09.01.2025 - Kenneth Patchen and falsity etc. / Henry Miller in 1932 and "to dare it to say all" etc.

dali48 and private teaching since 8/1983, menaced since 1989, and writing diary & books and photographing in Erkrath till 5/2010

see dali48 and "I think - therefore I am" etc. (Descartes)

Each day is our whole life - from sunrise to sunset etc… (dali48) 

see dali48 and "Zen finds religion in the daily activities." (I-tuan) 

Let go of something you like, and realize how fleeting it is by living without it... (Ayya Khema) 

Buddha realized that all living beings suffer because they desire and cling ... - Peace is an inner attitude to life that consists of letting go and renunciation (see e.g. nuns & monks etc. - d.48) ... (Buddha) 

„Das Leben im Daseinskreislauf ist leidvoll: Geburt ist Leiden, Altern ist Leiden, Krankheit ist Leiden, Tod ist Leiden; Kummer, Lamentieren, Schmerz und Verzweiflung sind Leiden." (Buddha)

see dali48 and own experiences and reading & writing about Kübler-Ross, Moody, NDE, LAL etc. 

Hands that help are holier than lips that pray! (Robert Green Ingersoll) 

see dali48 and Climate Change since Copenhagen 2009 etc. - "Uncontrolled capitalism is producing evil - as bees are producing honey" etc.

see dali48 and reading & writing about peace etc. - see e.g. Zen and Buddhism & Peace & Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Ayya Khema etc, and St Nicholas, St Hildegard, St Francis etc. (dali48)

see dali48 and eating less meat, and more fruits & veggies since the 80s etc.

Homeopathy of S. Hahnemann (ca. 200 years old) should be updated, - i.e. for me more Mother tincture & less shaking, and why is there no homeopathic vaccination? - see "similibus" principle etc. (dali48)

see dali48 and "I hope that Biontech (formerly in Mainz, now in London) & #mRNA #vaccines etc. - will develop a vaccination against cancer etc."

see dali48 and Vollgeld-Initiative & Basic Income in Europe etc. - instead of Banking Crisis 2008 etc.

I also like weeping willow trees - e.g. when I was on camping vacation in the 80s in France & Spain, I had my lunch (fish soup) under such a tree (that was like a tent) in the park of Bordeaux etc. (dali48)

see dali48 and "flora & fauna" since ca. 2000, and deforestation instead of planting trees etc

see dali48 and trees and "flora & fauna" and healthy air etc..

see dali48 and Bread - instead of fire-works harming animals, pets etc.

see dali48 and Democracy & human rights & gender justice etc.

Biography

dali48 was born in SHA in 1948 ... high school diploma in 1968, High School St. Michael ... Military Service in 1968/69 ... Studies in Tübingen in Anglistik, American Studies, Sports Science in 1970, etc ... Touraine Institute in Tours, French course in 1971 ... Conversation Classes, University of Leeds in 1972/73 ... FGYO/SIT, Language Teacher in Tübingen and Lenzkirch (Black Forest) in 1975/76 ... Assistant Teacher in London, High County for Girls, and Beal Grammar for Boys in 1975 ... Intensive Course in Latin, University of Saarbrücken in 1976 ... Latinum in Bensheim in 1976 ... Institute of Japanese Studies in Tübingen in 1977 ... English and Japanese in Kurosaki in Japan 1978 ... GFBA / Bonn, Teacher, German as foreign language for Vietnamese students of the ship "Cap Anamur" in Künzelsau in 1979/80 ... VBW in Ellwangen, Teacher, German as foreign language for Eritreans, Ethiopians in 1981 ... Private tuition and tutor for dyslexia in SHA, 1982/83 ... Erkrath, 8/1983 - 5/2010, Private Teacher for English, German, French, Latin, Mathematics ... Abacus in Solingen, Teacher in 1999 ... A phase of alternative therapies, 1983 - ca. 2008 ... dali48 lives as an author and private teacher in 41189 Wickrath, retired since 6/2013 etc.

Bilder

diary 3: by dali48 on twitter : Dali, 48: Amazon.de: Bücher

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ediary4 by dali48 : Greiner, Wolfgang G.: Amazon.de: Bücher

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03.09.2007 - Interpretation of dali48 

Every realm of society is permeated with falsity! - What survives, what is upheld, what is defended to the last ditch, is the lie! ... - I have no money, no ressources, no hopes, I the happiest man alive ... - Nothing is as terrible as not feeling loved by one's mother, and feeling no love for her ... - His inability to confront his mother was translated into a passive aggression that affected his relationship with other women ... - Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. - What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy and strength ... (K. Patchen)

If there were a man who dared to say all that he has thought of this world - he would not have a yard left to assert himself ... (H. Miller, 1932)

Kenneth Patchen - Wikipedia

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Kenneth Patchen (December 13, 1911 – January 8, 1972) was an American poet and novelist. He experimented with different forms of writing and incorporated ...

