Exiled: Monks

[eerie music]

[Man] Our way way is dharma.

Dharma means justice.

That means if we want to go to the dharma way,

the right way, the justice way,

then we have to fight injustice.

Along with the military,

the Buddhist priesthood is probably

the most important institution in Burma,

and has been for most of the 20th century.

In August 2007, suddenly you saw this

movement of monks from throughout the country rise up.

The monks, they knew that the regime can crack down,

but they still scarified themselves

for the sake of the people.

Now more than 200 monks are still in jail.

Sometimes we feel fed up of, you know,

struggle in this.

But then we see our friend's faces

who are sitting in jail.

That's why we are going on, and we will go on this way.

If we want to reach to the top of the mountain,

we have to climb up.

To go step by step.

That is our duty.

[eerie music]