Dear Gillian It strikes me that life is prolonged through sentiment, but what if life is just as long as it is meant to be?
Category: Buddhism
Exploring the philosophy (and practice) of Early and Later Buddhism.
Email: The Empty Throne of the Buddha (18.8.2020)
Worship in all its grades and kinds, is the response of the creature to the Eternal: nor need we limit this definition to the human
Email: A Reflective Love (10.8.2020)
Dear Gillian When I sit quietly, reality is a direct experience. It is deep, loving, caring and boundless. There is a ‘source’ but language cannot
Ch’an Practice for Muslims
The Buddha lived in a time of polytheism. He appears to suggests that polytheistic gods exist only if an individual believes them to do so,
Ch’an Practice for Christians
The interface between Ch’an Buddhist practice and Christian practice is that of contemplative prayer. Contemplative prayer is preferably ‘silent’, and comprised of a single, meaningful, one-syllable word.
Indochina: US POWs Who Went Over to the Khmer Rouge! (23.7.2020)
‘’One guy who was something more than a visitor was the 25-year-old Caucasian who was commanding a T-54 tank into Saigon when the South finally fell to the communists 30 April, 1975. Three other former US servicemen were seen fighting for the communist forces in Quang Ngai province the month before.’
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 