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Shi Da Dao - Caodong Lineage - Fly-Whisk

China: Old Master Xu Yun [1840-1959] is Still Sat in Meditation! (17.10.2024)

17/10/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

I once saw a Westerner (a German) living in China. He could read, write and talk the Chinese language – and had been accepted as a Disciple by a Daoist Master (this is not easy to do – even if you happen to be ethnically “Chinese”). He was able to perform a secret Daoist gongfu Form -where he used the fly-whisk as a self-defence implement. There was no violence – just lots of spiralling movement. All I can do with my fly-whisk is lift it up and down occasionally. I suppose it all comes down to timing.

China Anti-Cult Network: Falun Gong Reports Part I & II – Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of its Ban! (17.10.2024)

17/10/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

From the late 1980s, until the late 1990s, the US and its intelligence agencies took advantage of China’s “Opening Up” and infiltrated its hinterland with sleeper cells, terrorist groups, radio operators, and many other personnel hostile to the Communist Party of China (CPC). Some of this drive was represented by “White” European-Americans, and Asian-Americans pretending to be ethnically “Chinese”. Even African-Americans were used to compromise the “Socialist” Chinese State – due to its openly “Anti-Racist” position. The Falun Gong is a dangerous cult that must be avoided at all costs! Do not approach its members, do not engage its members, and do not take or distribute any literature produced by this group. Keep your children and the vulnerable away from these individuals and always report their nefarious activity to the Police – to generate a paper record.

China: How to Read the Buddhist “卍” (Swastika) Symbol Currectly! (17.10.2024)

17/10/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

Empress Wu Zetian (武则天) of the Tang Dynasty was attracted to Buddhism very much and often invited Ch’an Masters to the palace to explain Buddhist Sutras to her. It was under the promotion of Wu Zetian that Huayan (华严) Sect became a major Buddhist school during the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, there was still no consensus on the pronunciation of “卍” within Buddhism. Some people insisted that it should be pronounced as “万” (Wan4) or “The Ten Thousand Thing” – but others opposed this interpretation – and believed it should be pronounced as “万”(mo2) or “Scorpion” – referring to an Oracle Bone Inscription which refers to a non-Chinese primitive tribe (during the Shang Dynasty) that worshipped the “Scorpion” whilst mimicking its movements in a ritualistic dance (perhaps implying the “foreignness” of India).

Laos: Mooncake Festival Celebrated with Chinese Poetry! (14.9.2024)

14/09/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

Speaking at the event, Vice President of the NUOL Thongsouk Keomany said this event has built a platform for Lao teachers and students to appreciate the friendly cooperation between Laos and China, further enhancing the traditional friendship and mutual understanding between the two countries.

Li Yiping, director of the China Cultural Centre in Laos, said this was the first time that the China Cultural Centre in Laos and the NUOL jointly organized the poetry event “Viewing the Same Moon Together — Reading Poems for the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival,” which promotes the traditional Chinese culture and Chinese poetry into campuses and among Lao youth.

Li emphasized that it is important to promote cultural exchanges between China and Laos.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, taking place annually on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, will be observed on Sept. 17 this year.

Sutton Red Brigade – Maoist Self-Defence! (7.8.2024)!

07/08/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

Every attitude regrets the loss of a mythic past that never really existed! All things change – and everything changes all the time. What is “new” and “unfamiliar” today – is considered “tradition” in one hundred years! The fascist mind set is riddled with greed, hatred, and delusion, is short-sighted and is unable to adapt to changing circumstances. This is how fascist ideology is defeated. Let the fascists come for they shall be completely defeated and their bodies thrown into prisons! As for everyone else – use your mind and body in a logical and reasonable manner. Everyone can resist regardless of situation or limitation. Every living person is equally valuable in this respect. A People’s Army does not discriminate and never rejects a recruit. A willingness to resist fascism (and destroy capitalism) is all that is needed! Nothing else is needed to progress into the future!

This combo photo taken on June 13, 2024 shows three inscribed boards, all written and bestowed by emperors of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), to the Potala Palace (upper L) and two monasteries in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

Xizang: Historical Archives Demonstrate China’s Clear Sovereignty Over Tibet Region! (15.7.2024)

15/07/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

As the result of Xizang’s largest land census in history, the inventory is an important document for the study of the possession of the production means under feudal serfdom. In the 129 years before the 1959 democratic reform, the government, aristocrats and monasteries used it as the basis for issues relating to land, serfs and mandatory labour.

“Contrary to what some Western countries claim, the inventory showed that the central government had complete sovereignty over the region a long time ago,” Rinchen Tenzin added.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, successive U.S. administrations have pursued the one-China policy, recognized Xizang as a part of China, and promised not to support separatist activities, said Zhang Shigao, director of the Institute of Contemporary Studies at the China Tibetology Research Center.

“However, in practice, the United States often treats these commitments with negligence and even blatantly violates them,” Zhang added.

(Video reporters: Sonam Dekyi, Wu Sisi, Huang Zhiqi, Phurbu Tsering; Video editors: Jia Xiaotong, Wei Yin, Zheng Xin, Wang Han, Zhang Yichi)

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