Dear UK Embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea The Scholars, Academics, Researchers, Workers, Volunteers and other Comrades that comprise the UK and world Membership of the BMA (UK) and the Sangha Kommune - convey their collective admiration, respect and support for the noble and progressive achievements of the People that comprise the world-shaking (1948) Revolution that generated the DPRK! The BMA (UK) and the Sangha Kommune support the noble People of the DPRK and admire the wise thought-formations of the Respect Comdrade Kim Jong Un! In everyway the DPRK has defended Revolutionary dialectics through 'Juche' (Self-sufficiency) and has constructed a just and able military to defend DPRK territory and population from US, ROK and Japanese aggression! Comradely Greetings! Proletarian Administration BMA (UK) & Sangha Kommune
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Media Office of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Lebanon 09-10-2023 The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Lebanese Communist Party call upon all the peoples of our region (and their Resistance Forces), and all the honourable and free people of the world, to unite in their efforts and mobilize their energies in support of the Palestinian people and their valiant Resistance - in the face of (fascist) Zionist brutality and global (US-backed) neo-imperialism! The position of the Communist Party and the Popular Front was issued after a Joint Leadership Meeting, today, Monday, October 9th, 2023, held at the office of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The meeting included the Secretary-General of the Lebanese Communist Party, Hanna Gharib, at the Head of a leadership Delegation, and on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, member of the Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Marwan Abdel-Al, and the Front’s Official in Lebanon, Haitham Abdo, and members of its Leadership in Lebanon. The two sides praised the steadfastness and sacrifices of the Palestinian people in defense of the honour and dignity of the nation, and expressed their pride and support in what the military wings of the Palestinian Resistance Factions have achieved against incredible odds - during the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood - which revived the spirit in the body of the peoples of our nation, whose will the enemies have always tried to break whilst killing the spirit of Resistance in the souls of the Palestinian people and her children! They stressed that the Palestinian people today are waging a battle to defend the honour and dignity of the nation and its permissible rights from the (fasxist) Zionist and Western colonial powers, and that what the Resistance achieved in Operation Al-Aqsa Flood - brought to mind memories of the scenes of pride, heroism and victory achieved by the Syrian and Egyptian Arab armies on October 6th, 1973! Crossing the Suez Canal and destroying the (Zionist) Bar Lev Line! It confirmed in concrete terms the possibility of achieving strategic victory over the usurping entity state and all its allies and supporters - and that rights cannot be restored by wishful thinking and speculations on the illusions of a settlement - and that the only option for the Palestinian people is to regain their historical national rights by escalating their comprehensive Resistance, first and foremost through an armed struggle! They stressed the necessity of forming a comprehensive Arab Resistance Front to defeat the (fascist) Zionist Occupation, restore the full rights, capabilities and wealth of the nation currently in the grip of imperialist domination, and unleash the energies of the peoples of the region in the Battle for Liberation and progress towards a free society and creating a bright future for all the generations to come! The two sides called on all Arab and International Leftist Parties, forces, and frameworks to declare a clear position that supports the struggle of the Palestinian people, and to provide all forms of support and solidarity with their just struggle. They also stressed the continuation of joint communication and coordination between all supportive sides, involving various Parties and progressive forces in the region and the world. They paid tribute to all the martyrs who rose in defense of Palestine, the nation, and the causes of freedom and justice in the world! They also addressed a greeting of pride and respect to the prisoners steadfast in the dungeons of the (fasxist) Zionist Occupation, and to the freedom fighter Georges Abdullah sitting in the