N.P. : After what happened to the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh and given the huge quantity of money Cambodia casinos are taking from Thai economy, the above 50 bodyguards should be trained to kill Hun Sen and his in-law Hok Lundy instead ... and the Khmer political deadlock would come to an end. But ... surely non-violent Buddhist Cambodians will condemn this hypothetical procedure. So let's rather use our old Brahmanist PraTich PdaSa : "Om Siddhi Svahaya ! Let Hun Sen and Hok Lundy perish by the flu of the preceding Internet Chick ! Ommmmmmm !"

         Julien KHOUTH : Khmer buddhism had several very knowledgeable bhikkhus that had much contributed in strengthening the Khmer nation and identity (...) But all the Khmer nation's enemies have contributed to make the Khmer knowledgeable monk population an endangered specy. I have personally assisted one of the last knowledgeable Khmer monks to come to France at the end of the 80's where under his spiritual leadership the Khmer community in the Paris area has sucessfully built unity, identity and coherence. When I was a kid growing up in Vat Than locating in front of the Chau Ponhea Hok lycée, I was very impressed by Lok Kru Dom and his large wooden library, the largest Vat library I have ever seen. He was a great monk travelling worldwide, speaking almost a dozen of foreign languages and had an impressive knowledge. I also met monks in Oddar Meanchey and near Surin (Thailand), they were great people protecting Khmer archaeologic heritage at the cost of their lives under the Khmer Rouge regime and under the Yuon occupation forces. I met with Khmer monks extremely well versed with traditional medecine I first despised but finally turned out to be very efficient when I witnessed myself their capacity to heal several hard illnesses and diseases (...).
         Funcinpec@aol.com : May I add mine to the list too?  Thanks. SANTIPHUM KHMER: A BUDDHIST WAY TO PEACE (CAMBODIA, KHMER POLITICS) by THACH BUNROEUN, PHD UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, 1993, 402 pages 9334945.
         Nearovi PEN : A "Buddhist way to peace" in our Khmer "Santiphum" was a good approach for the 1993 Cambodia, i.e. after the 1970-75 war, the 75-79 bloody revolution, the 79-93 occupation and liberation guerrilla. The actual events were eloquent by themselves :
         In Paris in early 1980s, one Khmer Rouge and his whole family were assassinated in their appartment ; the police never caught the killers and said that was a vengeance between Khmers ; all Khmer organizations then called for forgive and forget following the Buddhist principles Metta, Karuna, Mutita. In Pailin (?) in early 1990s, Gen. Sak Sut Sakhan was celebrating with his former foes the end of the war, he was dying overnight. After the 1993 elections the Khmer Rouge continued their rebellion. And then we have had Gen. Ho Sok and 100 other officers,  the grenades on demonstrators, six journalists, Om Radsady, the monk in Wat Lanka, the unionist Chea Vichea and ... Who's next?
         Religion and politics cannot mix together without danger. Peace in religion is peace in mind, in soul. Peace in politics is peace vis-à-vis bullets, guns and dirty tricks. Cambodia is not a pagoda, the 13 million Cambodians are not all monks. We must separate religion and politics.

Le Présent Nous Appartient (2004-Jan-17)
         The Phnom Penh Post : Four senior members of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) including caretaker Prime Minister Hun Sen applied to join the Cambodia Bar Association (CBA) at the beginning of January, according to government sources.
         Santhor : Today, each Khmer is a guilty [or not a free] person until he or she is found innocent in the court of one man's interest. I think it is too luxurious that those men in Hun Sen's group apply to be lawyers and do not have to practice law. (...) Poor millions of uneducated Khmer citizens !

Nearovi :Your spiritual reflection recalls me I have not yet made my New Year resolution : I strongly wish Hun Sen -- by his Buddhist Karma -- take the place at age 80 of our poor and uneducated waste recycler seen in this photo.          Ame Khmer : Your wish is a bit ambiguous. If the poor old man / Cambodians live miserably and poorly it is not because they have done something but precisely because they have done nothing and let others / criminals / parasites do it at their place. I sometimes question on Buddhism, what sense if it makes life miserable?

         And moreover, while I saw those bloody criminals build more and more Pagodas / make numerous ceremonies with the dirty / bloody money and enjoy crimes / killing, that's really disgusting me…What sense? Sacrifice their own people to be able to go to heaven as Prah Vesandor who had cruelly sacrificed his child and wife just to reach his Nirvana. Some wrong pre-concept idea / mentality / ideology must change !
         Nearovi : Religion is a matter of belief, not a provable science. Buddha and Jesus both existed historically but what they said (and their disciples said) are not provable. Personally I believe in Karma (reward or punishment) which will occur in the next life : Sihanouk, Elizabeth, Bill Gates, the Khmer lottery-millionaire in New York are benefitting from their Kusala of the past life and will pay for their present bad actions (if any) in their next life. Now we can see that fortunate people in any country are very few and the unfortunate are in tremendous number, why? Because we are (and were) all egoist, we think (and thought) first of ourselves and our family.
         Not everyone are like Mother Teresa, she is now in heaven ... or maybe she is already reborn somewhere in a royal family and doomed to be the next queen? You and I should have had a not bad past life since we are spared from suffering in Cambodia. That's our Karma from the past, but does the present belong to us? Yes it does : if at high school we have not worked hard (and went out dancing every night) we wouldn't  reach university and have the current career and social situation!
         The current criminals builder of Cambodia pagodas and the fake and Parajik monks will pay for their crimes and sacrilege as soon as they die, you be assured of that! Yes some wrong pre-concept idea / mentality / ideology must change : Cambodians must not wait for the Karma to punish the criminals and the fake monks in the next life but bring them now before a court of justice!