The earliest known examples of the Chinese ideogram ‘德’ appear on cast bronze artefacts produced during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BCE) such as: This
Category: Buddhism
Exploring the philosophy (and practice) of Early and Later Buddhism.
Freeing Tibet from the Western Imagination
‘On 25 April 1945, so the story goes, a group of battle-weary Russian soldiers were making their cautious way through the shattered remnants of Berlin,
Enlightenment
As matter is essentially the product of light energy ‘slowed down’, it logically follows that all is light in either a coarse (i.e. matter) or
My Mind Does Not Move – A Deeply Profound Experience
I understood the saying “My mind does not move” and I intuitively understood its meaning! I raised my Nikon D3X camera, and photographed this fun-filled moment. (I used the speed setting of 160 per second, with 400 sensitivity.)
Fake Chinese Monks and Nuns Discovered Professionally Begging on the Streets of New York – a Get Rich Quick Career Path?
Original Chinese Language Article: By Progressive Network (Translated by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) In China it is common to see people in tattered clothes haunting bridges,
African Buddhist Monks Study Martial Arts and Medicine at China’s Shaolin Temple
Their presence in China serves to remind us of the unique Shaolin Temple tradition, and is the consequence of the fame of this temple’s reputation spreading throughout the world. Not only this, but China now exports martial arts equipment and training DVD’s, and Chinese teachers regularly teach abroad.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 