Daniel Pedersen

Dear All

Greetings from Maesot!

You are all invited to participate and join the Peace Walk for Burma. This will be on the 21st of September, 2009.

Please read the following information:

Purpose: To commemorate the International Peace Day. And pray for peace in Burma, Thailand and the world while commemorating the 18th of September 2007 peaceful monks protest in Burma.

Activities:

• 9:00am to 9:30am, 30 minutes of prayer (inter-faith payers led various spiritual and religious leaders).
• 9:30am to 11am, Walk from pagoda outside of Maesot check point to the City Park for some lunch and media interviews and other activities in connection to the Peace Walk.
• 1pm to 4pm, Walk around Maesot and to the border (Myawaddy Bridge). At the bridge the monks will lead the recitation of Metta Sutta and prayer for Peace by other religious leaders from various faiths.

The Calls for the Peace Walk:

• Peace in Burma: no to civil war
• No to nuclear enrichment in Burma

The Slogan of the Peace Walk:

“May all beings not fight each other… may all beings be happy and peaceful”.

If you need directions on how to get to the venue of the meeting, place call Raul at +66 (0) 847532671, he can help you get to the place and give you the right direction.

Please share this information to all.

Everyone is welcome to attend and to walk with monks. I am indeed encouraging everyone to be in solidarity with the Burmese Buddhist monks in their quest for the promotion of peace, justice and freedom for Burma, and we can all show this through our participation in the Peace Walk.

Hopefully, we will see you in the Peace Walk. Thank you.

If you have questions then you can directly contact Ashin Sopaka at +66 (0) 846683556 or email him at mettamail@gmail.com.

“May all beings not fight each other… may all beings be happy and peaceful”.

If you are not in Thailand or in Maesot, you can stage or organize a similar event in the place where you are to show solidarity and concern about the situation in Burma.

You can also issue statement that states solidarity to the said event and the cause by which the Peace Walk for Burma is based on.

you need further information, publicity materials, please let us know and we are more than happy to provide you with electronic copies of the poster, post cards, t-shirt designs etc. Thank you!

Let us promote the cause of the Burmese People: Peace, justice and freedom for Burma.

 

In Solidarity,

 

Peoples Partner for Development and Democracy (PPDD)

Mobile: +66 (0) 84 330 8550

ENDS