Showing posts with label holyland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holyland. Show all posts

Monday, December 29, 2025

Israeli Jewish supremacy: inbred, incest


Jews will rule this world.
(Lion From Zion) Are European Israeli invaders "fake Jews" with land rights? DNA evidence destroys antisemitic myths. Meanwhile, it is illegal to use DNA tests in Israel or try to use them to establish one's ancestry. (Why? It might show no connection and that would be embarrassing for psyops, American imperialism, and the "Greater Israel" project where the tip of the Western spear pierces the geopolitical Middle East and brings it under CIA, Mossad, Shin Bet, and Bibi Netanyahu rule with the help of whoever's in the White House at the time).
  • (Mario Nawfal) "Israel is a very inbred society" anti-Zionist Jewish American scholar Prof. Norman Finkelstein on Israel, genocide, Gaza, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, Oct. 7th, and Jewish psyops attempting to manipulate history...
Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom
Norman Finkelstein, July 27, 2021

The Gaza Strip, Palestine
Prof. Finkelstein has 4.9 out of 5 stars (with 654 reviews). "In its comprehensive sweep, deep probing and acute critical analysis, Finkelstein's study stands alone." — Dr. Noam Chomsky

"No one who ventures an opinion on Gaza...is entitled to do so without taking into account the evidence in this book." — The Intercept

The Gaza Strip is [was] among the most densely populated places [outdoor prisons] in the world. More than two-thirds of its inhabitants are refugees, and more than half are under 18 years of age.


Are you serious? Your God wants us to do this.
Since 2004, Israel has launched eight devastating [genocidal, war crime, crimes against humanity, atrocity] “operations” against Gaza’s largely defenseless population. Thousands have been tortured and murdered, and tens of thousands have been left homeless.

In the meantime, "Israel" has subjected Gaza (a strip of what remains of Palestine) to a merciless illegal blockade [and illegal occupation]. What has befallen Gaza is a man-made humanitarian disaster.

I'm half-Jewish and I run TPU$A now. Thx, Bibi
Based on scores of human rights reports, Prof. Norman G. Finkelstein's book presents a meticulously researched inquest into Gaza’s martyrdom. He shows that although Israel has tried to justify its assaults in the name of self-defense, in fact these actions constituted flagrant violations of international law.

But Prof. Finkelstein also documents that the guardians of international law—from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to the UN Human Rights Council—ultimately failed Gaza.

One of his most disturbing conclusions is that, after Judge Richard Goldstone's humiliating retraction of his UN report, human rights organizations succumbed to the Israeli juggernaut.

Prof. Finkelstein’s magnum opus is both a monument to Gaza’s martyrs and an act of resistance against the forgetfulness of history. More
  • Shauna Schwartz, Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Sunday, November 1, 2009

India and Buddhism (photos)

Text: Seven Jaini (Wisdom Quarterly) / India photos: Dr. Bounthanh Sinavong


While India is a majority Hindu nation (which regards the Buddha and Buddhism as a part of that tradition) and the "largest democracy in the world," it also has a sizable Muslim population of more than 100 million. And it was the Muslims who built the iconic Taj Mahal as a dedication of love from an emperor to his deceased beloved. The amazing architecture mimics an Islamic vision of [a] heaven. This effect is hard to appreciate unless one visits and does so in the morning before it opens. The area frequently experiences a morning fog, giving the glimmering appearance of the minarets and dome at first light the illusion of floating on a cloud. This special effect would not seem to be an accident and may explain why it was built in out of the way Agra. It is a world heritage site and is equally impressive seen from above and due to its interior.

The stupa of the Great Enlightenment (Maha-bodhi) in Buddhagaya (Bodhgaya), budh and bodh both referring to the great "awakening" that took place here.

(Paranormal photograph of the Buddha at Bodhgaya) The site is a reconstruction of many disparate artifacts found by British archaeologists and may not be the exact site at all, having been consume by the forest in the ensuing centuries and obscured by Muslim invasions (which killed the original Bodhi tree, except that its descendant survives in Sri Lanka, having been taken there as a sapling and recognized by science as the oldest authenticated tree in existence. Of course there are trees thought to be older, such as the bristle cone pines of California, but they are not historically documented. The original tree's descendant was then replanted at this site, then speculated to be the original site of the enlightenment. So while the site may have been lost, the original tree was in a sense preserved.
India's greatest contribution to the world is the Buddha's message (Dharma), which could not have arisen elsewhere. Like many of the seers (rishis), meditating ascetics (yogis), and inspired teachers -- mystics and scholars alike -- the Buddha arose at a time that made his message possible. He was born in greater-India (called Bharat), an expanding empire of allied kingdoms and republics that included parts of the Near East. The established consensus-history is convoluted enough, but Dr. Ranajit Pal alleges a great of historical fraud by Europeans and reveals a more sensible history that has yet to gain acceptance (ranajitpal.com).


