Bhikkhu Bodhi is probably the most famous American Buddhist monk. He has accomplished very significant translation work of the Buddha’s words, into English and he has written many good books.
In my correspondence with him below, I was trying to get him to see how we have been lied to about WW II, such as Stalin’s planned attack against Germany and all of Europe. He stubbornly refused to look at true history, relying upon Wikipedia, which is a ridiculously biased and superficial source.
I corresponded with Paul Eisen in England about this, who is Jewish and awake to the truth of WW II. The emails from the three of us are below, in order.
After this, Bhikkhu Bodhi lost a lot of credibility as he still strongly promotes a woman’s right to choose, with regard to abortion. Buddhist monks are opposed to abortion and it is a disrobing offense to advise a woman to have an abortion if any woman acts on it and does get an abortion.
In 2016, Bhikkhu Bodhi also came out strongly in favour of voting for Hillary Clinton and he strongly criticized Donald Trump. He was also condemned for that, as monks are not supposed to get involved in such politics and tell people how to vote. He is a typical leftist in his thinking and he has probably influenced millions of people with his views.
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Brian Ruhe wrote:
>> Dear Very Venerable Bhikkhi Bodhi,
>> I don’t write to you often because I have so much respect
>> for you and your time. You gave me your essay, “Does
>> Rebirth Make Sense” for my book in 2010, thanks! It’s “A
>> Short Walk on An Ancient Path.”
>> I have been a devoted follower of you for 20 years and in
>> my 400 YouTube videos I have always praised your work. I
>> support you now with your Tricycle article where some
>> people, like Ajahn Thanissaro, criticize your views on
>> possibly supporting a just war.
>> I saw Ajahn Thanissaro on Saturday at his Bellingham, WA
>> weekend retreat. I spoke to him privately about my new
>> career direction, which I would like to ask for your
>> guidance about. I am combining dhamma with my interest in
>> geopolitical concerns and as of July 26th, I have
>> publicly come out of the closet on my YouTube videos at
>> the Brian Ruhe channel. Ajahn discouraged me from getting
>> into politics but he didn’t change my mind. Then he
>> mentioned you, and that he didn’t agree with your views
>> because it breaks the first precept. I have known Ajahn
>> Thanissaro and he has known me personally, for 12 years
>> but we have never been “friends.” He’s not warm and
>> friendly to me but he’s like that with others too.
>>
>> I read your Tricycle article and I agree mostly with what
>> you say. But there is one surprising plot twist!
>>
>> It is the revisionist history of World War II. I know
>> this deeply and I have had experiences leading me to
>> believe that I was a Nazi in Germany in my previous life.
>> But my knowledge is based on the study of evidence I
>> have done over the past 20 years, in this life. You
>> stated that particularly the events in Nazi Germany in
>> 1939 – 1941 may have justified a just war against them. I
>> think 95% of the population would agree with that but
>> it’s not true. Now the truth is coming out. We have all
>> been lied to about Adolf Hitler and National Socialist
>> Germany. The standard view is wrong and very unfair to
>> the German people. There is all kinds of evidence for
>> this and we call this the revisionist view. I follow the
>> Institute for Historical Review in CA and their website
>> is ihr.org <http://ihr.org> . I recommend it.
>>
>> So much true evidence has been publish over the past 30
>> years. Particularly, in the attachment I have made, more
>> accessible evidence has come out, on the Internet just in
>> the past two years. I appreciate that you are Jewish and
>> if you haven’t studied the history beyond our mainstream
>> media you probably have difficulty following my logic.
>>
>> It is not humanly possible in one email or one
>> conversation to explain all this evidence but you can
>> find it easily on Google or YouTube with just a few key
>> words, or with my attachment. Since you are such a
>> famous, influential Theravadin teacher, I feel a
>> responsibility to you as my senior sangha member to tell
>> you about this little known, suppressed truth. I
>> respectfully request that you not repeat the constantly
>> repeated criticism of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany
>> because these are lies that have been fed to us for 80
>> years. It is wrong to repeat things that are not true.
>> Please know the truth for yourself first. And this is an
>> amazing topic to study and it’s importance is obvious!
>>
>> I am critical of the Rothschild Zionists and I believe
>> they have been behind these conflicts. You can see YouTube videos about that. I believe that the Rothschilds
>> and their clique are the major power influencing our
>> Western governments, banking, media, etc. and I agree
>> with your brilliant video on “Occupy Wall Street.” I do
>> not believe that the Jewish people are responsible for
>> what the Rothschilds are doing and I feel that
>> anti-semitism is unfair and it is partially caused by
>> people not knowing the difference here.