dungeons of the French Imperialist State! Expressing their complete confidence in the ability of the Palestinian people and their Resistance Forces to perform miracles, achieve complete victory, and extract all of their historical Human Rights from the control of the Zionist Aggressors – Rights that are NOT subject to negotiation or barter! #AL-AQSA_FLOOD Palestianian (Arabic) Language Text: http://pflp-lb.org/news.php?go=fullnews&newsid=16863 الجبهة الشعبية والشيوعي اللبناني: لحشد كل جهود وطاقات شعوب المنطقة لإسناد الشعب الفلسطيني ومقاومته الباسلة المكتب الإعلامي للجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين في لبنان 09-10-2023 دعت الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين، والحزب الشيوعي اللبناني كل شعوب منطقتنا وقواها المقاومة، وكل شرفاء وأحرار العالم، لتوحيد جهودها وحشد طاقاتها، لإسناد الشعب الفلسطيني ومقاومته الباسلة، في مواجهة الوحشية الصهيونية والإمبريالية العالمية. موقف الحزب والجبهة، جاء إثر لقاء قيادي مشترك، وذلك اليوم الإثنين في 9 تشرينالأول 2023، في مكتب الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين في العاصمة اللبنانية بيروت. وضَمٌَ اللقاء الأمين العام للحزب الشيوعي اللبناني حنا غريب، على رأس وفد قيادي، وعن الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين عضو المكتب السياسي للجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين مروان عبد العال، ومسؤولها في لبنان هيثم عبده وأعضاء قيادتها في لبنان . وأشاد الجانبان بصمود وتضحيات الشعب الفلسطيني دفاعاً عن شرف وكرامة الأمة، وعَبَّرا عن فخرهما واعتزازهما بما حققته الأجنحة العسكرية لفصائل المقاومة الفلسطينية، في معركة (طوفان الأقصى) التي أعادت بث الروح في جسد شعوب أمتنا، التي لطالما حاول الأعداء كسر إرادتها وقتل روح المقاومة في نفوس ابنائها. وشدَّدا على ان الشعب الفلسطيني اليوم يخوض معركة الدفاع عن شرف وكرامة الأمة وحقوقها المستباحة من القوى الصهيونية والاستعمارية الغربية، وعلى أن ما حققته المقاومة في عملية (طوفان الأقصى) أعاد للأذهان مشاهدَ العزةِ والبطولة والانتصار التي حققها الجيشان العربيان السوري والمصري في السادس من اكتوبر عام 1973 وعبور قناة السويس، وتحطيم خط بارليف. وأكدت بالملموس إمكانية تحقيق الانتصار الإستراتيجي على دولة الكيان الغاصب وكل حلفائه وداعميه، وعلى أن الحقوق لا تستعاد بالتمنيات والرهانات على أوهام التسوية ، وعلى أن الخيار الوحيد لإستعادة الشعب الفلسطيني حقوقه الوطنية التاريخية، إنما يكون بتصعيد المقاومة الشاملة وفي مقدمتها الكفاح المسلح. وأكدا على ضرورة تشكيل جبهة مقاومة عربية شاملة لدحر الإحتلال واستعادة كامل حقوق ومقدرات وثروات الأمة من قبضة الهيمنة الإمبريالية، وإطلاق طاقات شعوب المنطقة في معركة التحرر والتقدم نحو مجتمعٍ حر وصناعة مستقبل مشرق للأجيال القادمة. ودعا الجانبان كل الأحزاب والقوى والأطر اليسارية العربية والأممية إلى إعلان موقف واضح يدعم كفاح الشعب الفلسطيني، وتقديم كل أشكال الإسناد والتضامن مع كفاحه العادل . كما أكدا استمرار التواصل والتنسيق المشترك بين الجانبين، ومع مختلف الأحزاب والقوى التقدمية في المنطقة والعالم. وتوجها بتحية إجلال وإكبار الى كل الشهداء الذين ارتقوا دفاعاً عن فلسطين والأمة وقضايا الحرية والعدالة في العالم. كما توجها بتحية إعتزاز وإكبار الى الاسرى الصامدين في زنازين الإحتلال الصهيوني، والى المناضل جورج عبد الله القابع في زنازين الإمبريالية الفرنسية. معبرين عن ثقتهم التامة بقدرة الشعب الفلسطيني وقواه المقاومة على صنع المعجزات، وتحقيق الانتصار التام، وانتزاع كامل حقوقه التاريخية الغير قابلة للمساومة والمقايضة
Author’s Note: I was shown a far-right propaganda post online which attempts to project modern notions of ‘White Supremacy’ backwards thousands of years into cultures that have no association with such ahistorical and pseudoscientific concepts! The far-right has become ‘efficient’ at issuing sound bites which are simple, straightforward, compelling and which remove the requirement for their intended audience to ‘think’. My article below replaces that need to ‘think’ by providing in depth and accurate academic knowledge. The far-right ‘lies’ to its audience. This stems from Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ - within which he advocates ‘lying’ about everything as a means to leverage political advantage, control and influence. The Sanskrit terms ‘Shakya’, ‘Buddha’ and ‘Aryan’, etc, have absolutely NOTHING to do with the modern notions underpinning the ideology of ‘White Supremacy’! As the average person lacks the specialist knowledge required to navigate this complex territory in the West – the far-right ideologues deceitfully take advantage of this fact and attempt to fill the vacuum with inaccurate, misunderstood or misleading information! As the saying goes - ‘The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!’ ACW (25.6.2023) Shakya (Sanskrit-Pali) = शाक्य Shakya (Chinese) = 释迦 (Shi Jia) Shakya is the Sanskrit name of the high-ranking clan of the historical Buddha who lived in Northeast India. The historical Buddha was of the ‘Warrior and King’ (Kshatri) Caste – which was (in the era he was born) the highest of the various Hindu castes. Eventually, five Hindu castes would formulate with the ‘Brahmins’ being the highest caste and the ‘Warriors and Kings’ being the second highest. Far-right (anti-intellectual) ideologues attempt to subordinate material fact to their own ‘inverted’ (ideological) machinations – in support of ‘White Supremacist’ mythology. For instance, such attempts often perpetuate the false assertion that the Sanskrit name ‘Shakya’ equates to non-Indian designation of ‘Scythia’ or ‘Scythian’. This is an attempt to superimpose an imagined ‘Greek’ racial identity into North India and thus claim that ‘Europe’ (rather than ethnic Indians) are responsible for the development of Indian thought. This myth is easily dispelled through a brief moment of research: Hindi term for ‘Scythia’ = सीथिया Sanskrit term ‘Shakya’ = शाक No structural connection between these two (written) Indian terms. Chinese term for ‘Shakya’ = 释迦 (Shi Jia) Chinese term for ‘Scythia’ = 斯基泰 (Si Ji Tai) No structural connection between these two (written) Chinese terms. If there was some ‘hidden’ conceptual unifier between these two terms (i.e., ‘Shakya’ - ‘Scythia’) – then it is logical to assume that this identity would be transmitted through the word structures formed within the same language development. Furthermore, as the early Chinese scholars would be looking for a ‘connection’ between these foreign terms should such a connection exist (as a means to generate ‘clarity’ of translation and transliteration) - it also follows that the Chinese ideograms chosen would indicate this supposed ‘connection’ - but the chosen Chinese ideograms clearly do NOT record any such connectivity. Therefore, simply based upon the objective assessment of Sanskrit, Hindi and Chinese word structure (and meaning transmission) – there is NO connection between the non-Indian name ‘Scythia’ and the Indian designation of ‘Shakya’. In other words, the historical Buddha was NOT ‘Greek’, was not ‘White’ and his ideology was NOT simply a version of Greek thought! Other far right myths involve the following terms: Aryan (Hindi-Sanskrit) = आर्य Aryan (Chinese) = 雅利安人 (Ya Li An Ren) Indeed, the Chinese transliteration literally means the ‘People whose culture imposes ‘Refinement, Benefit and Peace’ upon society! This alludes to those Indians who followed the teachings of the Vedas – and more to the point - could understand the language these teachings were recorded within. The Scriptures could be understood, verbally (or inwardly) recited, and could be read by the Brahmin Priests (although originally these texts were transmitted only by word of mouth and were ‘remembered’ only by a chosen few from one generation to the next – at a time when reading and writing was very rare)! As this meditative and reflective culture disciplined the mind and body – society was externally and inwardly ‘well-ordered’. Those who applied these teachings were renowned for their great, accumulated wisdom which made them ‘noble’ in the eyes of their peers. Those who followed the ‘Vedas’ were ennobled by these teachings (as opposed to those who did NOT follow these teachings) and were further ‘ennobled’ when a personal wisdom was accrued (above and beyond the Scriptures) through self-cultivation. Although the Buddha rejected the Vedas – he made use of the term ‘Aryan’ to refer to his followers of the Dharma who had achieved a similar understanding as his own (as the Buddha was illiterate – his teachings were passed on only through the agency of ‘memory’ and public ‘recital’). This term was applied freely to any member of the Indian caste system and broader society (including ‘Untouchables’) and therefore had NO association with skin colour or ‘Whiteness’. Strictly speaking, within its narrow Hindu usage – the term ‘Aryan’ – refers to someone who can ‘speak’ and ‘understand’ the language of the Vedas. Those who could not understand this language were excluded from this thought community and were referred to as ‘Anaryan’. As there were people with a light skin tone who were referred to as ‘Anaryan’ - this proves that the term ‘Aryan’ did not (and does not) refer to a ‘White’ skin colour. Buddha (Sanskrit-Pali) = बुद्ध Buddha (Chinese) = 佛 (Fo) The left-hand particle of the Chinese ideogram is ‘亻’ (ren2) which refers to a ‘person’. The right-hand particle is ‘弗’ (fu2) - which breaks down into the following three elements: 1) 弓 (gong1) = A bow – an arched (stringed) weapon used in hunting and warfare. 