Although it is not on the "Buddhist circuit" as a main site, Rajgir (Rajagriha/Rājagṛha, "royal city" or fortress) is a magic place ringed by seven hills on the Gangetic plain. It is the setting for many sutras. Particularly notable is Vulture's Peak (Griddhkuta), misleadingly named since there were never any vultures there but merely rocks that in certain light look like the gangly scavengers. It is a wonderful peak atop which to meditate, as these monks are seen doing.

Rajgir, which Vulture's Peak looks down on, is where "Buddhism" officially began. Whereas the Buddha's message (Dharma) was set forth in Sarnath with the Turning of the Wheel Sutra, near the famous holy city of Varanasi (ancient Benares), the established conventions of a religion were established with the First Council. And that took place on a nearby hill seen in the distance, near where the great elder Maha Kassapa had a cave (Pipphali). This hill, just to the right of the entrance to the ring of seven hills of Rajgir proper, has a cave called Saptparni where a great number of enlightened elders gathered to codify the tradition. Outside of the entrance to the city is the famous Bamboo Grove (Veluvana) monastery.

Jainism: an extreme Buddhist school?
This was King Bimbisara's capital, and it is equally important to the Jains, whose tradition parallels Buddhism to such a degree that some scholars suggest it is an offshoot or early school of Buddhism, distinct in adhering to severe austerities and nonharming (ahimsa). Indeed, the story of its founder has so many similarities to the Buddha's that one is hard pressed to imagine it all coincidental. (For instance, the Buddha hasn't always been popularly called "the Buddha." It's a title, and there have been many others applied to him, including "Great Hero," or Mahavira, which just happens to be the name of Jainism's founder). Rather, it's as if some early Buddhists were trying to reinvent the Dharma in more Brahminical/Hindu-friendly terms -- idolizing the yogic ideals of asceticism, complete renunciation, ahimsa, vegetarianism, equality (Jainism allegedly had nuns before Buddhism did) and utter detachment (non-possessiveness). It is telling that ancient Jain texts do not mention the Buddhists, whereas Buddhist texts do mention the Jains, referred to as Niganthas or "non-possessors."

Jainism is an examples of one of the extremes the Middle Path avoids -- self-mortification and completely abandoning the world. Refusal to be in the world while not of it means an uneasy coexistence, not coming to terms with the world. This is most evident in that orthodox (Digambara) Jain monks famously go about in the nude, refusing to possess even robes. And it is this uncompromising allegiance to extremes that has meant that unless one takes a religious studies class in college, one has probably never heard of Jainism outside of India.

Every Buddhist pilgrim to India should see Rajgir with its ancient hot springs and modern gondola that climbs up to a Japanese temple high on a neighboring hill. (And what trip to India would be complete without seeing the jewel of Islam that is the Taj Mahal and the site of the Buddha's enlightenment?) After all throughout Asia, India, not Israel, is the "holy land." The historical Buddha spent a great deal of time in Rajgir meditating, preaching, and establishing the Dharma far from his ancestral kingdom of the Shakya Clan, just as other buddhas (and, interestingly, other mahaviras) had done in the distant past. MORE PHOTOS

Friday, June 19, 2009

A Buddhist Pilgrimage to India


Map of the four principal pilgrimage sites, namely the place of the Buddha's: birth, final nirvana, first sermon, and enlightenment.
Birthplace: Lumbini, Nepal. (Disputed: see ranajitpal.com for actual location)
Hometown: Kapilavastu, Nepalese foothills (Also disputed: ranajitpal.com)
Enligtenment: Under the actual Bodhi tree (descendant), Bodhgaya, India
First sermon: Sarnath, Benares, India (Isipatana Deer Park)
Final instructions and final nirvana: Kushinagar, India
Cremation stupa: Rambhar Jhil, Kushinagar, India

The last words the Buddha uttered were, "Behold, O disciples, I exhort you: Hurtling toward destruction are all conditioned things. Strive on with diligence!"

The vessel containing the remains of the Buddha was taken by Dona, who was instrumental in dividing the cremation relics. These relics were divided into eight portions and distributed equally to the:
  1. Mallas of Kusinara
  2. Ajatasattu King of Magadha
  3. Licchavis of Vesali
  4. Sakyans of Kapilavattu
  5. Bulies of Attakapa
  6. Koliyas of Ramagrama
  7. Mallas of Pava, and to a resident of
  8. Vethadipa.

Other important Buddhist sites
Rajgir (Rajagaha) - Veluvana Ramaya (the Bamboo Grove) - Vulture's Peak - Sravasthi (Savatthi) the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Kosala - Jetavana Monastery (Jeta's Grove) - Pubbarama Monastery Vaishali (Vesali) where the last sutra was preached - the Mango Grove Kaushambi (Kosambi) - Nalanda the Great Buddhist University - Sanchi established by King Asoka