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Podcast: Insight Myanmar
Episode: COVID-19 in Myanmar: Monastic Edition
Description: How is the coronavirus pandemic impacting monastics in Myanmar? This is precisely the question we set out to answer in this very special “Monastic Edition” of our COVID-19 in Myanmar series. The guests include:· U Viveka, a Canadian monk studying under Sayadaw U Tejaniya, who is using the pandemic as an opportunity to examine his fear of death.· Ashin Sarana, a Czech monk who was teaching in the USA when the pandemic hit, and returned to undergo a mandatory (and then self-imposed) period of quarantine at a Burmese monastery.· Pabhassaro Bhikkhu, a Polish monk who found his ide...