Dear Sombath,
I am as one of the Buddhist practitioners. I believe in Karma. May your good Karma help you be strong both physically and mentally and bring you back home safely. Although we do not know your whereabouts, I would like to collect all my energy to do a prayer to convince the persons (who have been involved in your disappearance) to change their mind and understand about you and about what you have been doing for Laos, the country we all love. May all collective energy protect and bring you home.
I have learned about your philosophy on “development” very inspiring to me, for example Education for Sustainable Development and Happiness Indicator, and your continued effort to implement it and encourage colleagues, friends and younger generations from INGOs, NPAs, government partners and development partner organizations to do so. I myself feel very convinced if we adopt your approach to the development of our country, I believe our country will grow in a sustainable way that is not exploiting too much natural resources. In Buddhist Dharma “when we destroy the mother earth, we kill ourselves”—For example, pollution and disaster events are most human-made. Continue reading “Dear Sombath…from Kham Keopanya”