Buddhist artifacts in Maldives destroyed

OnIslam.net; Wisdom QuarterlyFew realize that the diving paradise known as the Maldives, most of which is at or close to sea level and doomed to destruction as the planet warms due to manmade and natural causes, used to be Buddhist.   Now some entity or agency has brought about a coup and is trying to create international outrage by destroying priceless Buddhist art and history. What kind Company or clandestine service would do such a thing? Surely not the CIA, who created the Taliban...

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Penguins are sexually depraved perverts (video)

Periscopepost.com expanded by Wisdom QuarterlyAre penguins perverts? New pamphlet reveals “sexual depravity” of birds[It's not just rapist ducks.] Century-old Antarctic account alleges necrophilia and sexual abuse among penguins.   BackgroundDeviants? (slapthepenguin.com)A pamphlet has emerged detailing apparent sexual depravity among penguins. Written by George Levick, a scientist with the 1910-13 Scott Antarctic Expedition, Sexual Habits of the Adélie Penguin contains observations...

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Part III: It's Been a Long Time (sutra)

Maurice O'C. Walshe, "Great Discourse on the Lineage" (DN 14); Dhr. Seven, Wisdom QuarterlySpiritual evolution occurs in cycles (bisquich.com)Part I: It's Been a Long Time (sutra)Part II: It's Been a Long Time (sutra) The Buddha: "Then the Bodhisattva Vipassi thought, 'I have found the insight-way to enlightenment, namely:"By the cessation of mind-and-body, consciousness ceases;by the cessation of consciousness, mind-and-body ceases;by the cessation of mind-and-body, the six sense bases cease;by...

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Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan (new photos)

James Gordon, Los Angeles (photos); text Seven; graphic design CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly The Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan -- which the maverick scholar and historian Ranajit Pal, Ph.D. considers to be in vicinity of the original Kapilavastu, where Siddhartha grew up -- is ancient land in Himalayan foothills.  Buddhism is steeped in the geography of ancient Greater India (Maha Bharat), which at the time of the Buddha was a collection of loosely aligned territories. There are relics and markers...

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