Henry VIII – Page 3 – SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR)

Buckfast Abbey: The Magnificent Waterwheel! (4.4.2024)

05/04/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

The time of the day and season of the year was defined by the cycles associated with monastic life – with monastic life guided by the various Rules which guided the daily activities of the monks and nuns. Lay-people – or “Oblates” – also followed these rules – which permitted Roman Catholic spirituality to permeate English society. After its abolition – the Church of England was formed – which would eventually represent the capitalistic ideas of the new post-Catholic elites. As a consequence, it was only during the early 20th century that Buckfast Abbey was permitted to be re-built and for a population of monks to once again inhabit its interior.

Torbay: Berry Pomeroy Castle – Tudor Ruins! (2.4.2024)

02/04/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

During the 1500s, Elizabeth I was an absolute monarch (as was her father – King Henry VIII) – who preferred to live in and around the Nonsuch Park area – including Hampton Court Palace (which is no longer used by the royal family). However, there was once a “Nonsuch Palace” which does not exist today. After Elizabeth I died (1603 CE) – many of the castles she frequented were no long favoured by the royal family – leading to these buildings falling into neglect and ruin. This was the case with Nonsuch Palace which was so badly dilapidate that what was left of it had to be demolished in 1683 CE – for safety reasons – with the ruins being recycled into the constructon (or maintenance) of local buildings.

Sonnet: Tilting At Sunyata! (14.3.2024)

14/03/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

Some end their days inflated figures – like Henry VIII (but not Puyi).

Hesitant in handling so much amassed power.

Perhaps it is a seasonal thing.

The mood will change with the tilt of the breeze, or the sweet scent on the air.

Wise words have become ever more poignant.

They slip with a greater ease into my consciousness.

Marxist-Leninism: Away With the Filth That is Predatory Capitalism! (20.1.2024)

20/01/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

The poor must be given free money, free housing, free education, free healthcare, and properly protected employment! Children will be given everything they need to survive birth and grow-up as Socialist Revolutionaries! Women and girls will be lift-up through progressive legal and cultural reform! Disabled People must be immediately protected, privileged, and apologised to for the despicable treatment they have been subjected to. This includes the Tory and LibDems murder of 120,000 People with Disability between 2010-2016 and beyond. Those with wealth must be scrutinized as to the origin of that wealth – and I do not care about what such parasites think about this policy! The Police and Military will become ‘Red’ – and those who have committed historical crime will be held responsible! The UK will work for International Revolution whilst withdrawing from NATO and any other Bourgeois institutions and establishments! The EU will be ‘banned’ and declared ‘illegal’. The UK will annul every treaty and understanding with the US whilst forging ‘Internationalist’ links directly with American workers. The Union Jack will be placed in the corner of the Red Flag festering a Hammer and Sickle! To hell with capitalism and reactionary leftism!

Church of England: Peter John Ball – Bishop-Fantasist and Convicted Sex Offender! (18.11.2023)

18/11/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

The Church of England – even in its modern incarnation – possesses NO ecclesiastical agency to possess a ‘monastic’ branch. Indeed, through its very origin (the ‘Dissolution of the Monasteries’) – the Church of England can NOT even pretend to possess a monastic calling! Why then, was the paedophile-priest – Peter John Ball – allowed to pretend that he had founded a ‘Monastic Order’? Well, as a CofE Bishop – Peter John Ball was allowed to play-out his fantasies of being a ‘monk’ – just as he was allowed to play-out his deviant sexual fantasies upon the naked bodies of unsuspecting young males! To aid him in this sickness – Peter John Ball – looked for inspiration from the Catholic Church, a corrupt institution that has been abusing children and young people for centuries. When Peter John Ball was asked by Terry Wogan why it was that he ‘founded’ a ‘new’ monastic order – a measure of Ball’s dishonesty can be ascertained by what he does NOT say in his answer. Ball does NOT state that he had to ‘invent’ a new monastic order because the CofE that made him a Bishop does NOT possess or allow for a monastic order. This is why he looked toward the Catholic ‘Benedictines’ when he concocted his so-called ‘Community of the Glorious Ascension’!

Sutton: St Nicholas Church – Interior and History! (10.9.2023)

10/09/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

Since around 1539 CE (and Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries) this Church has been ‘Protestant’. This is a large Church built for a substantial Township and can probably hold at least 100 worshippers at any one time. Bear in mind that there used to be a greater number of Churches in the UK per small area than there are today – and that populations used to be far smaller despite virtually everyone professing a faith. Perhaps the ample and impressive size of the Church is linked to it serving a local population with a higher social status and wealth – requiring certain standards as being seen to be kept! As far as we are concerned, archaeological structures retain the data of the past, and by studying these structures we are able to glimpse into that past!

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