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The reputation of the former Head Monk of the famous Shaolin Temple – Shi Yongxin – literally collapsed overnight! The trouble he has caused has not been limited only to himself! After Shi Yongxin got into trouble, his brother – Liu Yingbiao – quite literally disappeared from public view – with the media reporting that he has gone “missing”.
In Japan, a Buddhist monk or nun can get married, produce children, eat meat, and drink alcohol. In other words, these people are lay-people in robes – but are practicing dishonesty. A group of Chinese Ch’an monks had been following the Vinaya Discipline when they travelled to Japan to spread the Ch’an Dharma – but returned with Japanese wives and children – and wearing lay-clothing – eating meat and drinking alcohol. In front of Xu Yun – these “monks” petitioned the post-1949 government of China to permanently abolish the Ch’an requirement for monks and nuns to be celibate and vegetarian. Xu Yun is said to have loudly slapped the table – stating that the Chinese government should do the exact opposite – that is, integrate the Vinaya Discipline into the fabric of China’s secular law. If a man or woman wants to be an ordained Buddhist monk or nun, then it should be a legal requirement – punishable by secular law – if they fail to uphold the rules and regulations of the lifestyle they have chosen to follow. Being a Buddhist monastic is a “job” that requires a strict form of lifestyle.
The far-right is inherently stupid and cannot help its continuous habit of self-sabotage! I monitor the far-right chatter that I can see online and keep an eye on their hate-filled, ignorant tactics. The following content is related to the “Adolf Hitler birthday cake” photographed by a group of British Neo-Nazi in a Pub up North. As I said in my previous article on this subject – Public Houses are left or rightwing – with many now refusing to get involved with politics – as it is bad for business. I said then that the owner of the Pub should be investigated as he probably “knew” what his customers were doing – and tacitly approved of it.
The court said Li was guilty of bribery and should be severely punished as the amount involved was “extremely large”, causing “extremely great losses” to the country and the people. However, it showed leniency in sentencing because Li voluntarily disclosed bribes unknown to investigators and returned illicit gains, and some bribes were unsuccessful.
Li, born in Chongqing in 1958, began his career in 1976 and joined the league in 2001. Founded in 1947, the league is one of eight non-Communist parties that participate in State affairs under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
He worked as a lawyer in Chongqing’s procuratorial system for years. In March 2024, authorities placed him under investigation for alleged serious duty-related violations while he was serving as executive vice-chairman of the league and as a member of the Standing Committee of the 14th NPC, China’s top legislative body.
Li was removed from office and expelled from the league late last year. In March, prosecutors indicted him on bribery charges, leading to the trial in April.
This may be due to the Celtic traditions developing within heavily forested areas prior to the arrival of the Romans – who cleared trees to build their straight roads. Romans also cleared forested areas to create farming fields – so open fields were “foreign” to the British Celts. The Druids are reported as detesting the Roman habit of destroying the sacred woods (the Druids and their Celtic Army were finally beaten by the Romans at the Battle of Anglesey circa 60 CE – the last time “magic” was known to have been used on a British battlefield). During these times, crops were planted within the safety of the forested-canopy – where the Gods of Fertility operated more or less unaffected by the wild birds. Wide, open fields were not yet accepted as “British”. It might have even been the case that Celtic farmers came to some arrangement with the wild birds – setting aside some food for them so that everyone got on without conflict. There was 800-years between the Romans (5th century CE) leaving and the plague creating the conditions that led to the development of the modern British Scarecrow (14th century CE).
In many ways, articles shot-through with stupidity are the hallmark of a modern Russia that is still coming to terms with its betrayal of its own Socialist Revolution – and the shock that once it had betrayed all its own principles for greed – the capitalist West then made it clear that it viewed the Russians as nothing more than a conquered and discredited foe. Perhaps the Russian authors of this article falsely believe that by aligning Russia with the forces of US anti-intellectualism – America will like them more. The Same America that is still funding and arming a Neo-Nazi Ukraine Trump is claiming is close to a “cease-fire”. All pie in the sky – but if Moscow is not careful in its dealings with Trump – it could be B-2s in the sky over the Kremlin! Remember, both Iran and Russia did some sort of deal with the US when they both betrayed a Socialist Syria. As the bunker-busters dropped on Iran earlier today – and as each new Ukrainian offensive begins in Donbass – let’s hope both of these countries have learned the folly of their ways!
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 