cycle – SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR)

A Tamil Nadu temple has come under spotlight for its narrow 'Moksha passage'. (Photo: X)

India: “Moksha Passage” of Tamil Nadu Temple Claims Life – Another Escapes! (22.8.2028)

22/08/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

For the Hindu – who worships a pantheon of gods – this process also involves painful and/or selfless acts (similar to the self-flagellation found within Medieval Christianity). Whilst a Buddhist, for a time, might feel pain whilst deliberately “not doing something” they are used to doing (like an addict giving-up the desired object) – the Hindu will quite often willingly “invite” pain and suffering into their mind and body as a means to “purify” the senses, remove the obscuring karma, and clearly perceive the deity in question. At the temple below, this process involves squeezing through a narrow stone passage. This indicates that “Dharma” (the spiritual path of self-purification) – is both “narrow” and “restrictive” – which is true. However, the path of Dharma tends to indicate that behaviour during everyday life is controlled and restricted as regards “choices”. This stone passage seems to be a metaphor in concrete terms – teaching the adherent that everyday freedom must be “restricted” (the stone tunnel) – if ultimate freedom is to be achieved – (emerging from the narrow tunnel). Ironically, the adherent often imerges from the tunnel just as deluded as when they went in. Herein lies why the Buddha propagated the message he did.

Gustave Doré: illustration of the Wandering Jew The Wandering Jew, illustration by Gustave Doré, 1856.

UK: Kartosphilus (Greek) – Cartaphilus (Latin) – Gate-Keeper of Pontius Pilate! (19.8.2026)

19/08/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

The name “Joseph” means “he will add” or “God will increase”. It comes from the Hebrew Book of Genesis and is used in the Greek New Testament to refer to the husband of Mary – the Mother who Immaculately Conceives Jesus Christ (Joshua Ben Joseph). Within the development of the English language, “J” only becomes the 26th letter of the alphabet during the 17th century – often replacing “i” in spellings. As for “Y” – it would appear that Christian missionaries brought this to England during the 7th century – but it was slow to catch-on. For instance, the Hebrew “Yosif” was rendered “Joseph” in English (with an “i”) but was never spelt “Yoseph”. Many centuries later, the “Y” would be completely bypassed and the name would be presented as “Joseph” – where it remains today.

Revolutionary Steering Committee - BMA (UK)

Directive Number 17 – The BMA (UK) Condemns the US-Israeli Military Aggression Against Iran! (22.6.2025)

22/06/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Iran rejects various modes of cultural expression from manifesting in its society – in exactly the same manner as the West. However, Iran also pursues a left of centre political path which opposes blatant capitalism, and seeks to establish a society premised upon the most sublime teachings found within the Holy Qur’an. It is Iran’s anti-capitalist (and anti-Zionist) attitudes that causes the West to confront this regime – as a means to protect the fascist State of Israel. Just as long as Israeli apartheid, Israeli racism, Israeli fascism, Israeli imperialism and Israeli Zionism are allowed to exist unchallenged – then humanity will not be permitted to evolve to a higher-level of peaceful co-existence.

Children make paper ornaments with their teachers at Harbin Children's Home in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Shen Yijin)

North-East China: Relay of love – Welfare Home Safeguards Precious Childhoods! (7.6.2025)

07/06/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

This year, Zhang is embracing motherhood while teaching. “I’ve learned that equal respect and patient companionship matter as much as boundless love,” she said. For the upcoming party, her students will attend as audience members. “They may not follow the program,” Zhang said. “But their smiles when hearing music or reaching for balloons mean a lot.”

Zhang’s legacy resonates with youths like Lin Qiuyue, 12 years her junior. “She’s been our warm guardian since I can remember, and she truly understands us,” Lin said. When Zhang returned as a teacher, their bond deepened. Inspired by Zhang, Lin now envisions her own future at the institution.

“I want to pay forward that empathy, just like her,” Lin said.

St Albans Abbey: Clock-Tower & Exterior Structure! (29.5.2024)

29/05/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

Ordinary peasants and aristocracy would get out of bed in the morning, work, eat, rest and go to bed at night according to the dictates of the Roman Catholic Church – the monasteries of which usually followed the Rule of St Benedict – or some similar Rule. Ordinary people did not have to learn how to tell the time – as the monastic orders told them what to do and when to d it. Following the “Dissolution” – secular society had to build their own clocks and learn to tell the time for themselves. This is how the measuring of “time” was rescued from the control of the Church. After 1539 – time no longer served God – but rather the lay-society that paid for and possessed the technical skills to construct the clocks! The policies of King Henry VIII – as mad as he may or may not have been (he had around 70,000 men and women hanged during his reign) – ushered the “modern” Britain that we now live within. I doubt, however, that Henry would have envisioned the end of absolute monarchy or the trivialising of the Church!

Management of Savagery – The US ‘Disposal Problem’ Whilst Financing International Terrorism! (5.8.2023)

05/08/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

In the 1980s and 1990s, the disgruntled masses in the West were brainwashed -through the mainstream media (left and right) – to unquestionably support all forms of Islamo-fascistic terrorism! Invariably, the followers of this murderous ideology were presented as preferable to any form of ‘Socialist’ administration. Mindless murder was portrayed as a ‘civilised’ alternative to ‘Socialism’ – as the Americans who had invented and empowered this ideology believed that ‘all roads lead to Washington’! In other words, the reliance upon the maniacal belief in an extremist theology would eventually morph into a natural respect for predatory capitalism and liberal democracy.

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