A vanished empire: Major new discovery exposes long-lost medieval kingdom The Kingdom of ‘Nan Zhao’ (南诏) or ‘Southern Zhao’ existed between 738-902 CE. I suspect
Category: Buddhism
Exploring the philosophy (and practice) of Early and Later Buddhism.
Ch’an Monks and Umbrellas…
CH’AN MASTER YAN YUN ASSISTS ORPHANED CHILDREN ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS! (23.6.2013) Within China there is now a substantial body of academic work assessing the similarities
Demonic Possession – Giving-Up Unnecessary Things
CH’AN DIGEST ARCHIVE – RHACS (Original Forum) I was once asked by a Christian priest how I would approach the pastoral care of a person
Email: Ch’an Transmission and Expedient Means
Dear B The traditional Ch’an answer is that the only concern for a Ch’an Teacher is that the Student or Dosciple directly perceives the empty mind ground at all times –
More on the Third Eye…
Once the muscular contraction is ‘triggered’ at will in the centre of the forehead – then the mind is focused so that the hyper ‘imaginative’
Logical Experiments with the ‘Third Eye’
I have been engaged in the activity of Buddhist meditation for over three decades. In that time, I have experienced a number of ‘states’ marked
