In at least two respects, the teachings of the Buddha were quite remarkable. In the first place, he insisted on the virtue of moderation. He
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Why the Buddha Left Society
‘The Buddhist Scriptures tell us that when Gotama was twenty-nine years old, he saw for the first time an Old man, a Sick Man, a
The Difference Between Gong-an and Ko-an Practice
It is bizarre to consider that as Japan descended into fascism and racism prior to WWII – the distorted, nationalistic Zen Buddhism of that time was popular in the West amongst intellectuals, despite a number of its masters expressing openly hostile attitudes toward the Western people. It is even more bizarre to consider that after WWII – many of these very same masters remained popular as they quietly pushed their formerly racist rhetoric into the background, and applied a more ‘neutral’ policy toward the acquisition of Enlightenment.
Fa Jin (Refined Internal Power Emission)! – is it Difficult?
Original Chinese Language Author Zheng Wu Ji (鄭無極) (Translated by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) When learning Taijiquan (太極拳), it is common amongst practitioners to hear much
Qur’anic Dao-Like Wisdom
Do not consume each other’s wealth in falsehood, nor argue the matter with judges in order to consume a portion of people’s wealth unjustly, knowing well what you are doing.
Wandering Daoist Ascetic
Martial virtue resides in the in and out breath,
