Tag: Early Buddhism

PRC Buddhism is Socialist!

BMA-UK: Zhao Zhihao (赵志浩) – Promoting the Further Sinicization of Buddhism & Integration with Socialist Society! (3.8.2026)

As the Mahayana Sutras became more popular in China than the Pali Suttas – the idea of strict vegetarianism (which had spread from India via various Vinaya Discipline texts) took root (even though it was only meant initially for the monastic order). Buddhist vegetarianism was not invented in China (as the author of the below [translated] text seems to imply). It is true that at least two Emperors in China did ban meat-eating in their respective countries – and instigated an expansive vegetarianism amongst the general public (Buddhist and non-Buddhist). This meant that Buddhist monastic vegetarianism was spread throughout the Buddhist laity and beyond – and this was a transformation of Buddhist practice in general that has persisted into modern times. Much, if not all of the interfacing Chinese philosophy that at least gave structure to Chinese Ch’an (Dhyana) Buddhism arose from the “Change Classic”

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BMA (UK) 2024 - Freedom for Palestine!

The BMA (UK) – Anti-Trotskyite Research Institute! (16.1.2024)

Moreover, we must not forget the millions of Jew worldwide who oppose Zionist Israel and who continuously campaign to oppose the racist policies of this evil regimes! To those Jews we offer a profound salute of thanks and respect! Zionism is fascism and as such is a common enemy of humanity! All Zionists – including those in Hollywood and the media – must be held to account for the decades of pro-Zionist propaganda that has polluted the minds of the West! One of the greatest crimes of Zionism has been the denial and distortion of the role played by the Soviet Red Army in the rescuing and freeing of millions of Jews (and others) from the Nazi German Death Camps of Eastern Europe! Judaism owes the USSR an immeasurable debt of gratitude!

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Tree of Enlightenment - Buddha Disappeared!

Perceptual Experiment: “Portrait of God” [Short Film]! (6.1.2024)

When the Buddha attained ‘Enlightenment’, the habitual karmic-power that continuously pulled together his physical and psychological existence fell away – leaving only the residual karmic-power of his present (final) bodily existence. Although the Buddha had broken the ridge-pole of continuous delusional habit – the physical body he occupied whilst attaining this position still had to be ‘lived through’ – until its biological functions naturally expired and its cohesive structure fell away. All of the material universe exists within empty space. Buddhist ‘Enlightenment’ seems to suggest a subjective appreciation of this external space and understands that all material expression exists within a continuous state of flux. As the Buddha broke-free of the human attachment to physical existence – his achievement was originally portrayed by his followers as ‘being not there’.

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