanmar literature. Laukathara or 'Essence of the World' is based on the Theravada Buddhism. Hence, the Theravada Buddhism or 'Elder's Doctrine' is the prima materia of the teaching. Therefore, a student of Laukathara will also be rewarded with proficiency in Buddhist teaching and in the way it is practiced day-to-day. Author and history Laukathara is a manual written in verses in 1333 CE by a Rakhine Buddhist Bikkhu, known as Rakhine Thu Mrat or Rakhine Holy Man, to teach his students. It was a summary of his teachings. He was the teacher of King Mun Hti (r.1279-1385 CE, Laung Krut Dynasty). Culture and Politics Laukathara has been in use as a guiding source of law and order, rules and regulations, ethics and philosophy, and traditions and cultures in the society as well as in the royal administration of Myanmar since the days of Rakhine King Mun Hti (r.1279-1385 CE, Laung Krut Dynasty) and King Sao Swa Ke (r.1367-1404 CE) of Ava. Thus, it has been the heart of Myanmar culture for more than 700 years. It has three parts. Part 1 is the advice to the people at large or the commoners. Part 2 is addressed to the king and the royals and Part 3 to the Ponna or the intellectuals of the Vedic culture and science, including the medicine. The advice given to the king in Part 2 is comparable to The Prince of Niccolo Machiavelli (1498-1527 CE), in view of the government mechanism.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53354240049425,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53354240114961,"sku":"NIN9781928840152","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781928840152.jpg?v=1774832306"},{"product_id":"price-of-silence-book-shwe-lu-maung-9781928840039","title":"The Price of Silence","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53377399357713,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53377399423249,"sku":"NIN9781928840039","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781928840039.jpg?v=1775330690"},{"product_id":"rakhine-state-violence-book-shwe-lu-maung-9781928840091","title":"The Rakhine State Violence","description":"The Rakhine State Violence Vol. 1: The Rakhaing Revolution ISBN 13: 978-192880-09-1 ISBN 10: 1-928840-09-4 Description of the book This is a very important book in view of Myanmar's transition to a democratic civil society. On the Rakhine State violence: The Rohingya are reduced to dire stateless, homeless, landless, destitute refugee status, and the Rakhaing are transformed into blood-thirsty racist-religionist monsters, a disgrace to humanity. The Burman ruling class is the only beneficiary of the Rakhine State violence; even the Burmese Nobel Peace Laureate is trying to make a political profit out of it, rather than stopping it. On the Rakhaing Revolution: Shwe Lu Maung explains that Rakhaingpray (Arakan) is a hidden colony. The philosophy of the Rakhaing Revolution is 'we-the-people' and its strategy is Decolonization of Burma in favor of an equitable United Republics of Burma, in which the Rakhaingpray will participate as a People's Republic of Rakhaingpray They want Rakhaingpray to be ruled as an UN Trust Territory under the International Trusteeship System during the process of Decolonization of Burma. Rakhaing-Rohingya relationship: The author also describes Rakhaing-Rohingya relationship with the declassified personal and official documents in this volume, whereas the Vol. 2: The Rohingya deals with the Rohingya crisis in depth. His solution for Burma: Myanmar crisis is so complex, delicate, sensitive, and volatile that only a Geneva Convention on Myanmar Crisis will lead to a lasting peace and prosperity to the people of Burma and the region. The Rakhine State Violence is a reflection of Shwe Lu Maung, Ph.D., a cadre of the Rakhaing Revolution since the 2nd March 1962, the day General Ne Win seized power in Burma. He is a revolutionary strategist and theoretician. In this book, he candidly presents the theories, strategies, and tactics from days of King Bering Resistance (1784-1815) to date. On the top of his rebellious politics, Dr. Maung, a biological scientist, specializes in the reproductive endocrinology, biotechnology, and molecular genetics. He was a gene-hunter in his last employment. Dr. Shwe Lu Muang is also the author of Burma Nationalism and Ideology, University Press Ltd., Dhaka, 1989 (ISBN-13: 978-9840511143, 1999), and The Price of Silence, ISBN 13:978-1-928840-03-9, 2005.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53493838414097,"sku":"NIN9781928840091","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781928840091.jpg?v=1777808598"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-shwe-lu-maung.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}