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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Dharma Mills of the 14th Dalai Lama!
Contrary to the disinformation broadcast by the US-controlled ‘Pro-Tibetan Movement’ in the West – the 14th Dalai Lama has a bad reputation in modern Tibet
Buddhism and Celibacy
The Vinaya Discipline exists to put an end to the agency of human desire. Greed is desire, hatred is desire and delusion is desire. All desire is
Email: Glimpses of Gnosticism (17.7.2020)
Dear Gillian The Early Church (Apostolic) Fathers reacted unfavourably to a teaching they referred to as ‘Gnosticism’. With the discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library (and Dead Sea Scrolls), we know
Self-Isolation is Monasticism
By Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD Knowing emptiness, deluded vision is purified;Contemplating loving kindness, behaviour is perfected,Understanding the unity of multiplicity is meditation;And the ultimate goal is
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
THE SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 