Many people are surprised to learn that Thich Nhat Hanh’s main teacher was ‘Thich Quang Duc‘ – a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who burned himself in
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Buddhism: Realising (and Uniting) Internal and External Emptiness
The interior of the brain (as the ‘mind’) is infinite in its ability to imagine, but none of what it imagines is a) real, or
The Guardian and British Islamo-Phobia
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/jan/12/school-threatens-legal-action-muslim-girl-siham-hamud-skirt-too-long When the British broadsheet – The Manchester Guardian – is not busy fabricating fake news involving the racist lie that Uyghur people in China
Demonic Possession – Giving-Up Unnecessary Things
CH’AN DIGEST ARCHIVE – RHACS (Original Forum) I was once asked by a Christian priest how I would approach the pastoral care of a person
Buddhism: How a Monastic Answers the ‘Call of Nature’
Author’s Note: A Bhikkhu maintains an awe-inspiring deportment at all times, but what does this practically mean? It means that the mind is calm and
Upali: Attachment to ‘Sila’ is not Enlightenment
Occasionally, the Ch’an Records indicate that monastics on occasion learned from enlightened members of the lay community. Never take on airs and graces, because a vagrant living under a bridge might well be another Vimalakirti.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 