What was the award? Freedom? With the freedom of speech to defend yuons? On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 8:28 AM, kangaroo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Eh! I graduated from the university of Khmer Rouge. > I spent my four years in hell with hard work. I was rewarded at the > end. > Thank you UKR (University of Khmer Rouge) > > On Jan 23, 2:07 am, rattanakiri <[email protected]> wrote: > > International housing provide more privacy and isolation than freshmen > > dorms. Students may live under the same roof but they have their > > private room. You should not accuse people of wrong doing because your > > prejudice against this person. If you are truly a Buddhist, you never > > let your prejudice, hatred of this person cloud your judgment > > > > > > > > Heng Sombat wrote: > > > Rattanaki must went to the same school as this so called "phony monk" > > > or the same person? His statement seem to be off track from buddhism > > > just like SS. Dorm is dorm, off campus apartment is different. > > > > > Rattanki name is nick name, right?? I wonder who is this mask man? > > > > > So off the wall of thinking processs! > > > > > On Jan 22, 2010, at 12:57 PM, thisbugone <[email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > >> Off campus housing is not the same as the dorm. What kind of pills > > >> are you taking while writing the email below? If one chose to be a > > >> monk one must follows by its religion. > > > > >> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:55 PM, rattanakiri <[email protected] > > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > >> I went to college once. I know these co-ed international student > > >> dorms are like an apartment building. Everyone has his or her own > > >> room. This is far from what you have implied. Even if he decided > > >> to live off campus, it is the same setting. Each apartment > > >> complex is going to females and males residence. Where do you > > >> think he should stay? Freshmen dorm? > > > > >> Heng Sombat wrote: > > > > >> Hey Rattankiri, > > > > >> You miss the whole picture here. Monks are subjected to be > > >> a pure person > > >> that we all respect and trust during his period of serving > > >> his monkship > > >> regardless young or old. If you claim that it is fine for a > > >> monk to live in > > >> the same dorm with female(s), I must say that you have lost > > >> track and you do > > >> not have any believes in Buddhism. Or you are pretending to > > >> be Buddhism. Or > > >> you are an idiot just like what "thisbugone" said. Please > > >> check with your > > >> parents about Buddhism before you response. > > > > >> Sombat > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: [email protected] > > >> <mailto:[email protected]> > > >> [mailto:[email protected] > > >> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf > > >> Of thisbugone > > >> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 11:23 AM > > >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected] > > > > >> Subject: Re: My Letter to the Phnom Penh Post > > > > >> Monk and women can stay together lol. You must be an idiot! > > > > >> On Saturday, January 16, 2010, rattanakiri > > >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > >> Some people may not realize it but speak ill of someone > > >> including making a > > > > >> harsh and quick judgement unfairly on someone is unbecoming a > > >> buddisht. Remember, Buddha teaching speak rightly only. > > > > >> In a poor country like Cambodia, monastery life is a way > > >> out of poverty > > > > >> and a chance for a proper education. In fact, many > > >> celebrated Khmer leaders > > >> and scholars owed their career to their days in as a monk. I > > >> think not any > > >> Cambodians would be shocked if a monk rejoins his civilian > > >> life. Cambodian > > >> buddhists offer money, food to monks in order to receive good > > >> karma, > > >> blessing. Should the monks refund the money, foods back if > > >> he returns to > > >> civilian life. Would you expect the monk perform a return of > > >> good karma, > > >> blessing back to heaven from those people? Give me a break. > > > > >> Savouth Chea wrote: > > > > >> Aloha, > > > > >> As a resident of Hawaii, which Sophan Seng claims he > > >> represents, I wanted > > > > >> to share my observations, thoughts, and also questions about > > >> his motives. > > >> Unfortunately, I didn't like what I saw of him, and I only > > >> foresee further > > >> disruption. > > > > >> Sophan Seng came to Hawaii to further his education back > > >> in 2006. The > > > > >> first time he set foot in Hawaii, I introduced him to some > > >> Cambodian > > >> community members since he was a Khmer new to the island. > > >> Some knew his > > >> background from the past and had their opinions (good but > > >> mostly bad), but I > > >> tried