Why Burma?s generals fear the influence of the Sangha... "The Lord Buddha shunned worldly affairs, but in his teachings he stressed the need for good governance and good rulers in the practice of politics. The Buddha said: ?When the ruler of a country is just and good, the ministers become just and good; when the ministers are just and good, the higher officials become just and good; when the higher officials are just and good, the rank and file become just and good; when the rank and file become just and good, the people become just and good.? If these admonitions are followed by the large community of monks—the Sangha—in predominantly Buddhist Burma, the lingering ?love lost? relationship between the country?s military rulers and its monks should be no surprise..."