Mark of a Master

This is completely unusual. Every other guru has followers chasing him. If he gets off a plane, cars pull up to receive him like a minister.
A teacher should not be made an idol, like a god. He is a teacher. If you want to get any help, you practice what is being taught, that’s all. 
S.N. Goenke; You have to work out your own salvation..

Speech By S N Goenka in U.N. Peace Summit 

the more deeply and subtly the manner in which the listener understands the words "know yourself",  the more this speech will mean to him when he hears it.

We have to learn to observe within as to what is our mental and emotional state of our psyche, and then we have to do away with the stress and become harmless and benevolent. Only then will world peace come to us.
Vipassana is one of the ways in which to do this.

Soldier shot in head on motorbike by red shirt

Thai news video clip of a horde of Soldiers on motorbikes driving along a suspension bridge, when one of them is shot in the head from above and falls from his bike This is just one of uncountable incidents over the last weeks as Bangkok has been changed into a burning city under siege.

The struggle and dispute between Thaksins Red shirt army and Abhisits Yellow shirts is long from over.Some issues underlying the matter are never spoken or revealed. But those who know Thailand intimately know what this is really about, and it goes a lot further than politics or Thaksin Here is a clip showing the army in action within the Sala Daeng metro station. Some soldiers are seen giving first aid to a Westerner who was injured in an explosion which occured within the station.

Redshirts and Yellow shirts on Facebook

Thailands Political Crisis spills over onto the Social Networks

Facebook is becoming a Battlefield with all the Red and Yellow shirts using it as a platform for Mutual Abuse. Facebook has become the main platform for both sides to air their respective Political Standpoints. The Thai people have stressed their supposed ability for "Samakee"(Equanimity) since generations.Now it seems that the famous Samakee is not present anymore. I wonder when this Buddhist Country will realize the Truths that Buddhism teaches and see that the issues are not the cause of the fighting. Self Entanglement in Anger and Hate are the causes. It is only when we let go of our clinging to issues which we hold for important, that we can begin to live in peace and treat each other with respect.
 Diplomacy under siege: Thailand's political crisis and the impact on foreign policy.(Report): An article from: Contemporary Southeast Asia

People's Alliance for Democracy: 2008? 2009 Thai political crisis, Politics of Thailand, National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship, Sondhi Limthongkul, Thaksin Shinawatra