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  • I translate Chinese language Buddhist and Daoist texts into English for the Richard Hunn Association for Ch’an Study (RHACS), and the International Ch’an Buddhism Institute (ICBI). I also write academic articles and carryout translations for the Buddhist-Marxism Alliance (UK). I am known as '陳恒豫' (Chan Hung Yaw) in the Chinese community, and as I spent time as a Ch'an Buddhist monk – I am also known by the ordination name of ' 釋大道' (Shi Da Dao). My family is Anglo-Chinese with a Hakka ethnic influence – this can be observed through the practice of our family martial art - which is preserved at the Ch’an Dao Martial Arts Association. My two daughters are called Mei-An - 美 (mei3) 安 (an1) = ‘Beautiful Contemplation’ - and Kai-Lin - 凱 (kai3) 琳 (lin2) = ‘Peaceful (Jade) Forest’, and am married to Gee Wyles (Buddhist name: Upasika Yukyern).
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  • 'Master Teh Ch'eng arrived at Hua Ting in the Hsiu Chou district. He sailed a small boat, adjusted himself to circumstances and passed his days receiving visitors from the four quarters. At the time, as no one knew of his erudition, he was called the Boat Monk.

    One day, (Ch'an master Teh Ch'eng), stopped by the river bank and sat idle in his boat. An official (who was passing) asked him: 'What does the Venerable Sir do?' The master held up the paddle, saying: 'Do you understand this?' The official replied: 'I do not.' The master said: 'I have been rowing and stirring the clear water, but a golden fish is rarely found.

    (Ch'an And Zen Teachings First Series-By Charles Luk, Page 123).

    If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all; then we shall experience no petty, limited, selfish joy, but our happiness will belong to millions, our deeds will live on quietly but perpetually at work, and over our ashes will be shed the hot tears of noble people.

    Marx, Letter to His Father (1837)

    The Marxist doctrine is omnipotent because it is true. It is comprehensive and harmonious, and provides men with an integral world outlook irreconcilable with any form of superstition, reaction, or defence of bourgeois oppression. It is the legitimate successor to the best that man produced in the nineteenth century, as represented by German philosophy, English political economy and French socialism.

    Lenin, The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism (1913)

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