Died‎: ‎January 8, 1972 (aged 60); ‎Palo Alto, Ca...

Born‎: ‎December 13, 1911; ‎Niles, Ohio

‎Early years · ‎Career · ‎Musical collaborations ... · ‎Critical response

Henry Miller - Wikipedia

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Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American writer. He was ..... A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller, 1932–1953, San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. ISBN 0-15-152729-6 ...

Died‎: ‎June 7, 1980 (aged 88); ‎Pacific Palisades, ...

Born‎: ‎Henry Valentine Miller; December 26, 18...

Genre‎: ‎Roman à clef‎, ‎philosophical fiction

Notable works‎: ‎Tropic of Cancer‎; ‎Black Spring‎; .

09.01.2025 - Western Buddhism & D. T. Suzuki, C. Jung, H. Hesse, J. Kerouac, A. Watts, Thích Nhất Hạnh & Little Buddha, Seven Years in Tibet etc.

dali48 and playing chess and stopping smoking as a sports student in Tübingen in the 70s etc.

see dali48 and "I think - therefore I am" etc. (Descartes)

Each day is our whole life - from sunrise to sunset etc… (dali48) 

see dali48 and "Zen finds religion in the daily activities." (I-tuan) 

Let go of something you like, and realize how fleeting it is by living without it... (Ayya Khema) 

Buddha realized that all living beings suffer because they desire and cling ... - Peace is an inner attitude to life that consists of letting go and renunciation (see e.g. nuns & monks etc. - d.48) ... (Buddha) 

„Das Leben im Daseinskreislauf ist leidvoll: Geburt ist Leiden, Altern ist Leiden, Krankheit ist Leiden, Tod ist Leiden; Kummer, Lamentieren, Schmerz und Verzweiflung sind Leiden." (Buddha)

see dali48 and own experiences and reading & writing about Kübler-Ross, Moody, NDE, LAL etc. 

Hands that help are holier than lips that pray! (Robert Green Ingersoll) 

see dali48 and Climate Change since Copenhagen 2009 etc. - "Uncontrolled capitalism is producing evil - as bees are producing honey" etc.

see dali48 and reading & writing about peace etc. - see e.g. Zen and Buddhism & Peace & Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Ayya Khema etc, and St Nicholas, St Hildegard, St Francis etc. (dali48)

see dali48 and eating less meat, and more fruits & veggies since the 80s etc.

Homeopathy of S. Hahnemann (ca. 200 years old) should be updated, - i.e. for me more Mother tincture & less shaking, and why is there no homeopathic vaccination? - see "similibus" principle etc. (dali48)

see dali48 and "I hope that Biontech (formerly in Mainz, now in London) & #mRNA #vaccines etc. - will develop a vaccination against cancer etc."

see dali48 and Vollgeld-Initiative & Basic Income in Europe etc. - instead of Banking Crisis 2008 etc.

I also like weeping willow trees - e.g. when I was on camping vacation in the 80s in France & Spain, I had my lunch (fish soup) under such a tree (that was like a tent) in the park of Bordeaux etc. (dali48)

see dali48 and "flora & fauna" since ca. 2000, and deforestation instead of planting trees etc

see dali48 and trees and "flora & fauna" and healthy air etc..

see dali48 and Bread - instead of fire-works harming animals, pets etc.

see dali48 and Democracy & human rights & gender justice etc.

Bilder

diary 3: by dali48 on twitter : Dali, 48: Amazon.de: Bücher

Amazon

ediary4 by dali48 : Greiner, Wolfgang G.: Amazon.de: Bücher

Amazon

Western Buddhism has its roots - in the Western concept of free thought and secular humanism... - Shakya has criticized this industry as the publication of Buddhist books has uprooted small forests - and consequently killed 1000s of insects (and other animals) ... 

Buddhism in the West - Wikipedia

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Buddhism in the West (or more narrowly Western Buddhism) broadly encompasses the knowledge and practice of Buddhism outside of Asia in the Western world. ... The first Westerners to become Buddhists were Greeks who settled in Bactria and India during the Hellenistic period.

‎Pre-Modern history · ‎19th century · ‎20th century · ‎Contemporary Western ...

There was little contact between the Western and Asian cultures during most of the Middle Ages, but the early modern rise of global trade and mercantilism, improved navigation technology and the European colonization of Asian Buddhist countries led to increased knowledge of Buddhism among Westerners.

During the 20th century, there was growth in Western Buddhism due to various factors such as immigration, globalization, the decline of Christianity and increased interest among Westerners.

Main articles: Buddhism and Christianity and Buddhist influences on Christianity

The famous travel writer Marco Polo (1254–1324) wrote much about Buddhism, its rites and customs, in places such as Khotan, China and Sri Lanka.

