Thakin Basein - The issue of the farmers who are called slaves

Praise

(1) The meaning of farmers' issues

The farmers' issue refers to the issue of the majority of the poor people in Myanmar who work and live on the land of the farmer. The farmers' issue must include solutions to the problems related to agriculture and the difficulties faced by the workers who work on the farm.

In Myanmar, there are both rural and urban areas, but many Burmese live in rural areas. The number of Burmese living in urban areas is very small compared to the number of Burmese living in rural areas. The Burmese living in rural areas have only agricultural and fishing jobs. Burmese people mostly live and work in rural areas as hired coolies, as tenant farmers, and as those who work on their own land. Therefore, the people who work and live in the above-mentioned jobs are farmers.

(2) Farmers' burden

Just as the bottom brick in a house is subjected to the weight of the bricks above, so too are the peasants in Burma, like the bottom brick, subjected to the weight of the various upper classes in Burma.

The current situation of farmers in Myanmar is intolerably dire. A closer look at their hardships, sufferings, and experiences will reveal this.

Due to the seasonal nature of the fields, farmers are unemployed for the remaining six months of the year, and are unable to work. Burmese farmers are unable to grow even one or two crops, as they lack the resources to do so.

In addition to paying direct taxes on land, people, taxes on the tax on the tax on the tax on the tax on the tax on the tax on the tax on the tax on the tax on the tax on the tax on the tax on the tax on the interest

(3) The situation of farmers

Although Myanmar farmers are human beings, they are not able to live and eat properly like humans. They are not even able to afford to eat and drink. For farm work, they wake up early in the morning, wait for rain, and in the hot sun, they work with buffaloes and cows to earn a living with a plow. They sit in the field pond for breakfast and have a feast without peeling the shell of the whole field shrimp. When they return home in the evening, they sleep in a hut made of seven small trees and seven large trees, watching the stars and the moon. The children of farmers do not learn modern science. At least some of them are educated up to the Ewan May Sutha in the university of monk U Thumana, and some are not able to study up to the Ewan May Sutha because their interests are not compatible. Even with the Kagyi River,

They had to get their school leaving certificate. Even the monk U Thumana had to act like a medicine man when it came to health. In addition to casting spells on children with headaches, and making potions to deify spirits, they also had to choose auspicious days to increase rice yields, increase business profits, and start plowing the fields.

Myanmar farmers have very little knowledge of the world. It is extremely difficult to know beyond the air, soil, rain, water, sky, and nearby fields and trees.

The Burmese peasants, who live in villages, recognize the village chief as their ruler, and when they see a policeman in khaki pants, or when they see a fierce tiger or a terrifying ghost, they tend to run away and hide in the nearest haystack, as many farmers and villagers have experienced in recent years. The fear of the police, and the recognition of the chief more than necessary for the sake of political interests, are disappearing year by year.

As a result, it is true that the living conditions, food, drink, happiness, health, and education of Myanmar farmers are almost negligible compared to human standards. We, the Myanmar farmers, have come to understand and understand the real reasons why they have fallen into such a dire situation.

(4) Is suffering due to bad karma, intelligence, and diligence?

The Burmese people, especially the poor Burmese peasants, have fallen into such an intolerable state because of bad luck, lack of diligence, lack of intelligence, excessive spending, excessive pleasure, lack of strength, lack of courage,

Those who do not investigate the facts and the enemies and bloodsuckers of Burma accuse them of suffering. In fact, these accusations are baseless and completely false, as will be seen by investigating the farmers' situation.

Buddhist scriptures are written by monks and people who are experts in the world, and they say that a needle from the Brahma world and a needle from the human world can only pierce each other. It is said that it is difficult to be human in the world. No one can deny that Burmese farmers are not only human beings, but also that they have heads between their shoulders, two eyes, two nostrils, and a mouth like other human beings in the world, such as Americans, Englishmen, and Russians. Moreover, it is said that it is very difficult to be human within Buddhism. In this regard, Burmese farmers are also

It must be admitted that farmers are very lucky. In addition to these good fortunes, it must be said that being a person in Burma, which is rich in rice, teak, oil, and minerals due to the climate, soil fertility, and natural dharma, is a first-class fortune. There is no better fortune than being a person in a country that is prosperous and abundant due to natural dharma.

In the matter of hard work and perseverance, the Burmese farmer is not inferior to other peoples, but he is not inferior to the white-faced ruler who rules Burma.

We cannot say that he is less diligent than the Prime Minister of Myanmar. It is difficult for a real person to say that the hard work of a Burmese farmer, whose forehead is sweating and whose toes are tingling, is less than the hard work of the Prime Minister of Myanmar.

In terms of intelligence, the Burmese are used to seeing things from a distance. If they have the opportunity to learn the world's advanced science and technology, they have the opportunity to do so. If they know English, they can do it. If they know Japanese, they can do it. It is not that only an Englishman should know science and technology, nor is it the property or heritage of the English. God Almighty has not said that only the English should know these sciences, and the Burmese peasants should not. In ancient times, the Russian peasants were described in history as stone and stone, and great people. Now, those great people, great people, are not only knowledgeable in science and technology, but are also better than the Burmese, especially the Burmese peasants, in everything. They are living in the world as people, and are prosperous. Why? Is it because they are smarter than the Burmese peasants? Those who are considered to be stone pillars (A-Na) are considered to be more advanced than the Burmese farmers who are recognized as being more agile, agile, agile, and intelligent.