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"Burma's nonviolent ""revolution of the spirit"" remains one of the most inspiring and significant movements ever. A conclusion to 43 years of investigative research and unique personal involvement by Alan Clements, this urgent book presents not only a compelling case for the release of Burma's Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners but a meticulous explanation for the (corporate-media-facilitated, politically expedient, and calculated) patriarchal disgrace of a courageously wise feminine-inspired Buddhist-influenced leader -- a 77 year old political spiritual luminary likened to Nelson Mandela, Gandhi and Martin Luther King -- and her peoples' nationwide movement. For a rich tapestry of diverse ethnic peoples in this ancient, sacred 4,000-year nation of 53 million people, elegantly safeguarding for centuries the transformational power of nonviolence, the timeless wisdom ""mindful intelligence"" and the trans-religious practice of mindfulness meditation that is sweeping the world today, the struggle for freedom continues. Examining the role of the international press in the ongoing crisis and the intricacies of a Dharma-based revolution as taught to Aung San Suu Kyi and National League for Democracy leaders by the late Venerable Sayadaw U Pandita, The Voice of Hope: Aung San Suu Kyi from Prison and a Letter to a Dictator is not only a tribute to the people of Burma's unwavering quest for democracy and freedom but an articulate first-of-its-kind indictment of the international communities apathy, illustrating the inherent danger of turning away from the country's legitimate civilian elected government. Included in this epic and concisely presented work is an in-depth and exhaustive compilation of Aung San Suu Kyi's position on the Rohingya crisis in her own words, a summary of the author's findings on the first anniversary of the 2021 military coup and a detailed conversation between Alan Clements and Fergus Harlow that covers the nature of their work and of freedom itself as it relates to the ongoing struggle for democracy in Burma. The book concludes with an unprecedented, compassionately motivated letter highlighting the power of redemption to Ming Aung Hlaing -- presently the world's foremost criminal terrorist -- from Alan Clements (a former Buddhist monk in Burma), and an open letter to Aung San Suu Kyi from renowned Rinpoche Dzongsar Jamyang Khyenste. The Voice of Hope: Aung San Suu Kyi and A Letter to A Dictator builds upon the previous books: ""Burma: The Next Killing Fields,"" (with a foreword by the Dalai Lama) Instinct for Freedom (nominated as the best spiritual teaching/memoir in 2003), Burma's Revolution of the Spirit, (with essays by eight Nobel Peace Laureates), Wisdom for the World: Alan Clements in Conversation with Sayadaw U Pandita, and the definitive four-volume Burma's Voices of Freedom (co-authored with Fergus Harlow) and The Voice of Hope: Conversations with Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi, a work that moved Pulitzer Prize Winner author Alice Walker to write, ""Every leader in the world should read this book at least once."" ""...this is the most ...accurate commentary on how the world got it wrong, not unlike Tibet, and what we can do to support Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma, to avert disaster."" -Geshe Lhakdor, former interpreter for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama"

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I am happy to endorse this timely book by Alan Clements and Fergus Harlow, a summary of their book set of meticulous research and years of seeing the problem in Burma. Silencing people through sheer force is not the answer to a problem. Any problem can be solved through dialogue in the genuine spirit of reconciliation. I believe this is the most truthful and accurate commentary on how the world got it wrong, not unlike Tibet, and what we can do to support Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma, to avert disaster. Geshe Lhakdor, Distinguished scholar, Translator and Interpreter for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama 1989 to 2005, Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamshala, Head of the Science Education Project This book is a beacon in the dark. By illuminating in vivid detail the catastrophe unfolding in Burma and the world's indifference to it, Alan Clements and Fergus Harlow shine a harsh but compassionate light on the crisis of humanity at the beginning of the twenty-first century. For anyone who cares about the plight of Burma and the fate of our global village, this book will shock you, upset you, and challenge you to do whatever is in your power to imagine and realise another way of being together in this fragile, vulnerable and suffering world. Stephen Batchelor, author of After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age. It is common in this fast-paced information era for complex problems and subtleties to be exaggerated or overlooked. The right to correct information should not just be guaranteed by every state's laws, but practiced by in-depth research by users. This book zooms in on events leading up to the current crisis in Myanmar, examining not just what happened in the past but also focusing on how Aung San Suu Kyi consistently responded. It goes beyond sensational and superficial headlines. We don't have to agree or accept her words or this point of view but we should not undermine the very real information and different interpretations sincerely offered. In my view this book presents facts which make perfect sense, explaining the complexities for those who can bear to look deeper. Dr. Ma Thida, surgeon, writer and ex-political prisoner, Chair of Writers, Prison Committee, PEN International I urge everyone to read this amazing work. This historical account has the power to change hearts and minds and aims to result in the release of the ailing and elderly Aung San Suu Kyi from solitary confinement and hard labor. Further, it examines how and why the Nobel Peace Prize winner and heart and soul of the democracy movement in Burma has been so vilified in the press as to bring the international icon to her knees - and the entire people and country, now under the heel of the military dictatorship, relegated to the back pages of the news. A must read. Jennifer W Chartoff, President of Robert Chartoff Charitable Foundation I am deeply concerned for the many thousands of prisoners of the democracy movement. In the shadow of Putin's war on Ukraine, the plight of Burma has simply been forgotten. Out of simple human compassion, we must keep the story of Burma on our minds and in the consciences of democratic leaders worldwide. Sir John Boorman, CBE, Oscar nominated director of Beyond Rangoon, Deliverance, The Emerald Forest and numerous other feature films.

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