2) 丨(gun3) = To pass through – travel up and down – a unifier as in ‘number one’. 3) 丿(pie3) = To raise one’s head – to move from right to left (as in a ‘dropping’ stroke) - to abandon and discard that which is not needed. As the ancient scholars of China had to translate the unfamiliar Indian Buddhist terms very carefully – they often sought the guidance of visiting Indian Buddhist monks. This was a process of transmission that developed from the 1st century CE onward – and was still ongoing during the 5th and 6th centuries CE and beyond. These scholars were told EXACTLY what Buddhist terms meant and if they did not know – they would wait patiently for guidance. Eventually correct knowledge would arrive. This is why the original ‘meaning’ of the Sanskrit terms used within Buddhist ideology is clearly retained within the body of traditional Chinese ideograms. In the case of ‘Buddha’ (佛) is defined as someone (亻) who has mastered a complex art (such as ‘archery’ [弓] - which the Buddhist Suttas state the Buddha did study as a youth) - through which an ‘arrow’ (丨) is skilfully affixed. Then an appropriate effort is applied so that the two ends of the bow are drawn (taut) down toward the centre - and the ‘arrow’ is let fly so that it directly ‘hits’ (丿) the intended target. In the Buddhist Suttas – the Buddha describes self-cultivation as being similar to stringing an instrument. If the strings are too loose – the correct note cannot be produced. If the strings are too ‘tight’ - then the strings might ‘snap’ when played! Self-cultivation, therefore, requires the ‘correct’ amount of effort so that the required result is achieved. As the Buddha ‘knows’ this is the objective – and ‘knows’ how to achieve this objective – this correct ‘knowing’ is two-fold. There is the ‘knowing’ of the correct path and its methodology – and there is the ‘knowing’ that the following of this correct path bestows upon the earnest seeker. Although the Sanskrit term ‘बुद्’ (Aryan) is ‘phonetical’ - like the Western alphabet - no real internal structure regarding inherent (or historical) meaning can be gleamed from the dissecting of its constituent parts. For that meaning it is the corresponding Chinese ideogram that is used. As can be seen, basic dictionary definitions do not convey the full or intended meaning of the Sanskrit term ‘Buddha’ (बुद्). This word is said to be derived from the Sanskrit term ‘बुत’ (But) doubled – whilst also being related to the doubled term ‘बुद्ध’ (Buddh): a) बुत (But) = Idol and mistress. This implies a correct spiritual positioning (such as that implied through a religious icon or statue) and the corresponding social influence such an inner orientation generates in the outer world (similar as the power a strong woman accrues through her scheming and planning). b) बुद्ध (Buddh) = The ability to ‘understand’ - and to apply that understanding in the outer world. This suggests a perfect integration of ‘methodology’ and ‘application’ - of ‘theory’ and ‘objective’. The Sanskrit term ‘Buddha’ (बुद्) is generally taken to mean: i) Consciously ‘aware’. ii) Wise. iii) Intelligent. iv) Transcendentally ‘awake’. The Chinese ideogram 佛 (Fo) also suggests that a ‘bent’ arrow’ (丿) must be made ‘straight’ by tightly binding it with an already correct arrow (丨) - until the task is completed. There is a peculiar negative connotation associated with the Chinese term suggesting the term ‘no’ is being implied. This is not surprising as the Buddha taught exclusively by explaining what enlightenment ‘is NOT’ - and not what enlightenment IS’! Nirvana, therefore, is the state of mind, body and environment generated when greed, hatred and delusion is no longer present in the mind and body of the practitioner. Although the far-right ideologues cherry-pick to attempt to make material reality match their deficient academic model – the spurious ‘linguistic’ associations that may (or may not) exist between ancient Indian words and words deriving from other cultures – does NOT automatically correspond to those different ethnic groupings sharing any systemic cultural link with India or its spiritual practices. Apparent linguistic associations can be found throughout the different and diverse cultures of the world – but this fact in itself does NOT mean that Yoga, Hinduism, Jainism or Buddhism or any cultural construct - existed (or originated) in these non-Indian places. What this phenomenon might suggest is that humanity once possessed a common (unified) culture before it diversified into the ethnic-specific variations observable today.
