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Ch’an Dao Blog Article – Neidan As We Get Older! (18.4.2025)

18/04/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

I suspect the ancient Greeks encountered Buddhist monasticism when visiting India (such as Pythagoras), learned the Buddhist method of “looking within”, and then adjusted the technique as a means to “prove” the efficacy of their particular philosophical perspectives (the work of Plotinus may be taken as an example of this endeavour). Later, via the Greeks, a community of Jews (in Qumran) started sitting in meditation to personally attain a “glimpse of Yahweh” – a practice that eventually spread to the reformed Jewish sect of “Christianity” – whose adherents started to meditate whilst sat in the caves found in the Egyptian Desert (this type of Christianity spread to Britain – hundreds of years prior to Catholicism – becoming “Celtic Christianity”).

St Albans: Consciousness Does Not Exist – and Dubious Examples of “Christianity”! (4.4.2025)

04/04/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

The Church suppresses and disempowers the working class in every narrative it constructs. The Workers are viewed as the scum of the earth by the middle class that runs most of the UK’s institutions. The Church today remains silent as the capitalist countries it’s supports brings the world once again to the brink of war. The Church is the devil incarnate which expresses itself through the self-serving literature it’s conspired to print and circulate. The Church calls this lie “freedom of expression”. Of course, it is only freedom of its own expression. Perhaps the biggest joke is that those without theological degrees are considered “unqualified” to see all this! Oh dear, no working 90 minutes a-week (on Sunday morning if the CofE priest can muster a congregation) with a free house and income tax exemption for me, then! Abolish this subterfuge – and the Workers will be one level nearer freedom.

USSR: Soviet Scientist – Yuri Knórozov – Made a Revolutionary Discovery 70-Years Ago! (29.3.2025)

29/03/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

In other words, by holding the power of the educated working-class mind firmly in check, the bourgeoisie retains its control of the means of production and prevents any genuine Revolutionary forces from gathering and developing within capitalist society – this is precisely “why” institutions such as Birmingham University actively “lie” about Socialism and its power to “free” the working-class mind and body from the yoke and burden of pointless and maniacal profit-making. Meanwhile, whilst demonising Socialism, the bourgeois West quietly “steals” the incredible academic breakthroughs achieved by the Socialist world (plagiarism) – whilst simultaneously obscuring and wiping-out the Socialist source of those breakthroughs.

The Objective Study of Religion Through Logic and Reason! (26.3.2025)

26/03/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Needless to say, the learned Benedictine Brothers were not impressed with my missive – and certainly refused to print it in a Christian academic journal. One Brother took me to one side and explained that the Catholic concept of “Interfaith” was a misnomer – as its true purpose was to have the minds of Buddhists infiltrated by Catholic dogma – and for these Buddhists to “convert” to Christianity as a means to stop their heathen (non-White) souls descending into the fires of hell following their physical death. So far – so good. In military terms – this type of unscripted and quite often messy advance to gain intelligence about the enemy is termed “reconnaissance under fire”. The vehicle through which these Brothers delivered their condescending attitudes was one of racism and discrimination – disguised as religious piety (even those non-Whites who convert – are inferior to White Christians regardless of strength of belief). I was also informed that Asian Buddhists were invariably “Socialistic” – an ideology rejected by the Catholic Church.

Email: Studying Monasticism – BMA (UK) – Replying to Comment! (20.2.2025)

20/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

“Your exploration of Christian monasticism as a blueprint for spiritual and communal living is both insightful and thought-provoking. The parallels you draw offer a fresh perspective on how different traditions can inform and enrich one another. Your writing reflects deep contemplation and a genuine appreciation for the wisdom found in monastic practices. Thank you for sharing such a meaningful and well-researched reflection!”

China: Country Set to Advance Sci-Tech Popularization! (5.11.2024)

05/11/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

The proportion of Chinese citizens with scientific literacy increased from 1.98 percent in 2003 to 14.14 percent last year, according to results of a survey released in April by the China Association for Science and Technology.

For the first time, the gap in scientific literacy levels of citizens in the eastern, central and western regions has narrowed, while gender disparities have also been further reduced, the data showed.

Meanwhile, China’s rank in the global innovation index has climbed from 34 in 2012 to 11 this year, making it the only middle-income economy among the top 30, according to the Global Innovation Index 2024, which was published in September by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

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