Whilst visiting the Ganga Ramaya Temple in Beruwela, Sri Lanka in 1996, I saw Theravada Buddhist monks continuously exercising ‘metta’ (loving kindness) and ‘karuna’ (compassion). The surface and
Tag: tranquillity
In Spring Time (Mei-An’s Poem – Deluxe Edition)
In Spring Time In Spring Time Plants and flowers blossom, Baby animals are born, New life starts. Birds come back when it’s Spring. Flowers are
Meditation Posture (Vajrasana)
Simple preparation on sand for the full ‘lotus’ position, also referred to within Chinese Buddhist (and Daoist) traditions as the ‘Vajrasana’ (金剛座 – Jin Gang
The Rise of Western-inspired Buddho-Fascism
The Buddha may have been the first spiritual teacher to overtly base his teaching upon anti-racism. A true Buddhist harbours no hate in either mind
Etymology of the Chinese Ideogram for ‘Virtue’ (德)
The earliest known examples of the Chinese ideogram ‘德’ appear on cast bronze artefacts produced during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BCE) such as: This
My Mind Does Not Move – A Deeply Profound Experience
I understood the saying “My mind does not move” and I intuitively understood its meaning! I raised my Nikon D3X camera, and photographed this fun-filled moment. (I used the speed setting of 160 per second, with 400 sensitivity.)
