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.
Category: Human Interest
Anything that does not fit into to any of the other specific categories and is of general interest!
Email: The Lord’s Prayer and ‘Q’ History (27.7.2020)
As I work in translation, I am surprised by the latitude the Christian Church has allowed for English translations from the Hebrew and the Greek.
In Praise of Mary Seacole (1805-1881)
Florence Nightingale Sang her song… But Mary Seacole Could not come along… British people chose their heroes The rest of us are left as zeros…
Email: The Nazis and Alternative Medicine! (26.7.2020)
Dear Gillian I am reading a book containing the transcripts of the (1946) Nuremberg Trials regarding the subject of ‘Nazi Medical Crimes’. The (proven) allegation
Soviet Red Army POWs Murdered in Buchenwald Death Camp (c. 1943)
Author’s Note: Many photoraphs routinely presented as ‘Jewish’ people in Hitler’s Death Camps, are in fact pictures of Soviet POWs. Obviously, millions of Jews were
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) 