{"id":18715,"date":"2025-04-11T07:36:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T07:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-deadly-earthquake-rocks-a-pillar-of-a-buddhist-nation-its-monks\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T07:36:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T07:36:58","slug":"a-deadly-earthquake-rocks-a-pillar-of-a-buddhist-nation-its-monks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-deadly-earthquake-rocks-a-pillar-of-a-buddhist-nation-its-monks\/","title":{"rendered":"A Deadly Earthquake Rocks a Pillar of a Buddhist Nation: Its Monks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The body lay wrapped in a maroon robe as a small cluster of mourners gathered last week to pay their respects. Buddhist monks chanted verses, praying for the deceased, who had been one of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One monk, Ashin Javanar Linkhara, then held his dead colleague\u2019s robe to his forehead and whispered the phrase used to announce the death of a loved one, <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u201c<\/em>Impermanent, alas, are all formations.\u201d He was clutching a dusty, thin and slightly torn cotton blanket that had belonged to the dead monk, Ashin Pyinnyar Tharmi, 27. It was found near his body in the rubble of a monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar, that was toppled by the powerful earthquake last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The monk\u2019s funeral concluded soon after, with more cremations following that day, instead of the dayslong ceremonies typically held for monks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Myanmar was already in a humanitarian crisis before the disaster, ravaged by a long civil war. The earthquake on March 28 killed thousands of people and also struck a devastating blow to an underpinning of society: the country\u2019s Buddhist clergy. Thousands of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/29\/world\/asia\/earthquake-devastates-myanmars-cultural-sites.html\" title=\"\">religious monuments<\/a> and buildings were destroyed and many monks were buried under their monasteries. It is not known how many monks were killed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Buddhism is the official religion in Myanmar and about 90 percent of its people adhere to the faith. It has shaped the country\u2019s identity and moral code but has also been fused with nationalism. In recent years, an <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/06\/21\/world\/asia\/extremism-rises-among-myanmar-buddhists-wary-of-muslim-minority.html\" title=\"\">extremist movement<\/a> has led to Buddhist lynch mobs killing hundreds of Muslims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some monks have at times stood up to the military, which has ruled Myanmar for most of its post-colonial history. But most stayed silent after the generals toppled a civilian government in 2021, some even giving blessings to the new rulers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the monks are still held in high regard and seen as a source of solace and humanitarian aid, especially after natural disasters like the recent earthquake. The junta, critics say, has been <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/07\/world\/asia\/myanmar-earthquake-aid.html\" title=\"\">blocking and restricting aid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The clergy have an outsized role in Mandalay, the country\u2019s second-largest city and a center for Buddhist learning. Roughly 50,000 monks were estimated to be living in the city before the earthquake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When the earthquake struck, monks from monasteries in Mandalay were taking exams to qualify for higher ranks at a religious hall in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ashin Nanda Sariya, a monk, said he was in the building when the earthquake hit. As it collapsed, his roommate\u2019s hand was trapped under a chunk of falling concrete. A rescue volunteer said if the hand was not amputated, he faced a deadly infection. So his friend asked for a knife and cut off his own hand. But he never made it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI still feel really heartbroken that he had to die like that just because there were no trained rescue workers or proper equipment in Myanmar,\u201d Nanda said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Monasteries in Myanmar are more than just places of worship: They serve as shelters for the homeless, schools, and a place for the community to congregate. Now hundreds of monasteries lie in rubble. Among them are two influential ones in Mandalay:the Old and New Masoeyein Monasteries, which are like Buddhist universities for the local community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was also in these centers that the Buddhist nationalist movement, Ma Ba Tha, or the Organization for the Protection of Race and Religion, was formed. It has aligned with the junta and kept up a steady stream of anti-Muslim rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Win Zaw, 50, a Mandalay resident who visits the Old Masoeyein monastery regularly, said he, and many other people in Myanmar, saw the collapse of monasteries and pagodas as \u201ca bad sign, like the country is <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/29\/world\/asia\/myanmar-quake-junta.html\" title=\"\">under a curse<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s a sign that the old times are ending and a new Myanmar might be coming,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">U Eaindra Sakka Viwuntha is the abbot of the Old Masoeyein monastery and a leader of the Ma Ba Tha movement. He said that his mother and sister had died in the earthquake, buried under a collapsed building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe do not blame the ground or the sky,\u201d he said. \u201cIn Buddhism, we understand that all things arise and pass away, even temples, even lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the wake of the earthquake, people in Myanmar are still trying to figure out what the future holds. In the past five years they have faced the coronavirus pandemic, a coup and the ensuing civil war, as well as other natural disasters like floods. But dwelling on the tragedies has not been an option for most.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There is too much to do. People traveled from far-flung parts of the country to distribute goods to those in need. While soldiers stood aside, volunteers combed through rubble with their hands. Shopkeepers gave out popsicles and longyis, wraparound garments that are worn by men and women alike in Myanmar, to thank volunteers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When the earthquake struck, Javanar, the monk who presided over the funeral, was in the same monastery as his friend Pyinnyar. But he was on the third floor, at the top, and survived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Pyinnyar, who was on the ground floor, did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cBuddhism teaches us not to ask why it happened, but how we meet it,\u201d Javanar said. \u201cWith calm, with care, and with compassion for those who suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was a sentiment shared by other monks who survived the earthquake. The Venerable U Zawtika, a senior monk, said that the trembling of the earth was a reminder that everything is impermanent, not just people\u2019s lives, but even the ground beneath their feet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe earthquake is not sent to destroy us; it is simply the earth shifting, as it has for eons,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen tragedy comes, we grieve. We do not deny our pain. But we also chant, we meditate, we remember the Buddha\u2019s words: \u2018All that is subject to arising is subject to ceasing.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIn this way, we don\u2019t cling,\u201d he added. \u201cWe practice compassion for the lost, the suffering, and even for ourselves. That is how we endure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Saturday afternoon in Mandalay, after the ceremony for Pyinyyar was over, the body of another monk arrived by ambulance. His shaved head and maroon robe were caked with dust. He had been found on Friday afternoon, pinned beneath debris inside the collapsed religious hall where the monks had been taking exams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A young monk gently poured water over the dead man\u2019s right hand using a small bowl, symbolizing his release from worldly attachments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The body was then zipped up in a black body bag and transported to the city crematory. It was then placed on top of wood on a platform in a patch of open land.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A monk then sprinkled a fragrant powder. It was made of sandalwood, which Buddhists believe is a reminder of the impermanence of life. 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