Catholic missionaries in Asia especially criticized the Buddhist view of rebirth, "idol worship" and denial of the immortality of the soul or a first cause.^[21]

This era also saw Western philosophers taking note of Buddhism. These included the influential German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, who read about Buddhism and other Indian religions, and praised their way of life in his works as the highest ideal.^[27][28] Schopenhauer later claimed that Buddhism was the "best of all possible religions."^[29]

There are frequent mentions of Buddhism in the work of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who praised Buddhism in his 1895 work The Anti-Christ, calling it "a hundred times more realistic than Christianity" because it is atheistic, phenomenalistic, and anti-metaphysical.^[33]

In 1897, the Japanese Zen philosopher D. T. Suzuki came to the United States to work and study with Paul Carus. Suzuki was the single-most important person in popularizing Zen Buddhism in the West.^[46] 

The reprint of 1935 carried a commentary from Carl Jung.

During the 20th century the German writer Hermann Hesse showed great interest in Eastern religions, writing a popular book entitled Siddhartha.

Those Westerners disaffected with the materialistic values of consumer culture and traditional Christianity (such as the beat generation and later the hippies), as well as those interested a more sober altered state of consciousness or psychedelic experience, were drawn to eastern religions like Buddhism during this period (this is known as the "Zen boom").^[73] Influential literary figures include the American writers Jack Kerouac (The Dharma Bums and The Scripture of the Golden Eternity) and Gary Snyder as well as the British writer Alan Watts (The Way of Zen).

Kapleau wrote his seminal work The Three Pillars of Zen in 1965, which addressed the actual practice of Zen and the experiences which result.^[75]

In 1959, a Japanese teacher, Shunryu Suzuki, arrived in San Francisco. At the time of Suzuki's arrival, Zen had become a hot topic among some groups in the United States, especially beatniks.

The German Jesuit priest Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle became one of the foremost teachers to embrace Zen alongside Roman Catholic Christianity.^[82]

In the 50s and 60s, non-Japanese Brazilians sought out Buddhism influenced partly by translations of the works of DT Suzuki.^[70]

In 1982, the popular Vietnamese Buddhist teacher and peace activist Thích Nhất Hạnh founded the Plum Village Monastery in Dordogne, France which, along with his hundreds of publications, has helped spread interest in Engaged Buddhism and Vietnamese Thiền (Zen).

Chogyam Trungpa, later under the guidance of the Karmapa (Rangjung Rigpe Dorje), established institutions in the United States such as Naropa Institute and developed innovative teachings (Shambala training, introduced in 1977) which he saw as suited for Westerners.^[93] 

Another controversial and successful figure in bringing Buddhism to the West is Lama Ole Nydahl. They were wild hippies when he and his wife Hannah Nydahl first met the 16th Karmapa in 1969.

Perhaps the most widely visible Buddhist teacher in the west is the much-travelled Tenzin Gyatso, the current Dalai Lama, who first visited the United States in 1979. As the exiled political leader of Tibet, he is now a popular cause célèbre in the west. His early life was depicted in glowing terms in Hollywood films such as Kundun and Seven Years in Tibet. 

Tibetan Lamas and their Western students also worked to translate and publish Tibetan Buddhist texts, establishing publishers such as Wisdom Publications and Shambala Publications.

Demographically as a convert religion, Western Buddhism appeals more to whites and to the middle and upper-middle classes as well as to the politically left wing and to those who live in urban areas.^[108]

Shambhala was founded by controversial lama Chögyam Trungpa.^[128] He taught authentic Buddhist teachings within a modern-day context by making a clear distinction between the cultural aspects of Tibetan Buddhism and the fundamental teachings of Buddhism.

Hollywood movies such as Kundun, Little Buddha and Seven Years in Tibet have had considerable commercial success.^[146]

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Biography of dali48

dali48 was born in SHA in 1948... Baccalaureate 1968, High School at St. Michael... Military Service in 1968/69... Studies in Tubingen, Anglistik / American Studies / Sports Science, 1970, etc... Institute Tourraine / French course, Tours in 1971... Conversation Classes, University of Leeds 1972 / 73... FGYO / SIT, Language Teacher, 1975/76 in Tubingen and Lenzkirch (Black Forest)... Assistant Teacher, London 1975, High County for Girls, and Beal Grammar for Boys... Intensive Course in Latin, University of Saarbrucken in 1976... Latinum, Bensheim 1976... Institute of Japanese Studies, Tubingen, 1977... English and Japanese studies in Kurosaki, Japan 1978... GFBA / Bonn, Teacher, German as foreign language for Vietnamese students of the ship "Cap Anamur", Künzelsau, 1979/80... VBW / Ellwangen, Teacher, German as foreign language for Eritreans / Ethiopians, 1981... Private tuition and tutor for dyslexia, SHA in 1982/83... Erkrath, 8/1983 - 5/2010 Private Teacher for English / German / French / Latin / Mathematics... Abacus / Solingen, Teacher 1999... A phase of alternative therapies, 1983 - ca. 2008, etc... dali48 lives since 6/2010 as an author and private teacher in 41189 Wickrath, retired since 6/2013 etc.