Art is useful to uplift the spirit (mind) and generate a broader perspective through which the world can be understood! Marx and Engels discussed often how the external world conditions the inner being - whilst the Buddha explained in detail how to identify and uproot the 'imprints' projected into the mind in the form of greed, hatred and delusion - the tripartite cornerstones of ancient Indian feudalism and modern (predatory) capitalism! This relationship between the 'old' and the 'new' explains WHY Buddhism retains its importance in the modern world and can be a useful developmental tool for the contemporary Proletariat! Of course, the Bourgeoisie also claims Buddhism for itself - the paedophile 14th Dalai Lama springs to mind - but so do any of the so-called 'Western' Buddhist movements of appropriation! Just as soon as a monetary 'price' is charged for what amounts to regulating the breathing process - it is clear the true path of Dharma has been abandoned! Capitalist endeavour is NOT the uprooting of greed, hatred and delusion - but its EXACT opposite! The White intellection that justifies this process in the numerous so-called 'journals', 'magazines' and special interest 'books' - is surely the very definition of pure evil! An example of racism through the written word! The message is simple - the White Bourgeoisie has appropriated Buddhism for its own deceptive ends - and the developing (non-White) Bourgeoisie throughout the Asian countries is prepared to 'sell' their traditional culture to the Europeans as a means to fuel this racist addiction! Buddhism, when it is successful, is the end of predatory capitalism and the end White domination! This reality is true of both the 'inner' and the 'outer' world simultaneously!
The BBC is an arrogant ‘White’ (Bourgeois) institution that has the working-class forcibly ‘pay’ for its own anti-Socialist indoctrination! This is a very Hitlerite arrangement which contributes to the further enrichment of the ruling classes – and the impoverishment of the ordinary toiling masses! Since the rise of the British Tories in 2010, the BBC has abandoned any pretence of being genuinely ‘British’ and of being ‘accurate’ and ‘truthful’. What the BBC broadcasts today is settled and authorised in a smoke-filled room somewhere deep in the labyrinth that is the (Washington DC) White House! Thailand, on the other hand, whilst undoubtedly being a bastion for the genuine Theravada Dhamma, is nevertheless a US-dominated ‘capitalist’ cesspit! People routinely die of starvation, medical neglect and Islamo-fascist terrorism (ironically also funded by the US), whilst ‘White’ American ‘males’ (amongst other such perverts) continuously travel to the country to pay impoverished Thai parents for the privilege of ‘raping’ their children – often paying a few dollars more for permission to film the same defiled children being ‘murdered’ in Snuff Movies! It is odd then, that the Prime Minister of Thailand should announce a crackdown upon ‘drug-taking’ throughout the country, an activity that is only really practiced by the better-off section of the Thai Bourgeoisie. The Buddha-Dhamma explicitly forbids any form of ‘intoxication’, including the imbuing of mind-altering or sense-numbing substances – outside of legitimate pharmaceuticals that cure or diminish the ‘pain’ of illness and injury. Whereas the Thai people desperately need a Socialist Revolution – the US dominance ruthlessly maintains this decrepit status quo when many Buddhist teachers clearly state that the Buddha’s philosophy supports all aspects and elements of Socialist ideology (a point clearly demonstrated in countries such as Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, North Korea, China and perhaps even Bangladesh and Pakistan, etc). The message is clear – Buddhist philosophy definitely denies and forbids any and all forms of drug imbibing designed as leisure activities. Of course, as the BBC pursues a pro-Christian (and very ‘White’) agenda – nothing is mentioned about this Buddhist ‘anti-drug’ attitude – particularly as the Protestant and Catholic Churches produces, hides and protects its own homegrown ‘paedophiles’ priests and monks, many of whom may well prey upon innocent (but impoverished) Thai children. The BBC – on its so-called ‘World Service’ (surely a sick joke) - recently put-out the misrepresented story that a Buddhist Temple was ‘shut-down’ due to an epidemic of ‘drug-taking’ in an area of Northern Thailand! This is fake in as much as it not factually