Such is the respect within which he is held by the Communist government of China that he remains sitting whilst government officials stand in his presence.
Tag: consciousness
Buddhist Vegetarianism: Do Plants Possess Life?
Original Chinese Language Source Text: By Dharma Master Ming Zheng (Translated by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) Dharma Master Ming Zheng’s Dharma Words: All sentient beings are
Enlightenment
As matter is essentially the product of light energy ‘slowed down’, it logically follows that all is light in either a coarse (i.e. matter) or
Lucid Marx
Even the old Soviet Union (1917-1991), in its English translations of Marxist texts, used the term ‘spiritual’ to refer to ‘consciousness’, and in so doing, marked a clear separation between socialist and communist theory, with that of the theology of the established Judeo-Christian tradition that had dominated Europe with its ecclesiastical imaginations for over a thousand years.
Carl Jung & Buddhism
Jung was not religious in the conventional sense, as through the use of psychological insight, he saw through religious structure and understood its historicity. He might be described as spiritual due to the obvious spiritual content of much of his work, but even this appellation is problematic. In reality Jung viewed religion as being a subject of much psychological interest due primarily to its obvious archetypal content. Through his developed psychological method, Jung demonstrated an often profound and startling insight into the inner structures of subjects like religion that at once swept away any unnecessary obscuration or excessive mystification, to reveal the true developmental nature of the teachings.
Ch’an Buddhist Practice: Giving Up Sleep
Many Ch’an masters, such as Ben Huan and Fo Yuan, talk of the inherent dangers for the mind whilst in the sleeping state. This is because all kinds of hellish states can be accessed when the body is dormant, but the mind remains active.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 