Institute of Inner Scienes – Page 17

Venerable Old Master Xu Yun [虚云]: No Difference Between a Monk and a Lay-Person! (14.10.2023)

14/10/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

For instance, by cross-referencing the below May 1955 Dharma-Talk with the text of ‘Empty Cloud’ for that year – a more all-round picture can be built of exactly what was happening and how Master Xu Yun was reacting to it. To be clear, Master Xu Yun was adamant that an ordained Buddhist monastic must follow ALL the rules of the Vinaya Discipline and that a lay-person must follow a least five, eight or ten of the basic vows contained in the Vinaya Discipline. This is a practical distinction Master Xu Yun upheld – as he rejected the Japanese Zen tradition of monks being allowed to eat meat, drink alcohol and get married. Such individuals are ‘lay-people’ and NOT monks. This being the case, what is Master Xu Yun referring to when he states that there is ‘no difference’ between the ordained Sangha and the laity?

Palestine: World Placates Zionist-Perpetuated Genocide! (13.10.2023)

13/10/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip and West Bank has totaled 1,448, while 6,868 others were wounded, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry on Thursday night. Meanwhile, Israel’s public broadcaster Kan said the Israeli death toll had risen to more than 1,300.

Israel cut off its power supply to the Gaza Strip and ordered a complete siege on the Palestinian enclave, home to over 2.2 million people.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Thursday that at least 340,000 Palestinians have been displaced since the escalation on Saturday.

“The water crisis is looming in UNRWA shelters and throughout Gaza due to the lack of electricity needed to operate pumps and water desalination plants and the limited water supply in the local market,” added the UN agency.

Laos Buddhist-Socialist Republic: Family Planning Reduces Maternal & Child Mortality! (11.10.2023)

11/10/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

The Public Health Department of Borikhamxay Province has implemented sanitation and health promotional work, especially in the area of reproductive health work. This policy has been active in integrating mother and childcare work by providing services at provincial hospitals, district hospitals, and small hospitals. In addition, they have been moving to the villages 6 times a year with a focus on spreading information, knowledge about reproductive health – working simultaneously to target people and relevant groups in general – with the intention of reducing the death rate of mothers and children every year.

Israeli TV: How Zionist Children Are Taught to View Jesus Christ! (11.10.2023)

11/10/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

When I visited Golders Green in North London, I was sat in a cinema with an Asian (Indian-Hindu) friend from Finchley – and we were surrounded by kipper-wearing Jewish youths who spent their time telling one another anti-British (racist) and anti-Christian jokes – with Jesus being denigrated at every turn. This was near the time that the Jewish community in London wanted ‘Jewish Only’ areas within which NO non-Jews (Goyim) could enter – demarked by lampposts painted a distinct colour. Not long after this – a Zionist school in the UK was found ‘Guilty’ of breaking the UK’s non-discrimination laws regarding how children from different ethnic backgrounds are treated by those who do not share their origin or upbringing.

DPRK: Canada is Foolishly Fanning the Flames! (11.10.2023)

11/10/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

Finding infinite satisfaction and relief in blindly following one’s master without any wise opinions is a natural result for Canadians.

It is no coincidence that the international community unanimously evaluates Canada’s active efforts for peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region as nothing more than an attempt to prove its loyalty to the United States.

If Canada continues to act like a servant of the United States – it will only have the reputation of being the “51st state” of the United States like the “Republic of Korea.”

Canada must be fully aware that countries in the Asia-Pacific region are keeping a close eye on its reckless actions, and must put an end to its pointless actions that harm its own interests.

Palestine: Zionist Aggression Escalates! (11.10.2023)

11/10/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

Earlier tonight, a number of citizens, including children, were martyred and others were injured in several raids launched by Zionist warplanes that targeted several homes in the cities of Rafah and Gaza. The Zionist Occupation aircraft targeted a house in the town of Beit Lahia with several missiles, in addition to the Al-Atatra area, west of Beit Lahia, and bombed a house in the town of Al-Qarara, south of the Gaza Strip.

The Zionist Occupation forces launched several raids on the vicinity of the Karama area in Gaza, and targeted a house in the Musabah area, north of Rafah, and another on the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, and in the vicinity of the Martyrs Mosque, east of the Shujaiya neighbourhood.

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