How Buddhism is understood by its adherence, depends entirely upon the conditioning of the mind of the individuals concerned. For some, the Buddha is a
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Great Master Xu Yun: On Essential Points of Ch’an Training
This delusion has stained the mind for a very long time, and is the basis and driving force of the continuous cycle of life and death. This why it is often not possible for delusion to be wiped-out immediately, and why the Ch’an training requires certain prerequisite (and supportive) practices to
Soviet War Memorial – Metta Meditation (17.5.15)
This invasion took the German military emphasis away from the UK (and the USA) – who had been encouraged by British diplomats (and others) to attack the USSR prior to the start of WWII. The duplicitous Winston Churchill, for instance, was quite happy for Nazi Germany to destroy the Soviet Union – until Britain itself fell prey to the Nazi menace.
A Wutai Mountain Cat is Buddha!
It just so happened that a cat came along and appears to embody the Buddha at that exact moment – and this made for an excellent photograph!
General Election 2015: The Struggle Continues
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The struggle continues just it did before. It repeats in cycles of highs and lows, and we as individuals and groups – what I call the resistance to the rightwing – must gather in our energy and regroup around common political values and spiritual ideals.
The Seven Classes of Buddhist Disciples
Within the Chinese Buddhist tradition, there are seven classes of disciples:
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