Roberto Abraham Scaruffi: A New Breed of Monk Rises in Myanmar

Tuesday 19 August 2008

A New Breed of Monk Rises in Myanmar

A New Breed of Monk Rises in Myanmar
Sitagu Sayadaw represents a new breed of Buddhist monk who eschews traditional asceticism in favor of tactics more familiar to televangelism. His celebrity enables him to dole out global disaster aid and prod the nation's ruling junta, if gently.