correct. The drug-taking problem has been found not amongst the ordinary people (who cannot afford enough food to stay alive), but rather primarily amongst the office workers and those other bourgeoisie who possess a disposable income. Out of all the hundreds of Buddhist (monastic) populations tested throughout Thailand so far – only one (single) Buddhist Temple was found to possess individuals who tested ‘positive’. The BBC presented this fact so as to (falsely) suggest that ALL Buddhist Temples in Thailand are overrun with a tremendous drug-taking problem – and that ‘Buddhism’ is failing the Thai population! In fact, the temple concerned remains ‘unnamed’ but contains thirty-eight ordained (male) Buddhist monastics. Out of these, only one (male) lay-helper and just six Buddhist monastics were found to test ‘positive’ for ‘methamphetamine’. One such monk was aged over 70-years old and had been a Buddhist monk for just five-years. He said that the vast majority of monks NEVER take any drugs and that he would occasionally ask a local child to procure the substance for him (misusing his Sangha Authority). Of course, the BBC decided to omit the reality that thirty-two of the Buddhist monks had NOT tested positive for any drugs in this temple – and that this ‘negative’ pattern was repeated across Thailand as the testing unfolded! After these monks had been formally interviewed by the Head Monk – they were then arrested, charged and transitioned to a special State-funded clinic designed for treating drug-addiction (an act met with general ‘applause’ in the West – but had such action been taken in China or the DPRK – all the BBC would have broadcast is anti-Socialist propaganda). I suspect that this monkish misbehaviour constitutes a ‘Minor’ infringement of the Vinaya Discipline Rules and should not, in and of itself, justify an ‘expulsion’ from the Ordained Sangha. Again, there is no information from the BBC on the realities of everyday Buddhist culture – such is its racism. After condemning the very fabric of all Buddhist culture – the BBC finished with a pro-American flourish expressing the most sublime ‘anti-intellectualism’ - falsely claiming that Myanmar (Burma) as a friend of China, mass manufactures and exports ‘methamphetamine’ across the world (including ‘to Thailand’), aided and abetted in this dastardly and nefarious task by Socialist Laos! Laos is a developing ‘Socialist’ country with a very strong Buddhist Sangha and equally good relations with China! Western institutions such as the BBC are Past Masters in ‘lying’ and expertly mixing ‘fact’ with ‘fiction’ so that it is difficult to tell the two entities apart! None of the Thai language sources support the BBC narrative upon this subject. Indeed, the manipulation of the truth and the upholding of US anti-intellectualism are the primary objectives of the (White) racist BBC. Nothing the BBC says should or can be trusted! Thai Buddhism, despite the decisions of its greedy politicians and deluded Royal family, retains one of the purest Buddhist Sanghas in the world – which is NOT over-run with drug-taking! Do not trust the BBC in any way – and let us all join Russia in fighting the Western-backed Neo-Nazism in the despicable Zelensky-led Ukraine! Thai Language Sources https://www.thaigov.go.th/news/contents/details/61580 https://www.m-culture.go.th/phetchabun/ewt_news.php?nid=2010&filename=index https://news.ch7.com/detail/601348 As the Western (US-Dominated) Internet Cannot be Trusted – This is the Basic Article: สนามข่าว 7 สี - ใส่สบงแล้วทรงเพลิดเพลิน ไม่ได้ลึกซึ้งกับรสพระธรรมแต่อย่างใด แต่เพลิดเพลินกับการมั่วสุมเสพยาเสพติด พระวัดดังย่านปากน้ำ จ้างวานเด็กไปซื้อยามาให้เสพ ฝ่ายปกครองได้รับร้องเรียนบุกตรวจพระในวัด 38 รูป พบ 6 รูป ปัสสาวะสีม่วง ให้เจ้าอาวาสจับสึก ก่อนส่งตัวเข้ารับการบำบัด เจ้าหน้าที่ฝ่ายปกครอง ได้รับเรื่องร้องเรียนจากชาวบ้านว่า มีพระลูกวัดวัดดัง ตำบลท้ายบ้าน อำเภอเมือง จังหวัดสมุทรปราการ มีพฤติกรรมมั่วสุม เสพสารเสพติด จึงนำกำลังบุกมาตรวจค้น และตรวจปัสสาวะพระสงฆ์ภายในวัดดังกล่าว จำนวน 38 รูป พบว่ามีพระลูกวัดปัสสาวะสีม่วง จำนวน 6 รูป และฆราวาสอีก 1 คน เจ้าหน้าที่จึงนำพระ 6 รูป ส่งให้เจ้าอาวาสวัดทำการสึก ก่อนนำตัวทั้งหมดส่งดำเนินคดีตามกฎหมาย และเข้าสู่กระบวนการบำบัดต่อไป พระรูปหนึ่ง บอกว่า ตอนนี้ตนเองอายุเกือบ 70 ปี บวชมาแล้วเกือบ 5 พรรษา แล้ว ที่ผ่านมายอมรับว่าเสพยาเสพติด แต่ไม่ได้เสพบ่อย นาน ๆ ถึงจะเสพสักครั้งหนึ่ง โดยแต่ละครั้งที่จะเสพก็จะจ้างวานให้เด็กที่รู้จักกันไปซื้อมาให้ โดยที่ยาบ้าที่ซื้อนั้น เม็ดละ 100 บาท รวมค่าจ้างแล้ว English Language Source:
Stupid White People – And How They Betrayed the Revolutionary Nature of Buddhism! (12.9.2022)9/12/2022 Buddhism is stronger than any bullet, bomb or army! Buddhism possesses the greatest form of power and that is the ability to alter thought patterns and change the way individuals and groups perceive the material world and decide how to act in it! When White people set off for Asia in the last few centuries – what did they do? They took along (tucked safely inside them) the Bible they had so fervently had rejected on the outside! When they studied Buddhism here and there – they all managed to miss the point – and they studied the Dhamma as superior ‘White’ people pontificating upon the inferior machinations of the great unwashed (and slightly ‘smelly’) non-Europeans – those odd people who all seemed to claim an ancient culture but which no one seemed to know anything definite about! Oh – how they failed those tests! Still, they did manage to acquire the words of the Buddha and they did bring those words of the Buddha back to Europe – and what did they do with these most powerful of Revolutionary words? Well, they immediately set about mimicking the establishments of the Christian religion they had abandoned and as if this was not enough of a betrayal – they immediately began to turn Buddhism into a commodity that could be bought and sold on the free market! They then wrote copious amounts of books about how clever they thought they were and how their understanding was greater than any other Western convert! Entire publishing empires developed committed to peddling the spiritual imaginations of ‘White’ people who had been to Asia and ‘stolen’ (after-all, they never paid for) the Dhamma for nefarious reasons. The very Christian religion Buddhism should have washed away with an unstoppable wave of anti-theistic wisdom was bolstered and reinforced! The capitalism that the non-greed of Buddhism should have uprooted and laid to rest was thrown ‘Buddhism’ to devour like a bone casually tossed to a hungry dog! The Revolution that Buddhism should have caused amongst the Working-Class of the West was hijacked by the Middle-Classes who could afford to travel to exotic lands and lounge under trees for long periods of time! Trotsky in a Saffron robe – that is what these shaven headed Order of Contemplatives have brought to the West! The Buddha saw that ‘religion’ is the enemy – the ‘stupefier’ of humanity! These stupid White people with their fake sincerity and impure hearts defied the Buddha whilst pretending to follow him – and they still do! The Working-Class can wake-up in an instant! There is no need for mimicking or appropriating the culture of others! Buddhist dialectics applied properly is the end of the bourgeois inverted mind-set – the end of the false consciousness of the Working-Class! God does not exist because he NEVER existed - so away with your old Churches, graveyards and pretend royalty! Buddhism is stronger than bullets even though words can be used with the force of bullets! Buddhism is communicated with words and with silence! Revolution is greeted with turmoil and then an unfolding stability! Stupid White people rob Peter to pay Paul! The Buddhism they follow is Christ in drag! The Queen is dead – long live the Dharma Raja!
Let’s start with the thorny issue of ‘Zionism’ which was unanimously declared a form of ‘White Supremacy’ by the United Nations (UN) in 1975. The modern State of Israel was imposed upon the Palestinian people without their knowledge or consent by the imperialist British. Although emerging out of the era of the Nazi German Holocaust (a campaign of genocide targeting the Jews, the Romany, the Disabled, the Homosexual, the Communists and the Politically Dissident) which saw the systematic murder of around six million Jews and five million non-Jews – the modern State of Israel has its roots in the racist, Zionist ideology prevalent in the West from around 1880 – which managed to politically influence British (imperialist) foreign policy since at least 1917 (through the Balfour Declaration). At that time, and giving-in to Zionist (terrorist) agitation in Palestine, the British unilaterally declared that a ‘State of Israel’ would be carved-out of an existing Palestine! This policy was not enacted until 1948, and involved heavily armed Jewish mobs attacking, killing and driving-out the Palestinians from the ancestral lands their people had occupied for thousands of years (referred as the ‘Nakba’ by the Palestinian victims of this new ‘genocide’).
