Tag: Xu Yun

Grifting Anarchists Wander Around a Lorry...

How Ukrainian “Anarchists” Support Neo-Nazism and Misrepresent Asian Philosophy! (27.6.2025)

Post after post talked with a self-righteous certainty about how the pursuers of this path were obviously “morally” superior. Then, all of a sudden, Ukrainian (Neo-Nazi) soldiers were featured as “exemplars” of this form of Anarchy – together with regular reports of “how many Russians they had killed”! This demonstrates how Indian religion is completely misrepresented in the West – “Ahimsa” [non-violence] requires a complete uprooting of all hatred from within the human mind and body. Saving a chicken whilst killing Russians sound suspiciously like Hitler’s Animal Rights ideas. Whilst millions of humans were fed through Hitler’s Death Factories during WWII – he passed strict laws protecting the rights of animals! These Anarchists in Ukraine are just like their unelected government – and firm supporters of Neo-Nazism. One of the most recent posts (written in English) states that Anarchists all over the US and Europe fully support Neo-Nazism in Ukraine – and criticise Trump for calling for an end of the war in Donbass! You couldn’t make it – but I suppose trusting Anarchists in any situation is a ridiculous expectation.

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Baby Black-Bird Rescued!

South London: Baby Black-Bird Rescued! (22.5.2025)

As Gee has worked in Rescue-Centres many moons ago – she was able to do a full assessment of the bird’s fitness – and this bird passed with flying colours! We teach our pets to be kind to one another and so the cat had not bitten the bird in any place on the body (we think it is a female Black-Bird). The wings were intact, the feet strong, the beak sharp, and the temperament calm and attentive. I held the bird for about 30 minutes whilst the bird calmed down, stood-up and sorted itself-out. Gee then took the bird outside to near where the cat caught the bird – and it stood on her hand for a few seconds, gave a squawk and away it went! This bird flew safely into a high tree and we hope it will now have a good and long life!

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Venerable Old Master Xu Yun [虚云]: No Difference Between a Monk and a Lay-Person! (14.10.2023)

For instance, by cross-referencing the below May 1955 Dharma-Talk with the text of ‘Empty Cloud’ for that year – a more all-round picture can be built of exactly what was happening and how Master Xu Yun was reacting to it. To be clear, Master Xu Yun was adamant that an ordained Buddhist monastic must follow ALL the rules of the Vinaya Discipline and that a lay-person must follow a least five, eight or ten of the basic vows contained in the Vinaya Discipline. This is a practical distinction Master Xu Yun upheld – as he rejected the Japanese Zen tradition of monks being allowed to eat meat, drink alcohol and get married. Such individuals are ‘lay-people’ and NOT monks. This being the case, what is Master Xu Yun referring to when he states that there is ‘no difference’ between the ordained Sangha and the laity?

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The Zen of No Ch’an

Needless to say, the traditional Chinese Ch’an Buddhist – Master Xu Yun – had no formal or informal ties or connections to Japanese Zen Buddhism, and never practised (or advocated others to practice) a Japanese Zen that does not follow the Vinaya Disciple, and which deviates from established Ch’an practice.

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