not to take people's word for it. As months > > >> progressed, however, I > > >> came to see that the warnings I had heard were true. First, > > >> he used the > > >> Buddhist religion to advance himself rather than becoming a > > >> monk selflessly > > >> in dedication to Buddha. How do I know this? While > > >> attending the > > >> University of Hawaii, he lived in a co-educational dormitory. > > >> One may think > > >> this is not a big deal nowadays, but should a monk put > > >> himself in the > > >> company and living quarters of females? Is this appropriate? > > >> He often > > >> flirted with young female members of our community and made > > >> inappropriate > > >> comments - causing some of our youth and their parents to > > >> become very upset! > > >> He was affiliated with a so-called temple in Hawaii, and > > >> performed > > >> Buddhist ceremonies. That was reasonable because he was a > > >> monk, right? But > > >> in 2009, he visited Cambodia from Hawaii, ostensibly still a > > >> monk, but came > > >> back to the United States only a couple of months later with > > >> a wife! Prior > > >> to his trip back to Cambodia, he told members of the > > >> community in Hawaii > > >> that he was going there to represent and gain support for the > > >> temple and the > > >> Buddhist religion. The temple committee gave him $400, and > > >> some > > >> individual people also gave him money, since he was a monk > > >> and/or student. > > >> Poor him, right? When he came back with a wife, people > > >> were shocked. Did > > >> he care? Apparently not. He did not attempt to explain > > >> himself nor > > >> apologize for using the monies to go back to Cambodia to get > > >> married. No, > > >> he used religion for personal gain. Sad but true. > > > > >> To people that do not know him, Sophan Seng represents > > >> himself as a > > > > >> community facilitator. To be a facilitator, ideally one > > >> has to be > > >> neutral, or at least try to maintain neutrality. Instead, > > >> he openly > > >> expresses his opinion about Cambodian politics. In fact, > > >> even as a monk, > > >> whose studies are supposed to focus on learning and > > >> internalizing Buddhist > > >> principles and the path to peace, he chose to pursue a degree > > >> in /political > > >> science/. Most if not all of the articles he has written to > > >> the Phnom Penh > > >> Post (PPP) discuss politics. At the close of each of his > > >> articles, he > > >> signed "Sophan Seng, University Hawaii at Manoa, United > > >> States," or > > >> "Cambodian Students of Aloha" (the University's student > > >> organization). This might indicate that his opinions echo > > >> those of other Khmer at the > > >> University of Hawaii. They do not. Again, he is not > > >> representing the > > >> university, Khmer in Hawaii, or the United States of America. > > >> He used these > > >> closures to make himself look good with outside parties. Not > > >> all Khmer in > > >> Hawaii (or elsewhere in the United States) agree with him. > > > > >> In his previous correspondence, Sophan stated, If you > > >> want to know me > > > > >> more, go to these links. The links he provided, > > >> > > >> http://www2.hawaii.edu/~csaloha/officers.html<http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Ecsaloha/officers.html> > > >> <http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Ecsaloha/officers.html> > > >> <http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Ecsaloha/officers.html> and > > >> http://www2.hawaii.edu/~sophan/<http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Esophan/> > > >> <http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Esophan/> > > >> <http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Esophan/>, are > > >> links that were self-created -- using the university- > > >> related resources > > >> (originally created for the use of the student group as a > > >> whole) for > > >> personal gain, again. Was the information he put on the site > > >> approved by > > >> the majority of the students in the organization? Has anyone > > >> else > > >> affiliated with the CSAloha used this site for personal > > >> boasting? No. Not > > >> even the founders, myself or Mr. Chanthoeun To, ever > > >> considered using this > > >> site to toot our own horns. The purpose of CSAloha, does > > >> not represent > > >> any political or religious ideologies both on/off campus. > > >> Yet he used the > > >> university-based name/group to send articles about politics > > >> to PPP and other > > >> media. Like Mr. Heng Sombat mentioned in his email, He just > > >> wanted his > > >> name to be read in Phnom Penh Post. > > > > >> Most of the articles he wrote to the PPP from Hawaii > > >> attacked the current > > > > >> Cambodian government and sided with opposition political > > >> parties. 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