Words of Power:

Stepping out of her home in tears, Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi greeted Buddhist monks Saturday in a l&mark moment for a swelling protest movement against a military junta. Armed guards usually block a road leading to a rambling lakeside house, but in an unprecedented move, ay allowed about 1,000 monks & an equal number of air supporters to walk past a place where she has been detained for 12 of a past 18 years. As a rain poured down, Aung San Suu Kyi walked out with two oar women & cried as she waved to a monks, witnesses said. ay stopped outside her home for about 15 minutes & chanted a Buddhist prayer: “May we be completely free from all danger, may we be completely free from all grief, may we be completely free from poverty, may we have peace in heart & mind.” Some of air supporters broke into tears as ay joined in with air own refrain, chanting: “Long life & health for Aung San Suu Kyi, may she have freedom soon.” are was no interruption from about 20 uniformed security police, who had opened a roadblock. After a monks left a road was again closed. Read more…

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