From a philosophical and sociological perspective, it seems bizarre in the extreme that just over eighty-five-years after the end of WWII the far-right should be
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Email: A Model of Mastery (14.4.2021)
Dear Gillian Genuine mastery seems to involve the individual concerned being ‘detached’ from the subject matter they understand. There is a) the person, b) the
Email: Assessing US Anti-Soviet Propaganda! (2.4.2021)
Dear Gillian The way I approached this was through the ‘no hypothesis’. Nothing is happening until proven otherwise. For this exercise I neither support the USSR
Defending Joseph Stalin’s Good Reputation Against Bad US Academia
The recurring tropes that Joseph Stalin was a ‘mass murderer’, ‘evil’ and ‘mentally deficient’ are enduing myths preserved in the heart of Eurocentric academia. Although
Dharmic Racism: How Western Buddhists ‘Ignore’ Buddhism in China
The anti-greed philosophy of the Buddha has been usurped in the West – so that Buddhism becomes ‘pro-greed’ by those who practice the Dharma as
Email: The ‘No’ Hypothesis (20.6.2020)
A genuine scientist is indifferent to religious belief. This probably explains why the Vatican keeps a fully funded scientific department in operation – staffed by suitably qualified priests. An objective fact is the only fact and I will explain why. I remember a group of devout Catholics claiming they saw the face of the Virgin Mary in a stain on a wall. This was a dark oblong stain made by water and mildew, etc, formed in the centre of a otherwise clean, whitewashed wall. So far so good. However, this group went further when challenged and provided photographic and video proof of their experience (which had the potential to change the world as we know it)! Could you imagine an image of the Virgin Mary appearing and talking to the faithful? When the evidence was tested, it revealed 15 minutes of a damp stain on a wall – and nothing else – and yet all the Catholics in attendance had convinced themselves that they were witnessing a miraculous event!
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 