style – SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR)

Solidarity with Venezuela: Trump’s YouTube Banning Leads to Greater Sharing of Maduro Resistance! (27.9.2025)

27/09/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

We acquired a Venezuelan flag and a few badges out of solidarity. For our children, they are learning the concept of caring for – and standing with – others who live further away – and are suffering a greater tyranny from the capitalists than we currently are. Furthermore, timing is everything and at the moment the UK is not exactly aligned with the blatant illegality that is the Trump Administration. Therefore, at the moment we are “safe” from being attacked by our own government for being Socialist. Of course, things can change in a moment and our peaceful tactics will have to adjust. This must ability must be taught to the younger generation by those who have lived longer and gained the relevant experience. As a lineage – we pass it on. Everything is relative and until the working-class acquires power – we must learn to find what freedom we can within the oppression we are forced to exist. So be it – until there is no more oppression to keep us down.

Ch’an Dao: Confucian Lineage! (8.11.2024)

08/11/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

Of course, the modern world is a very different place to the ancient (feudal) world from which Confucius lived, but nevertheless, so much of modern Chinese culture is premised on just this type of social organisation and spiritual coordination. This is true even when gongfu Styles are accessed through “money” – rather than through “virtue”. This attitude of “Respect” and “Harmony” has permeated the culture of Korea, Japan, and Okinawa – with the latter once being a distant part of the Chinese Empire. By issuing his “Hamon” – Sensei Higaonna is proving that his Style of Goju Ryu Karate-Do is “Chinese” in origination – as indeed it is (premised upon the White Crane gongfu of Fujian province).

Hakka Farming & Gongfu! (16.2.2024)

16/02/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

A post regarding the link between the farming environment, keep fit and Hakka martial arts. Of course, this is not ordinary keep fit – but body and mind conditioning linked to feudal and medieval warfare – primarily for self-defence as far as Hakka communities are concerned. The use of farming implements developed the strength of body and mind to fight-off oppression and tyranny throughout the ages! We develop the strength of the Bear and quiet endurance of the Ox!

BBC Radio Play [1982]: THE FATAL FLAW by Chris Allen – How the US is Taking-Over the UK! (7.12.2023)

07/12/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

A masterful exploration of how the spread of US hegemony and neo-imperialism seeps into, destroys and ultimately replaces the historical culture of (indigenous) British culture and identity. The agency for this explanation surrounds the UK publishing industry in the light of a hostile US take-over and its subversion due to the auspices of US anti-intellectualism and the triumph of superficial style over substance. The British Historian and author – Matthew Bradford – is replaced by the US-publishing construct of ‘Matt Brand’ – whose father was a “Shepherd who looked after sheep…” – whilst his mother was a “Māori Medicine Woman!”

Flora Botton (Mexico): Why Ancient & Modern China Should Be Understood as a Completed Whole! (2.10.2023)

02/10/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

Flora Botton: Mexico and China have established diplomatic relations for more than 50 years. I am happy to say that Mexico and China have a lot of communication in all aspects, whether it is economic relations, political relations, or academic relations. Exchange students, scholarship establishment, visiting scholars, travel, language learning… all kinds of communications.

In ancient times, “sinologists” were scholars who spread Chinese culture by learning and translating Chinese. They specialized in the study of traditional Chinese culture. And now the term is widely used for any scholar who studies China, even contemporary China.

Genealogy: ‘DARIИGOLD’ – Provenance of a First-Name! (22.9.2023)

22/09/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

I hope this lady lived a long and happy life free from pain – as out of her genetics I have come into being -and so have my children! Over the years I have broached the subject of her ‘first’ or ‘Christian’ name – ‘Daringold’ – with a number of academic experts who state that they have never encountered this name before and that it must be the consequence of a ‘copying’ mistake or ‘hearing’ error! This certainly happens as in the past (particularly the 17th century CE) the English languish was not yet ‘Standardised’ and illiteracy abounded! Scribes (or ‘Scriveners’) were highly skilled – but these educated individuals often spelt the same word in different ways – even when this word appeared on the same page (Shakespeare was famous for ding this in his original texts)!

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