The Theravada School is one tradition of at least eighteen lineages that developed from the teachings of the single Buddha. Each of these schools differed
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In Love with a Moon Branch (月枝)…
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.
The Four Brahmaviharas of Buddhism
Although what might be translated as the ‘Abode of God’, this Buddhist term, as usual, completely re-interprets this earlier Brahmanic term, so that it becomes both logical
A Guiding Note on Essential Bodhisattvahood
The Buddha explains clearly, in every expression of his teaching, that consciousness and physical matter are not two different things, even though they may be
A Few Words on Loving Kindness…
Whilst visiting the Ganga Ramaya Temple in Beruwela, Sri Lanka in 1996, I saw Theravada Buddhist monks continuously exercising ‘metta’ (loving kindness) and ‘karuna’ (compassion). The surface and
Foreign Students Write ‘I Love China’! (2019)
外籍留学生书写“我爱中国” China offers a Socialist education system that is ‘free’ for most people to study – or highly subsidised – paid for by the Government
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 