Dear Gilliian Clarity and insight (this will make sense when you finish reading). You exhibit a cultural habit that is probably instinctive but manifests regularly.

Dear Gilliian Clarity and insight (this will make sense when you finish reading). You exhibit a cultural habit that is probably instinctive but manifests regularly.
Dear Adrian (from Gillian) We need to assess these two dreams: Dream 1: a black cat on the Thames embankment. Full of itself. With admirers.
Author’s Note: When a Red Army soldier ‘Stands Guard’- he or she is inwardly calm and outwardly strong. Such an individual ‘projects’ both boundless ‘strength’
Dear Gillian Thank you for forwarding this link. Every so often, I come across various supposedly Pro-China sites in the West, but I seldom feel
In Love with a Moon Branch (月枝)… Bright mind. Bright smile… Shining thoughts, Shining words. Lord Buddha. Mao Zedong… Red – Dharma, Revolution. Lucid Wisdom.
‘From the assessment of (the Pali) and Sanskrit terms ‘sraddha’, ‘prasada’, and ‘adhimukti’, as used within Buddhist philosophy, (both early and late), together with a cross-referencing of the translation terms used to render these notions into written Chinese, it is clear that these terms can not be interpreted through the lens of a Christian concept of ‘faith’. Buddhist philosophy is an example of the product of pristine ‘logical’ thought that is dependent upon personal experience and spiritual experimentation. The Buddha’s system is simple in essence – over-come greed, hatred and delusion, and suffering will stop – but extraordinarily extensive in presentation. Each expressed idea and concept fits neatly into every other idea and concept. It is precise, exact and constant in its original form, and a simple idea, (the product of a profound enlightenment), requires literally hundreds of sutras to express its totality. Whereas St Augustinedescribes Christian faith as coming before knowledge, the Buddha’s message is exactly the opposite – it is the presence of exact and profound knowledge – that generates a confidence and a therefore a ‘qualified’ belief in it. Although it is true that ‘faith’ In a deity is a Hindu belief, and that the Buddhist terms are also used within Hinduism, nevertheless, the Buddhist usage is of a specific type that alters considerably, the original Hindu meanings, which are dependent upon a belief in a deity, (or divine concept) for salvation.’