They should be beneficial, and not harmful, to international socialist unity and the unity of the peace-loving people of the world.
Month: Dec 2014
Being ‘Aware’ of Awareness
Within his teaching on the Four Noble Truths, the Buddha refers to this habit as ‘mental formations, or ‘thought constructs’.
Hui Neng – Sixth Patriarch of Ch’an
Within Ch’an, what else is required?
Hui Jian (慧剑) – the Sword that Clears the Mind
Therefore the characters ‘慧剑’ (hui jian) represent a distinctly ‘Buddhist’ method of clearing the mind that is as decisive as a blow from a sharp sword used in scholarly self-defence. Despite its obvious Buddhist origin and undertones – the ‘sword’ is a clear concession to the Confucian establishment as it strove to integrate foreign Indian Buddhist thought, with that of Chinese indigenous understanding and belief.
Socialism is Good – Communism is Good!
(Just look at what landlords do if they are not controlled)
Oliver Cromwell and the Abolition of State Sanctioned ‘Christmas’
Oliver Cromwell was a very civilised, intelligent and progressive individual. He was also a devout Christian. Why, then, did he agree to ‘ban’ Christmas? He carried out this progressive measure because he thought that it was a great evil for the State to ‘enforce’ a religious celebration upon its citizens. As a consequence, Cromwell oversaw the legislation that ‘banned’ the State sanctioning of a national holiday that had, in his and many other Christian’s eye, no connection with legitimate Christian practice.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 