Dear Ben I very much appreciate your thoughtful questions and the manner in which you request information. I am also aware as to ‘why’ you continuously
Category: Buddhism
Exploring the philosophy (and practice) of Early and Later Buddhism.
Email: Nanzhao Buddhist Monastery Discovered in Yunnan! (25.1.2021)
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
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’
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 