SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR)

The Sangha Kommune (僧伽公社) – A Place of Spiritual and Physical Growth! (Founded 16.2.2010)

28/03/2017 Adrian (釋大道)

The Chinese Buddhist monastic community is referred to as a ‘Sangha’ (Sanskrit for ‘spiritual community’), whereby men and women form a voluntary association premised upon following a strict set of rules known as the ‘Vinaya Discipline’. Within this community, there is ‘equality’ between all members, with the leaders being those who have followed these rules for the longest times. This is because such people are thought to have more experience at adhering to the Vinaya Discipline (which includes celibacy and vegetarianism), and are therefore able to effectively advise all others through the difficult times they my face in their practice. As those with little experience have less to share, they are not considered leaders whilst more experienced practitioners live in the vicinity.

BMA (UK) – The Bhikkhu Must Transcend Religiosity! (8.10.2026)

08/10/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

The manner in which bhikkhus should teach humanity is through the understanding that all examplies of language and culture, regardless of how necessary they may seem, are nevertheless purely “expedient”. The use of language (including translation) must be “precise” and “accurate” so that the Dhamma is correctly transmitted. All language is a “raft” designed to reach the other shore – it serves no other function. If members of the Sangha become “attached” to the prevailing culture from which they emerged – then they are violating the rules contained within the Vinaya Discipline. Congregating around a cultural-bias is one-sided and exclusionary. Narrowing the scope of the Dhamma hinders its enlightening function and distorts its meaning. A bhikkhu is a beggar and not a film star or representative of the culture that gave birth to him. This is not to say that the bhikkhu should reject the culture within which he arose – but at the sametime the bhikkhu should remain “non-attached” to his mind, body, and environment.

Analysts identified features of Beagle 2 in photos of Mars

UK: The Story of Mars-Probe – “Begale 2” – a Very British Story of Glorious Failure! (8.10.2026)

08/10/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

Professor Colin Pillinger was the driving force behind a mini “British Space Programme” that would have rivelled the Soviet imitative – and defied the US domination of the time (2003). We were staying with my parents in Torquay during the Xmas season of 2003 – and we kept the radio on through the night to listen to live coverage – to be part of the “British” probe landing on Mars! As Beagle 2 approached Mars all was fine – but as it came down to land – all suddenly went “silent”. For months afterwards there was speculation – but no answers. Then, in 2014, a US probe discovered a partly “landed” Beagle 2 – which seemed to have deployed – but only after trapping its only aerial (preventing all communication). Professor Colin Pillinger had passed-away just 8-months before his space-machine was discovered – and proven to have been mostly successful. Someone commented to me that this was like “Dunkirk” all-over again! We can take it.

The core of the experimental nuclear clock apparatus. (Photo provided by the research team)

China: PRC Scientists Develop Working Nuclear Optical Clock! (8.10.2026)

08/10/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

The team, led by Shiqian Ding, an associate professor at Tsinghua University’s Department of Physics and a jointly appointed researcher at the Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, used a domestically developed 148 nm continuous-wave ultra-narrow-linewidth laser source and thorium-229 trapped in calcium fluoride crystals to make the breakthrough.

The Food Train charity provides support to older people - including food delivery - across southern Scotland

Scotland: Report Finds “Clear Human Rights Failures” in South Scotland! (8.10.2026)

08/10/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

The report includes a string of case studies which highlight areas of concern, such as the variation of service provision depending on where people live.

Donald worked as landscape gardener before suffering from a stroke and later contracting Lyme disease after being bitten by a tick.

He said a locum neurologist referred him to a specialist clinic in another south of Scotland health board, but he was rejected because he didn’t live in the right area.

“We don’t have a national health service, we’ve got a regional health service,” he said.

“I’m just left in limbo, unable to work and unable to get better, even though I know there’s a solution out there.”

Another section of the report highlighted the plight of one woman trying to find the right health care for her husband.

But she found navigating services for the former soldier to be “impossible”.

UK: On Why the Universe is left-Wing – Deviating is an Error! (7.10.2026)

07/10/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

Well, as I grew-up practicing martial arts, I became adept at deliberately clashing with Neo-Nazis and fascists – giving them a good beating that broke their noses, teeth and hearts. The few bruises I received in return were worth cost. I enjoy fighting and am a member of the far-left (I have also been a Buddhist monk). I believe in militant peace where the balance of nature is retained through inner and outer discipline. Most far-right thugs I have encountered are riddled with fear – even those who train in boxing or whatever. Get past the surface bluster and they crap themselves. Those on the left must practice martial arts for self-defence and continue the grand tradition of the “Red Army”. We must defend ourselves and one another from far-right violence. To be clear, I do not agree with – or advocate – violence. However, just as long as violence exists within society that targets “us” – we must be prepared to defend ourselves from it. Our minds must be “still” and “quiet” whilst our bodies must be “fit” and “strong”. We must psychologically undermine the far-right so that its physicality is merely a “husk” that can be smashed and pushed aside. We must inwardly defeat the far-right before we are able to decively defeat it outwardly.

Cuba: Remembering the Victims of the US Terror Attack on Cubana de Aviación Flight CU-455! (7.10.2026)

07/10/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

Together with our people, we paid tribute at the Colón Cemetery to the martyrs of the Barbados tragedy, 50 years after this heinous act. On the Day of Victims of State Terrorism, we honoured their memory and reaffirmed our firm condemnation of terrorism in all its forms.

Later, we met with the families of the victims of this and other terrorist acts committed against our country. We denounced the impunity, demanded justice, and reaffirmed the support of our entire people. Cuba embraces you.

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