re: "Southeast Asian authorities accused of ‘trading’ dissidents" (BP, June 22)
Dear editor,
It is indeed an unholy alliance if true as alleged that Thailand is cooperating with governments in ASEAN to suppress the practice of the wise teachings of the Buddha.
Buddhism, as genuine Buddhists know, emphasizes the central role of seeking right understanding through critical thinking allied to awareness, the exact opposite of laws that criminalize such good actions as questioning customs, attitudes, tradition and myth that seem too fantastic, however nationalistic. Such state-sanctioned cooperation against healthy examination of official accounts would, were they true, make a mockery of the claim to be a Buddhist nation. Even worse from the Buddhist point of view would be for such acts to be committed in strict accord with the law.
Felix Qui
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The above letter to the editor is the text as submitted by Felix Qui to the Bangkok Post.
The text as edited was published in PostBag on June 24, 2019, under the title "Attack on Buddhism" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/1700564/attack-on-buddhism
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