Religion Chapter
Ryan Merkle QMRThelema (/θəˈliːmə/) is a religion based on a philosophical law of the same name, adopted as a central tenet by some religious organizations. The law of Thelema is "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Love is the law, love under will." The law of Thelema was developed in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley, an English writer and ceremonial magician.[2] He believed himself to be the prophet of a new age, the Æon of Horus, based upon a spiritual experience that he and his wife, Rose Edith, had in Egypt in 1904.[3] By his account, a possibly non-corporeal or "praeterhuman" being that called itself Aiwass contacted him and dictated a text known as The Book of the Law or Liber AL vel Legis, which outlined the principles of Thelema.[4] An adherent of Thelema is a Thelemite.
The nirmānakāya of an awoken-field is what is generally known and understood as a mandala. The opening and closing of the ring (Sanskrit: maṇḍala) is an active prayer. An active prayer is a mindful activity, an activity in which mindfulness is not just cultivated but is.[64] A common prayer is "May the merit of my practice, adorn Buddhas' Pure Lands, requite the fourfold kindness from above, and relieve the suffering of the three life-journeys below. Universally wishing sentient beings, Friends, foes, and karmic creditors, all to activate the bodhi mind, and all to be reborn in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss." (願以此功德 莊嚴佛淨土 上報四重恩 下濟三途苦 普願諸眾生 冤親諸債主 悉發菩提心 同生極樂國)[65]
Thelema[edit]
Many Thelemites recite "Resh" (Liber Resh vel Helios, or "Liber CC") facing the direction of the ever present sun as it rises in the East, triumphs in the South, sets in the West, and "hides" in the North. Photo shows a close-up of the Stele of Revealing .
In Thelema (a religion or system of philosophy[83] that includes both theist as well as atheist practitioners) adherents share a number of practices that are forms of individual prayer, including basic yoga; (asana and pranayama); various forms of ritual magick; rituals of one's own devising (often based upon a syncretism of religions, or Western Esotericism, such as the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram and Star Ruby); and performance of Liber Resh vel Helios (aka Liber 200), which consists of four daily adorations to the sun (often consisting of 4 hand/body positions and recitation of a memorized song, normally spoken, addressing different godforms identified with the sun).[84]
Ryan Merkle Duty is described as "A note on the chief rules of practical conduct to be observed by those who accept the Law of Thelema."[79] It is not a numbered "Liber" as are all the documents which Crowley intended for A∴A∴, but rather listed as a document intended specifically for Ordo Templi Orientis.[79] There are four sections:[80]
A. Your Duty to Self: describes the self as the center of the universe, with a call to learn about one's inner nature. Admonishes the reader to develop every faculty in a balanced way, establish one's autonomy, and to devote oneself to the service of one's own True Will.
B. Your Duty to Others: An admonishment to eliminate the illusion of separateness between oneself and all others, to fight when necessary, to avoid interfering with the Wills of others, to enlighten others when needed, and to worship the divine nature of all other beings.
C. Your Duty to Mankind: States that the Law of Thelema should be the sole basis of conduct. That the laws of the land should have the aim of securing the greatest liberty for all individuals. Crime is described as being a violation of one's True Will.
D. Your Duty to All Other Beings and Things: States that the Law of Thelema should be applied to all problems and used to decide every ethical question. It is a violation of the Law of Thelema to use any animal or object for a purpose for which it is unfit, or to ruin things so that they are useless for their purpose. Natural resources can be used by man, but this should not be done wantonly, or the breach of the law will be avenged.
Ryan Merkle QMRWhen the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts is a 2006 documentary film directed by Spike Lee about the devastation of New Orleans, Louisiana due to the failure of the levees during Hurricane Katrina. It was filmed in late August and early September 2005, and premiered at the New Orleans Arena on August 16, 2006 and was first aired on HBO the following week. The television premiere aired in two parts on August 21 and 22, 2006 on HBO. It has been described by Sheila Nevins, chief of HBO's documentary unit, as "one of the most important films HBO has ever made."[1] The title is a reference to the blues tune, "When the Levee Breaks", by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie, about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
Ryan Merkle QMRThe four national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian and Romansh.[2] All but Romansh maintain equal status as official languages at the national level within the Federal Administration of the Swiss Confederation.[
Buddhism Chapter
QMRForms of birth[edit]
In traditional Buddhist thought, there are four forms of birth:[2][3]
birth from an egg (Sanskrit: Andaja; Pali: Aṇḍaja; Chinese: 卵生; Standard Tibetan: Sgongskyes)—like a bird, fish, or reptile;
birth from a womb (Sanskrit: Jarayuja; Pali: Jalābuja; Chinese: 胎生; Standard Tibetan: Mnal-skyes)—like most mammals and some worldly devas;
birth from moisture (Sanskrit: Samsvedaja; Pali: Saṃsedaja; Chinese: 濕生; Standard Tibetan: Drod-skyes)—probably referring to the appearance of animals whose eggs are microscopic, like maggots appearing in rotting flesh;
birth by transformation (Sanskrit: Upapaduka; Pali: Opapatika; Chinese: 化生; Standard Tibetan: Rzus-skyes)—miraculous materialization, as with most devas.
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Buddhists describe the 16 aspects of the Four Noble Truths. 16 squares is the quadrant model. Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths. 16 aspects of the four Noble Truths is four aspects per Truth. That is the four quadrants of the quadrant model.
Buddha turning the Wheel of Dharma for the first time
Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths (Wyl. bdag med rnam pa bcu drug or bden chung bcu drug)
Suffering
1. Suffering (Tib. སྡུག་བསྔལ་བ་, Skt. duḥkha)
2. Impermanence (Tib. མི་རྟག་པ་, Skt. anitya)
3. Emptiness (Tib. སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་, Skt. śūnyatā)
4. Selflessness (Tib. བདག་མེད་པ་, Skt. anātmaka)
Origination
5. Cause (Tib. རྒྱུ་, Skt. hetu)
6. Origination (Tib. ཀུན་འབྱུང་, Skt.samudaya)
7. Intense Arising (Tib. རབ་སྐྱེས་, Skt. prabhava)
8. Condition (Tib. རྐྱེན་, Skt. pratyaya)
Cessation
9. Peace (Tib. ཞི་བ་, Skt. śānta)
10. Cessation (Tib. འགོག་པ་, Skt. nirodha)
11. Perfection (Tib. གྱ་ནོམ་པ་, Skt. praṇīta)
12. True Deliverance or Renunciation (Tib. ངེས་འབྱུང་, Skt. niḥsaraṇa; Tib. nges 'byung)
Path
13. Path (Tib. ལམ་, Skt. mārga)
14. Appropriate (Tib. རིགས་པ་, Skt. nyāya)
15. Effective (Tib. སྒྲུབས་པ་, Skt. pratipatti)
16. Truly Delivering (Tib. ངེས་འབྱིན་པ་, Skt. nairyāṇika)
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