So much of what people call "Zen" (capitalized) sounds more like Taoism (with a stiff dose of Confucianism) than Buddhism, and here's why. It was all picked up in translation. So what was lost? Those may be beautiful spiritual/temporal traditions with which to blend, but what is obscured is the historical Buddha's message until it is almost completely lost and replaced by Hinduism (with its Tantra, yoga, and magic that gave rise to another branch Vajrayana/Shingon attached) to a new religion that came to be called Mahayana, far from the Buddha's Dhamma.
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We silly Westerners have no idea! We think we know
"Zen" is a silly word, carrying so much meaning in American English. Goodness knows what it means in Japan or China nowadays, a dying religious sect taking sides in the jiriki vs. tariki battle?
We aim to find on Thursdays in Los Angeles at the Pasadena Zen Sangha. There is a path. What is it? Ask the average American Zen practitioner, and everything likely to be heard will be some derivation of Taoism. No relation to the historical Buddha.
Lao Tzu (Laozi, Latin Laocius like Confucious) was not a Buddhist but possibly a god (celestial deva), descended to Earth to philosophize and guide. For all that, at 8:00 am on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, "Buddhist Radio" (Something's Happening on KPFK played Alan Watts' 18-minute explanation of Zen, a talk that lays bare the root of every misconception. But Buddha's Wisdom (the video above) does much to clarify and add context.
Watts says the problem with understanding Zen is that unless one were raised Japanese -- very stiff, formal, ritualistic, and deadly afraid of faux pas, losing face, or doing things incorrectly -- one will not be able to appreciate what Zen (Taoism really) offered as relief by way of spontaneity, naturalness, flow, and relaxing into a kind of "just being" without so much thinking.
(The Jimmy Dore Show) Sickly IL (pronounced "ill") is Israel (by UN definition, which also calls it ISR) is out to drag a country it has controlled for decades, blackmailing a line of Zionist Christian white male presidents.
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US military dominance does not guarantee victory—and that is the central tension explored in this analysis of a potential illegal attack and protracted war on Iran by vassal state the United States by its dominating client state Israel.
While U.S. and Israeli forces possess overwhelming technological superiority, history tells us that power alone does not determine outcomes. Strategy, flexibility, and political endurance often matter more.
This discussion revisits the 2002 Millennium Challenge simulation, where asymmetric tactics exposed vulnerabilities in conventional military doctrine. The lesson was clear: Smaller powers avoid direct confrontation and instead redefine the battlefield through drones, decentralized strikes, and cost-imposing strategies.
When low-cost systems [like those exhibited by the outgunned Vietnamese] force billion-dollar defensive responses, war becomes an economic contest as much as a military one.
The US War on Vietnam stands as a historical reminder that rigid empires struggle against adaptable adversaries. The broader argument is that any Iranian response would not center on matching strength with strength, but on shaping the terms of engagement—uniting domestic support, building alliances, influencing global opinion, and incrementally weakening the enemy before any ground invasion ever occurs.
In this view, the decisive struggle unfolds long before tanks cross borders. The real question is not who is stronger, but who can adapt faster.
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(ABC News In-depth) How to party with dirty Steve Bannon? Bring kids? Les Wexner raped Virginia Thomas (Giuffre) after she was child sex-trafficked to him by Jeffrey Epstein. Where did Epstein's money come from? | If You're Listening
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath is a documentary series that investigates the "Church" of Scientology through the experiences of American actress Leah Remini and other former members. She was a follower cult member of Scientology between 1979, when she joined at the age of 9 alongside her parents, and 2013. She subsequently became an outspoken critic of Scientology and published a bestselling memoir, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, in 2015.
Pasadena's Jack "The Antichrist" Parsons, creator of JPL (originally denoting "Jack Parson's Lab" then switched to Jet Propulsion Lab)
Prof. Frederick Philip Lenz III, calling himself "enlightened master" Rama (Sanskrit राम), Zen Master Rama, and "Atmananda" (Sanskrit आतमाननद), who died for 48 years between February 9, 1950–April 12, 1998, was a capitalist American cult leader, spiritual fraud, writer, coder, programmer, software designer from Atlantis, quasi-musician, and record producer.
He founded what he tried to sell as "American Buddhism," a hodgepodge of Zen gibberish, Hinduism, and Tibetan Vajrayana lite. He incorporated what teachings he could from Tibetan Buddhism, Zen, Hindu Vedanta, general mysticism, and lots of New Age ideas.
"Busting Rama" (LA Weekly 1988)
After studying with Sri Chinmoy, who allegedly gave him the name "Atmananda" (atman-ananda, which is a name he gave to many around him besides Lenz).
Prof. of Literature Lenz lectured and taught classes in meditation, before forming his own school and assuming the Hindu name of God "Rama." Though calling himself a "Buddhist," Lenz steered clear of anything like asceticism. Instead, he lived a lavish lifestyle, and encouraged students to focus on financial independence and success.
