Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is possibly one of the most well-known and beloved leaders in the world, and yet the campaign she leads is for one of the least understood conflicts happening today.  She is the spirit and symbol of the fight for freedom in Burma.

For more information and actions you can take right now we highly recommend you check out the website for the U.S Campaign for Burma at http://uscampaignforburma.org/

For A Brief History of Burma by Thomas R. Lansner, you can click HERE

This is a LINK to a biography of Aung San Suu Kyi’s life story.

She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, but being under house arrest at the time, her son accepted the award for her.  This is a short excerpt for the speech:

"Although my mother is often described as a political dissident who strives by peaceful means for democratic change, we should remember that her quest is basically spiritual. As she has said, "The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit", and she has written of the "essential spiritual aims" of the struggle. The realisation of this depends solely on human responsibility. At the root of that responsibility lies, and I quote, "the concept of perfection, the urge to achieve it, the intelligence to find a path towards it, and the will to follow that path if not to the end, at least the distance needed to rise above individual limitation... ". "To live the full life," she says, "one must have the courage to bear the responsibility of the needs of others … one must want to bear this responsibility." And she links this firmly to her faith when she writes, "...Buddhism, the foundation of traditional Burmese culture, places the greatest value on man, who alone of all beings can achieve the supreme state of Buddhahood. Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it." Finally she says, "The quest for democracy in Burma is the struggle of a people to live whole, meaningful lives as free and equal members of the world community. It is part of the unceasing human endeavour to prove that the spirit of man can transcends the flaws of his nature."

The full text can be found HERE

And this is where you can find the address she made to the national Burma organizing meeting earlier this month http://uscampaignforburma.org/

If you feel inclined we ask you to support one of the ACTIONS listed on the US Campaign for Burma’s website. Help bring the situation in Burma to the light.  Help support Aung San Suu Kyi and her people make freedom a reality.