[Book] Timo Schmitz: “A Divinely Way to Philosophy, Vol. 2” NEW EDITION!

This book contains selected articles in English language by Timo Schmitz, which were reviewed and (if necessary) updated for this edition. They include mainly political and philosophical topics, but also display his seek for God and understanding the Creation. In the second volume, he presents his insights on Judaism and indigenous religions. Besides his series

The desire for purity

Fill the whole heart with the words of God. They are the living water, quenching your burning thirst. They are the living bread from heaven. […] As we meditate upon the perfections of the Saviour, we shall desire to be wholly transformed and renewed in the image of His purity. […] The Bible was not

Friendships among people of different sexes are possible!

“There will probably be no friendship between boys and girls that consists only of playing chess together, talking and eating ice cream together. At some point it will come to the first physical touch, the first kiss, and it is very likely that it will not stop there if both are healthy and developed normally.”

The relation of consciousness and mind – a first approach

On the question, whether there is an ego or not, I have always expressed the working together of the Platonic and Chasidic view that the “I” is expressed through the soul, and the Buddhist anatta. How does this work together? At first, we have a self-identity, because we can speak of ourselves, so there is

Is Atheism an expression of Luxury?

“Anyone who explicitly professes atheism risks to get in need to explain and justify his position, life perspectives and values […]. In this respect he is a very interesting and inspiring dialogue partner for Christians. Much more common today than this atheism of conviction, however, is a tacit, speechless atheism for which the question of

[Buchauszug] Sind die Drei Lehren wirklich eins?

„Die drei Lehren sind eins“. Wenn Sie diesen Satz lesen erwarten Sie jetzt sicher einen Namen von jemandem, der dies eins sagte. Tatsächlich handelt es sich hierbei aber nicht um ein deutsches, sondern um ein chinesisches Zitat. Versuchen wir es also zu übersetzen. Am nächsten an der deutschen Übersetzung ist das chinesische „Sānjiào yī“ （三教一）.

Basic Introduction into Lojong – Part 2: Bodhicitta

Based on Chapter Chapter 12 “Lojong” of my book Buddhism for Overthinkers. Trier & Vachendorf: Buddha TS Publishing, 2018. [formerly known as : Rationalism versus Spiritualism and Atheism versus Polytheism in Buddhism. Berlin: epubli, 2015.] The need of this training is very clear. Our mind works very ‘ego-centered’ and of course there is a contradiction between

Basic Introduction into Lojong – Part 1: Background knowledge

Based on Chapter Chapter 12 “Lojong” of my book Buddhism for Overthinkers. Trier & Vachendorf: Buddha TS Publishing, 2018. [formerly known as : Rationalism versus Spiritualism and Atheism versus Polytheism in Buddhism. Berlin: epubli, 2015.] Lojong (བློ་སྦྱོང་ , blo sbyong) is a practice from Vajrayana, and thus from Tibetan Buddhism. It is often translated as ‘mind training’. The practice itself was

[Buchauszug] Der Chondoismus aus buddhistischer Perspektive

Der Chondoismus, auch Ch’ŏndoismus (천도교, Ch’ŏndogyo) ist eine einheimische Religion in Korea, wobei die meisten Anhänger im Norden (DVRK) wohnen. In den nordkoreanischen Medien wird sie als Nationalreligion bezeichnet und hat sogar eine Chondoistische Partei, aber auch in Südkorea hat der Chondoismus geschichtliche Relevanz. Auf Koreanisch wird er als Ch’ŏndogyo, also „Lehre des himmlischen Weges“

[Plautdietsch] Identität en Europa

Von Timo Schmitz Maun jefinjt twee Formen von Identität: (1) de iejene Identiät un (2) de Identiät von aundra Menschen. Uk kaun maun Identität unjascheeden tweschen (i) Persoonen un (ii) Gruppen. Aulso kaun een Mensch zikj aus een bestemte Persoon identifizieren, oba dee aundra Menschen identifizieren disa Mensch aundrasch. Daut kjenn aulsoo een groot Unterscheet