"It is far from my intention to claim that I have reached a very high stage on the path to attainment of the highest wisdom, or that I have attained complete "inner peace." However, I can claim that I practice bhavana every day. I try to cultivate the ethical aspects of Buddhism, and I believe that I have attained a greater degree of emotional equilibrium than most people. This explains why the tragic news of the sudden death (in a traffic accident) of my only son, Tin Maung Thant, on May 21, 1962, with minimal emotional reaction. For are not birth and death the two phases of the same life process? According to the Buddha, birth is followed by death, but death, in turn, is followed by rebirth."
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U Thant
U Thant (22 January 1909 – 25 November 1974) was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first non-Scandinavian to hold the position. He held the office for a record 10 years and one month. As General Secretary, he hosted diplomatic mediation and peacekeeping missions to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Congo Crisis, the Vietnam War, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. His death led to student protests against the Burmese military governmen
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