Translator’s Note: The Vietnamese people are originally from Southern Chins. When the Tang (Cantonese) people migrated into their homeland – they migrated out of China
Category: Buddhism
Exploring the philosophy (and practice) of Early and Later Buddhism.
DPRK: Laos People’s Democratic Republic [Buddhist-Socialist] – Presents Kim Jong Un with Floral Basket! (27.12.2025)
Pyongyang, December 27 (KCNA) — The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received a flower basket from Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and president of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, on the occasion of the New Year 2026.
Cambodia: Chinese Embassy Urges Nationals to Leave Border Areas! (19.12.2025)
The Chinese Embassy in Cambodia on Wednesday urged Chinese nationals near the Cambodia–Thailand border to move to safer areas, citing ongoing tensions, and advised those elsewhere in the country to avoid travel to the border region for now.
The Cambodian Ministry of Defense said Monday that the Thai military expanded airstrikes into Siem Reap province, striking an area near a camp for displaced civilians at about 10 a.m. local time, according to Xinhua News Agency.
In case of emergency, individuals should contact local police immediately and seek assistance from the Chinese Embassy, it stated.
Cambodia: Thai Aggression on Border Kills 10 Civilians – Wounds 60! (12.12.2025)
“The casualties included 10 civilian fatalities, including one infant, and 60 civilian injuries,” Cambodian Defense Ministry’s Undersecretary of State and Spokesperson Lt. Gen. Maly Socheata said in a press briefing.
The Cambodia-Thailand border conflict has reignited since Sunday afternoon and is still going on as of Thursday morning, Socheata said, adding that the Thai army has fired artillery shells at many locations in Cambodian territory.
Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior released a press release on Wednesday night, saying that more than 56,000 families, with 190,000 civilians, have fled their homes for safe shelters.
UK: Time Might Not Exist – and We’re Starting to Understand Why! (9.12.2025)
The problem with ideation and science is that the concrete nature of the external world is often ignored in the pursuit of pushing the permitted bourgeois envelope ever further toward ethereal theories that are non-threatening to the capitalist status quo – as bourgeois science can never be used to discredit capitalism in anyway. having said that, I think the distances are so vast between solar systems and different parts of the universe-multiverse – that humanity will not be able to traverse these distances in the traditional sense. A single light year still represents the distance light travels in one-year (5.88 trillion miles).
DPRK: 50th Founding Anniversary of the [Buddhist-Socialist] Lao People’s Democratic Republic! (2.12.2025)
Pyongyang, December 2 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, sent a message of greeting to Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and president of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, on December 2.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 