Beyond Rangoon (1995)
U Aung Ko: U Aung Ko
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Quotes
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U Aung Ko : We are taught that suffering is one promise that life always keeps. So that when happiness comes we know it is a gift, and it is ours only for a brief time.
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[On whether men and women are equal]
Laura Bowman : Did you say completely equal?
U Aung Ko : Oh, yes! A woman can even become a Buddha; but for that she must first come back as a man.
Laura Bowman : Ah, there's always a catch.
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U Aung Ko : We will need to make an offering.
Laura Bowman : What kind of offering?
U Aung Ko : That would depend on how much good karma you want for your next life.
Laura Bowman : Hmm, I can't plan that far ahead.
U Aung Ko : Then some fresh fruit from the market will do.
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U Aung Ko : [about her dead husband and son] They are shadows as we are shadows, briefly walking the earth and soon gone.
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Laura Bowman : Isn't that illegal?
U Aung Ko : In Burma, everything is illegal.