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“Life is a going forth; death is a returning home. Of ten, three are seeking life, three are seeking death, and three are dying.What is the reason? Because they live in life’s experience. (Only one is immortal.)I hear it said that the sage when he travels is never attacked by rhinoceros or tiger, and when coming among … Continue reading
375. Control of the senses, contentment, restraint according to the code of monastic discipline — these form the basis of holy life here for the wise monk.
376. Let him associate with friends who are noble, energetic, and pure in life, let him be cordial and refined in conduct. Thus, full of joy, he will make an end of suffering.
377. Just as the jasmine creeper sheds its withered flowers, even so, O monks, should you totally shed lust and hatred!
378. The monk who is calm in body, calm in speech, calm in thought, well-composed and who has spewn out worldliness — he, truly, is called serene.
379. By oneself one must censure oneself and scrutinize oneself . The self-guarded and mindful monk will always live in happiness.
380. One is one’s own protector, one is one’s own refuge. Therefore, one should control oneself, even as a trader controls a noble steed.
381. Full of joy, full of faith in the Teaching of the Buddha, the monk attains the Peaceful State, the bliss of cessation of conditioned things.
382. That monk who while young devotes himself to the Teaching of the Buddha illumines this world like the moon freed from clouds.
Sometimes, however, these mobile structures are retained as they are considered reasonably humble and simple. As the font is very heavy – usually made of solid stone – it resides outside the Church structure. The font may well be too-heavy for the interior wooden structure. Churches, of course, do not have to conform to the (European) Medieval design – as can be seen in Ethiopia, Turkey, and elsewhere. Many early Churches were simple gathering points for isolated monastics to come together (out of their solitary meditation cells – quite often in the desert)) and communally worship. In-short, a Church is a focal-point whereby those in the material realm can commune with the unseen spiritual realm. Early Christianity was very similar to Buddhism – but its theology changed when a certain faction gained Roman State support (termed the “Catholics” or “Universalists”) which then set about destroying its own past – and any Christian sect which advocated worldly transcendence – or disagreed with the /church attaining worldly power and wealth.
My Dad was born on May 28th, 1941 to his Irish mother (Gladys Kllmurrey) – in an Army Barracks in Lincolnshire. His father was training at the time for D-Day. The thinking was that if the war went on for decades – my Dad would grow up, reproduce and become a soldier – and do on. Today, despite having to exist in an uncaring system – my father has made it to “84”- despite many set-backs and hurdles. At this age – every day is precious. Still, we look forward with strength and determination. We will face the arrows and slingshots of destiny – and we will not flinch.
Darwin (like Marx) believed that “consciousness” was a function of the physical brain in as much as the ability to “think” emerges from the brain – and is the consequence of the functionality of the physical brain. In other word, the ethereal “mind” is a function of the material brain and cannot derive from anywhere else. Wallace had a different opinion. Whilst supporting the idea that the physical body (and brain) had evolved over a long period of time, Wallace was of the opinion that as the physical structures of the brain developed (and become more sophisticated) these structures evolved the ability to “receive” and “sense” consciousness as if it were broadcast (like a radio signal) from an outside source (Wallace never defined this “source” – but many believed his was trying to re-introduce religious thinking into material science – possibly due to the rise of “Spiritualism”). Indeed, perhaps Wallace was influenced by the science of radio-waves when he formulated this idea. Darwin rejected it, (as did Marx) – as they thought it was an attempt to enforce religion via the backdoor. Consciousness, as a special arrangement of matter, developed as a response to environmental conditions and the requirement for the “species” (not individuals) to survive. This might explain why capitalism, and its insistence upon “individualism” – runs counter to human developmental existence and evolutionary science. I suspect that Darwin agreed with Marx on this matter – that this point explains why the correspondance between the two has not yet been fully released.
Many statues of heroes produced in the war for defending the country in the 1950s such as Ri Su Bok, Jo Kun Sil and Kang Ho Yong have been erected in different parts of the country until now, but today figures of ordinary soldiers of our country, who can be seen everywhere, imposingly stand on the peak of honour, the platform of dignity, embodying the political and ideological mightiness peculiar to the Korean People’s Army, he said, adding: This is a precious reality proving not only the succession but also the victory of our cause. Distinguished heroism of the victorious wartime generation has been developed into mass heroism of the whole army, and herein lies a proud review of our Party’s long history of building a politically and ideologically powerful army.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 