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- A YEAR TO FORGET, AND MOVE ON, WHAT FOLLOWS? WE WILL SEE.
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- WHAT’S GOING ON, A LITTLE BIT ON OUR CURRENT PROBLEMS, AND THE WISDOM OF RUMI
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Category Archives: China
WHEN TOO MUCH TURMOIL PREVAIL OUTSIDE, LOOK FOR PEACE WITHIN, GO INTO COLD MOUNTAIN.
If the wheel of fortune is fickle by nature? The chances of your turn to be loved by it, May arrive at some point. The title of my last post was: A year to forget, and move on, what follows? … Continue reading
Posted in A World in Crisis, Buddhism, Buddhist Monk, China, Consciousness, Crisis, Crisis of Values, Current Affairs, Democracy, Dystopia, Inner Journey, Inspiration, Pandemic, Solitude, Suffering, Uncategorized, Values, World View
Tagged Attitude, Basho, Choose To Be At Peace, Cold Mountain, Han Shan, Hermits, Home A Refuge For Turmoil, Learning To Live With Uncertainty, Things Change
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TIBET, THEOCRACY AND POLITICAL DISPUTES, REINCARNATION, AND THE IDEALIZATION OF SHANGRI-LA
The love of ideals, and the love for the men who espouse such ideals, sometimes blind us to the very human passions of those we worship. B. A. Some time in 2007 I found buried in the Paper in page … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Religions, Buddhist Monk, China, Dalai Lama, Freedom, History, Indigenous Cultures, Myth, Mythology, Politics, Reincarnation, Spirituality, Theocracy, Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, Uncategorized
Tagged Bodh Gaya, CIA, Dalai Lama, Dharamshala, Feudalism, Hollywood, Kalachakra, Karmapa, Mao Tsetung, Marxist, Mythical Wisdom, Panchen Lama, Politics, Reincarnation, Shangri-La, Tenzin Gyatzo, Theocracy, Theocratic Kingdom, Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, Tulku, Western Plutocracy
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