Bodhicitta

Communist techniques for 'fundamentally transforming' a nation. Be sure to watch the five minute video from a KGB defector at the bottom of article: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/_the_left_is_following_communisms_playbook_for_revolution_.html

Master Hua

The famous past life event of Buddha when he, as Prince Mahasattva, gave his body to a starving tigress is told in prose and verse in chapter 18. Buddha gives the karmic links of the major persons involved in that event at the end of the chapter:

Chapter Four is useful.

A much revered sutra filled with blessings & merit for those who recite, copy, memorize and share it with others: https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/teachers/zopa/advice/pdf/sutragoldenlight0207lttr.pdf

The value and power of faith, from Avatamsaka Sutra, ch. 39:

No techie am I, but for persons, keep their email & snail addresses in your Contacts file. For websites, make bookmarks & favorites. I never used or joined Twitter, Facebook etc.

A founder wants government to do it - will it happen? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/opinion/sunday/chris-hughes-facebook-zuckerberg.html

Twas only an unpaid advisory position but he is an irritant to many, so off with his head. https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2019/05/iconoclasm-profanity-roger-scruton-sacking-paul-krause.html

A patriot for Venezuela whose family has had to flee Soviet, Cuban, then Venezuela's Communism: [only 10 min. video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdLJBVkL3RU&feature=youtu.be

The rest of Porphyry's comments on stage two of virtues:

Part of Porphyry's comments based four stages of virtue from his Master Plotinus' teachings. The passages in quote marks are from the Enneads.

If I had to pick one Mahayana text that covers every aspect of doctrine, path & results, I would suggest this one - in Sanskrit titled Mahayanasutralamkara. There are two excellent English translations, with commentaries. It is a large book with the commentaries, but those comments are needed to clarify many verses. One came out in 2014 done by the Dharmachakra translation group and the other from the Padmakara translators just came out late in 2018. The root text was taught to Asanga (a bodhisattva of the 5th century) by Maitreya a 10th stage bodhisattva, who will become in the distant future our next Buddha. Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sutras is the title of the Dharmachakra version. The Padmakara version is called A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle. Both are in epub versions also.

The Prime Minister of Poland addresses a Victims of Communism gathering: https://youtu.be/ikDyiTGPf-o

I used to visit that site often, but do not recall if they included Sri Jnanadeva's long yet profound commentary. Here is one translation by Yardi that is online: https://estudantedavedanta.net/Jnaneshwari.pdf