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秦二世 Qin Er Shi - Handsome

China: Face of 2nd [Multi-Ethnic] Qin Er Shi [秦二世] Emperor “Reconstructed”! (10.11.2026)

The original Qin [秦] State was a fiefdom of the Zhou Dynasty existing between 897-207 BCE. For much of its history, the Qin (often associated with the Hakka people of China and the “Chin-Chan-Chen” [陳] surname) spent much of its history dealing with the threat of the barbarian tribes existing to the North and West of the Qin State border. The Qin copied Central Chinese culture (and improved it in many and dramatic ways) whilst defeating and assimilating the various non-Chinese ethnic groups – this made the Qin appear tainted to the Central Chinese. Only later, when the Qin State borders were settled to the Northwest did the Qin State turn its attention to the Central Chinese States – which it soon invaded and defeated – thus uniting China for the first time under a single leader. The Qin Empire (which excluded what is today the Fujian area – which consisted then of dangerous malarial swamps and violent indigenous people) lasted from 221-207 BCE and had two Emperors and one final King (the final leader who ruled for just a few months as the Qin Empire contracted and fell apart).

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BMA (UK) – Techno-Dhamma – Enlightenment Beyond the Body! (22.10.2026)

According to Buddhist theory, the content of the mind is imported a) from the material environment (via the six sense-organs interacting with six sense objects), and b) thought formations premised upon karmic traits laid-down (as “habit”) in previous existences. A previous existence does not have to have been “human” – but could involve any type of life-form – even on other planets situated in different universes and/or dimensions. As this type of existence is mysterious and not fully understood – existences may not unfold in a logical choreography. A past life might have happened in the future when compared to the present – or unfolded within a completely different time corridor not obviously related to the present (although there must be some kind of hidden karmic association). The mechanism of continuing thought-habit might be like one candle lighting another as the former burns-out and the latter blazes brightly. Of course, the Buddha asserts that rebirth (and karma) no longer exists in the enlightened state.

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Me in Sri Lanka 13 12 1996.

UK: Email – “Mary” [1916] – Did Texans Hang an Elephant? (21.10.2026)

I am also suspicious of all the so called “eye-witnesses” – all saying different things – and yet no-one knowing the one single concrete fact that would shed light on this entire affair – where is the body buried? It is odd that when it comes to specifics – no one is sure about facts – or where anything is or was. Where is the crane that supposedly carried-out the hanging? Where is the chain used in the hanging? Where is the written death sentence? Where is the legal evidence? I sincerely hope this story is a myth. It is a hideous display of human callousness. In 1903, American degenerates killed the elephant “Topsy” via electrocution – an equally hideous spectacle “filmed” for posteriority. Indeed, Topsy, after a lifetime of abuse, was considered too difficult to control and degenerates in Coney Island wanted to “hang” the animal. Apparently, Topsy died quickly – and this was 13-years prior to the alleged “Mary” incident of 1916 – which seems very poorly recorded by comparison. As I abhor animal cruelity – I do not want to directly share any alleged photograph of poor “Mary”. Instead I include a photograph of me sat with an elephant in Sri Lanka in late 1996 – a very gentle creature that like to eat bananas and walk up and down the beach.

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