Tag: compassion

Shi Da Dao - Caodong Lineage - Fly-Whisk

China: Old Master Xu Yun [1840-1959] is Still Sat in Meditation! (17.10.2024)

I once saw a Westerner (a German) living in China. He could read, write and talk the Chinese language – and had been accepted as a Disciple by a Daoist Master (this is not easy to do – even if you happen to be ethnically “Chinese”). He was able to perform a secret Daoist gongfu Form -where he used the fly-whisk as a self-defence implement. There was no violence – just lots of spiralling movement. All I can do with my fly-whisk is lift it up and down occasionally. I suppose it all comes down to timing.

Continue reading

Abbot's Kitched - Glastonbury - 2024

Glastonbury Abbey: Abbot’s Kitchen – St Joseph’s Well! (30.7.2024)

Today, an ad hoc “Wishing Well” has developed in one of the corners of the room. This was probably a drain or perhaps some type of cooker – but in modern times visitors have taken to dropping coins down through the covering grill – and making heartfelt requests in the form of prayers and good wishes. Our daughters asked for good health to be bestowed upon Nana (Diane Wyles), Granddad (Peter Wyles) and Charlotte (my younger sister)! The currency observed spans the globe – which demonstrates the universal appeal that Glastonbury holds. This is not necessarily “religious” (although religion is important for many) – but rathe “spiritual” in nature – the latter category being far more inclusive and all-embracing!

Continue reading

Buddhapadipa Temple - Wimbledon

Wimbledon: Buddhapadipa Temple & the Family of Geese! (29.5.2024)

It possesses a modest park with a small body of water, a mansion house and a temple complex. Indeed, we have visited here many times in the past. As with all such temples – it is free to enter – and no-one interferes with acts of private meditation. On occasion, the robed-clad monks (Bhikkhu-Beggar) might be seen walking through the grounds. As all animal cruelty is strictly forbidden, the local wildlife tends to behave in a much more relaxed and content manner – as if each animals perceives the “Dhamma” (Teaching) that is being practiced. Whatever the case, such an environment allows children to develop a caring attitude of respect for all animals – just one of the reasons we take our children to such places!

Continue reading

Red Flag & Disability!

China: National Disability Day – Lawyers Association Teams-Up to Aid Disability Support Communities! (20.5.2024)

According to the agreement, the two associations will establish a system for offering voluntary services in areas such as legal consultation, advocacy, resolving legal issues and disputes, and developing legal policies.

The agreement also promotes and supports the involvement of local bar associations, law firms and individual lawyers in volunteer activities for people with disabilities. This participation may involve providing legal services, engaging in advocacy efforts and offering various forms of support, the associations noted.

Their ultimate aim is to unite and mobilize a substantial number of lawyers to actively engage in this cause, they added.

Continue reading

Palastine: Freedom Fighters of the Al-Qassam Brigades Release Two Elderly Prisoners! (24.10.2023)

I once read a Professor in the state that Israel is permitted by the US to carryout it’s continuous Human Rights abuses against the Palestinians (and any other group opposed to Zionist fascism) because the State of Israel – deliberately geographically placed where it is – serves the very important purpose of continuously ‘destabilising’ the Arab and Persian Middle East in the name of US regional interest. The US has given an insane (religiously motivated) State nuclear weapons and continues (from generation to generation) to arm the Israeli Armed Forces with every type of advanced, conventional and unconventional form of weaponry. Indeed, Osama Bin Laden (CIA Operative Colonel Tim Osman) premised the brutality of his originally pro-US Islamo-fascist movement (the Mujahadeen – which then morphed into the anti-US Taliban and Al Qaeda) on this Zionist fascist aggression – which also served as a model for the Christian fascist ‘Blackwater’ (private) military business founded by American (and former Navy Seal) Erik Prince and employed by the US government to kill the indigenous (Islamic) populations of Iraq and Afghanistan!

Continue reading

1 2 3 4 5 6 … 22