Sub-subject: Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar) Nobel Peace Prize. Syllabus:
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“Wherever suffering is ignored, there will be the seeds of conflict.”
The famous Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Rangoon, Burma (South-east Asia), on June 1945. His struggle with the military dictatorship has been emblematic and therefore received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, although he had to wait for 2012 to be able to collect personally in Oslo since the military Government prevented it.
As she acknowledges in his book, the inspiration for their struggle based on non-violence (Ahimsa) came from the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and his Buddhist beliefs, their vision was to promote a spiritual revolution through dialogue and compassion. Jawaharlal Nehru also had a major influence.
“As a Buddhist, I investigate the nature of the six great Dukkha (suffering):
In 2010, Suu Kyi was released from house arrest.
Aung San Suu Kyi is a global leader in search of the values of Peace and Non-violence.