The Zionists responsible for this outrage pursue a White, racist ideology which they superimpose over their Jewish identity so that the two become conflated with one another, and those who protest this fascistic activity paradoxically leave themselves open to unfounded and unwarranted allegations of ‘anti-Semitism’. Ironically, the protection of Jews from fascism requires genuine anti-fascists to target the rampant ultra-nationalism inherent within Zionism, to the same intensity and extent as the anti-fascist movement attacks any and all forms of far-right ideology advocating race-hate and violence! Zionists are ‘White’ and advocate the death and destruction of the ‘non-White’ Palestinian people! It is this ultra-nationalism of Zionism that is the enemy – and not Judaism itself. A number of affluent middle-class Jews living within 1880s Germany allowed themselves to be swayed by the far-right political rhetoric prevalent at the time, and aligned themselves with it as a means to ‘camouflage’ themselves into being ‘accepted; into mainstream ‘White’ German society. What Zionists do not tell you when they call you ‘anti-Semitic’ is that across the world millions of Jews also RESIST Zionism and routinely refer to it as ‘fascism’. Be strong in your anti-fascism and do not be swayed by the murderous and bullying tactics that is ‘Zionism’! In the above article, Leonard Cohen espouses a load of incomprehensible and contradictory gibberish that appears dangerously close (in essence) to ‘aligning’ itself with Zionist’ ultra-nationalist rhetoric. This was an in interview given around 2006 about his time spent in a Japanese Zen Monastery in the Las Angeles hills (a place of self-deception and self-delusion) catering to the rich and famous: ‘I wasn’t looking for a religion,” Cohen once reflected. “I already had a perfectly good one [his Jewish faith]. And I certainly wasn’t looking for a new series of rituals. But I had a great sense of disorder in my life, of chaos and depression, of distress.’ Really? If his so-called ‘Jewish faith’ met all his requirements for a healthy and good inner and outer life – then why is he suffering (in his own words) ‘... a great sense of disorder in my life, of chaos and depression, of distress’? This type of delusional psycho-babble sounds very similar to the incomprehensible media statements released by the Israeli government every time its military forces wantonly break the law and murder innocent men, women and children! What probably never helped matters for ‘Leonard Cohen’ (the suffering individual) is that the Japanese Zen Buddhist tradition is renowned for its inherent corruption of supporting State fascism both before and during WWII, and how key Japanese War Criminals not only went ‘unpunished’ after WWII by the occupying US Authorities – but were used by the Americans to export their particular brand of fascistic (and anarchic) Buddhism to the West! The parallels between corrupt Japanese Zen and Zionism are stark. DT Suzuki was probably the most well-known these criminals (who harked from a long line of Japanese War Criminals) who assisted in the distortion of Buddhist philosophy so that the Buddhist establishment could add its wait to whatever an ‘out of control’ government and State decided to do in the secular world. These individuals went ‘unpunished’ because the US government believed that their ‘fascistic’ Buddhism formed a natural barrier to the spread of Chinese Communism into Japan (and the West)! The other issue discovered by Leonard Cohen is the inherent corruption found within the Japanese Zen tradition which has refused to adhere to the Vinaya Discipline laid-down by the Buddha over two-thousand years ago! Indeed, the eminent Chinese Ch’an Buddhist – Master Xu Yun (1840-1959) - lived through the rampant destruction of China inflicted by the Kwantung Army of Imperial Japan during the 1930s and 1940s, witnessing the barbarous acts first-hand. He always taught that such immorality stemmed from the Japanese Buddhist tradition refusing to teach its monks, nuns and laity the ‘correct’ Buddhist morality and discipline in the temples and monasteries! The above article explains Leonard Cohen’s experience: ‘The five years that Cohen spent living in Mount Baldy, under the strict instructions of the monastery’s founder, Kyozan Joshu Sasaki Roshi, was intended to cure him of his mental health woes. While it added much-needed structure to his life, Cohen found an unlikely drinking buddy in Roshi, and they enjoyed late-night whiskey sessions together. However, his search for inner peace ultimately came to no avail, and in 1999, Cohen decided to walk away.’ It would appear that in all this mockery of ‘Buddhism for cash’ no one advised Leonard Cohen to ‘return’ all that he ‘hears’ (sees, smells, tastes and touches) back to its empty perceptual essence! Whilst the ‘fake’ Japanese ‘Zennists’ sucking at the teat of US capitalism created a ‘mirage’ for rich people to head for but never reach – no one taught Leonard Cohen the ‘correct’ Buddhist path? Now, Leonard Cohen thinks he has been a Zen Buddhist priest for five-years and the Western media indulges his self-delusion whilst simultaneously failing to confront his Zionism! |
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