Some former students accused him of cult-like activity, including financial and sexual exploitation. Prof. Lenz denied the accusations; no civil or criminal proceedings were ever successfully brought against him. More
A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 [1], with an umbral magnitude of 1.1507.
A lunar eclipse allegedly occurs when our Moon (Luna, Soma, Chandra) moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow.
Buddhist Lunar Observance
Holy Family: Rahula, the Buddha, and Ananda
An Uposatha (Pali uposatha, Sanskrit Upavasatha) day is a Buddhist day of special observance, in existence since before the Buddha's time (600 BCE), and still kept today by Theravada Buddhist practitioners [1, 2]. The Buddha taught that the Fasting Day is for "the cleansing of the defiled mind/heart," resulting in inner calm and joy [3]. On this lunar day, both lay and monastic members of the spiritual community (sangha) intensify their practice, deepen their knowledge of the Teachings, and express communal commitment through millennia-old acts of lay-monastic reciprocity. On these days, lay Buddhists make a conscious effort to keep the Five Precepts or (as the tradition suggests) the Ten Precepts. It is a day for practicing the Buddha's Teachings and meditation. More
Trump, what blackmail does Bibi have on you?
Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller.
The Dharmic religions have a different reason for eclipses, noting the existence of another planetoid object, Rahu. Of course, our Sun and Moon are also local and chasing after each other in the sky, as the CIA found in published and subsequently declassified texts. But the West scoffs at all that, insisting the cockamamie story the news tells us is the truth, the only truth, and the whole truth with nothing else being possible. Any "scientist" foolish enough to believe such claims is doing little to serve her or his science and its ideals. But who dares to stand up to the consensus reality until the herd does?
Why do Zionist Jews love war and blood?
The Moon's apparent diameter will be near the average diameter because it will occur 6.7 days after perigee (on Feb. 24, 2026, at 18:15 UTC) and 6.9 days before apogee (on March 10, 2026, at 9:45 UTC) [2].
This lunar eclipse will be the third of an almost tetrad, with the others being on March 14, 2025 (total); Sept. 8, 2025 (total); and Aug. 28, 2026 (partial). During the eclipse, the Moon will occult NGC 3423 over North America.
Deep-sky objects are rarely occulted during a total eclipse from any given spot on Earth [3]: 161. This eclipse will fall on the Lantern Festival, the first since Feb. 11, 2017. More
I give up, Bibi. Don't expose me. I'll do anything. I don't want to go to prison for my sex crimes.
Stand in (body double) has wrong teeth, wrong eyes, wrong manners, wrong face, wrong energy, and signs autographs with wrong hand, since the real Jim Carrey is lefthanded, but who cares about details?
Hideous monstrous transformation of fat Kelly Osbourne as tall freakish Ozempic face scare
Rightwing Rock Feed tries to defend Sharon Osbourne, daughter, Ozzy
(The Daily Show) Jon Stewartdares to criticize Warlord Bibi Netanyahu, his b**ch boy Doni Trump and all the nice, hardworking folks at the CIA, Shin Bet, Pentagon, Mossad, and the collective we lovingly call the "military-industrial complex" our U.S. War Machine depends on to churn the economy and give our fiat currency its meaning. Ask the Ashkenazi Rothschilds.
(Samantha Lux) Epstein's creepy trans fascination: Ava Cordero's story
Epstein says: Donald Trump [sodomized] "Bubba," a name for a horse and for Bill "Bubba" Clinton, on video, which served as blackmail for intel agencies Epstein and Maxwell served (Mossad, KGB, et al.) when Trump almost certainly preferred incest:
You talked me into it, right? - Yes, me, I did it.
Israel routinely kills Jews using the Hannibal Directive, and it tests, threatens, and drops nukes as it wishes using the Samson Option. Trump says, "Make the Middle East Greater Israel," which is hard to fit on his Made in China red caps.
Remind me, Sheldon. What was it Mel Gibson said 2006 when he was arrested by LASD for DUI?
You mean when he pointed out that Israel causes all the wars, Sandy? They are the great arms dealer after all.
That, too, but Gibson was pointing out that out-of-control Zionist elements in American intel (not just the CIA but the NSA, NSC, DARPA, Pentagon, Trilateral Commission, and other secretive alphabet agencies) and Israeli intel (the multinational CIA and local Mossad and Shin Bet), with the help and collusion of Mi6 (British intel) and other collaborators are all over this operation to set up a Western empire in the geopolitical Middle East currently called "Greater Israel."
Oh, that's right. And most peace activists aren't even aware of what's going on, relying as so many of us do on Israeli psyops, slants, and propaganda projects reported by National Jewish Radio aka NPR.org.
But, Sandy, I thought NJR, oh sorry I mean NPR was so "fair and balanced," like FOX News.
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