>>
>> I will always continue to support you, Venerable Bhikkhu
>> Bodhi and I will continue to promote your teachings to my
>> followers.
>>
>> May you live long, be headache free and well, happy and
>> peaceful,
>> Brian Ruhe
Brian Ruhe author of | A Short Walk On An Ancient Path
Bhikkhu Bodhi: (date?)
>> Dear Brian,
>> Thank you for your email. I did a check out on the Institute
>> for Historical Review and I’m appalled by what I have read.
>> Wikipedia says of the organization:
>> Once a leading voice in the international movement to
>> deny the Holocaust and vindicate Hitler and the Nazi
>> regime, the Institute for Historical Review has been in
>> decline for several years. It has been unable to convene
>> a major international conference or publish its
>> Holocaust-denying/Journal of Historical Review/ since
>> 2002. Currently its activities have been limited to
>> hosting minor extremist gatherings — usually featuring a
>> speech by IHR director Mark Weber and occasionally
>> another Holocaust denier such as David Irving — and
>> operating its Web site and its e-mail list. Weber is also
>> a supporter of embattled Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel.
>> IHR’s most significant recent activity was a conference
>> it conducted together with the neo-Nazi National Alliance
>> in Sacramento, California, in April 2004.
>>
>> The Wikipedia article, which is fairly detailed, does discuss
>> IHR’s claim that they are not denying the persecution of Jews
>> in Germany but only the intentional, planned extermination of
>> 6 to 8 million Jews.
>>
>> The IHR has insisted that they do not deny the Holocaust,
>> claiming that, “The Institute does not ‘deny the
>> Holocaust.’ Every responsible scholar of twentieth
>> century history acknowledges the great catastrophe that
>> befell European Jewry during World War II. All the same,
>> the IHR has over the years published detailed books and
>> numerous probing essays that call into question aspects
>> of the orthodox Holocaust extermination story, and
>> highlight specific Holocaust exaggerations and falsehoods.”
>>
>> But the article includes a rejoinder to this claim:
>>
>> Commentators have argued, however, that the avowals by
>> the IHR that they do not deny the Holocaust are
>> misleading. Paul Rauber
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rauber> writes that:
>>
>> The question [of whether the IHR denies the Holocaust]
>> appears to turn on IHR’s Humpty-Dumpty word game with the
>> word Holocaust. According to Mark Weber, associate editor
>> of the IHR’s Journal of Historical Review [now Director
>> of the IHR], “If by the ‘Holocaust’ you mean the
>> political persecution of Jews, some scattered killings,
>> if you mean a cruel thing that happened, no one denies
>> that. But if one says that the ‘Holocaust’ means the
>> systematic extermination of six to eight million Jews in
>> concentration camps, that’s what we think there’s not
>> evidence for.” That is, IHR doesn’t deny that the
>> Holocaust happened; they just deny that the word
>> ‘Holocaust’ means what people customarily use it
>> for.^[26]
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Historical_Review#cite_note-26>
>> According to British historian of Germany Richard J.
>> Evans <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Evans>:
>> Like many individual Holocaust deniers, the Institute as
>> a body denied that it was involved in Holocaust denial.
>> It called this a ‘smear’ which was ‘completely at
>> variance with the facts’ because ‘revisionist scholars’
>> such as Faurisson, Butz ‘and bestselling British
>> historian David Irving acknowledge that hundreds of
>> thousands of Jews were killed and otherwise perished
>> during the Second World War as a direct and indirect
>> result of the harsh anti-Jewish policies of Germany and
>> its allies’. But the concession that a relatively small
>> number of Jews were killed was routinely used by
>> Holocaust deniers to distract attention from the far more
>> important fact of their refusal to admit that the figure
>> ran into the millions, and that a large proportion of
>> these victims were systematically murdered by gassing as
>> well as by shooting.
>>
>> I don’t want to pursue my inquiry into this organization
>> further and see no need to revise my view of Hitler and
>> Nazism as the most dangerous, maniacal, and destructive
>> episode in 20th century history. Since the overwhelming
>> weight of responsible opinion, so far as I can see, upholds
>> the status of IHR as Holocaust deniers, I accept this
>> opinion. I don’t want to argue the issue and this is all I
>> will say about it.
>>
>> I think you have to use discretion in your choice of friends.
>> Remember the first verse of the Mangala Sutta: /Asevanaa ca
>> baalaana.m, pa.n.ditaana.n ca sevanaa/.
>>
>> With metta,
> Bhikkhu Bodhi
>> *My mass email Sept. 25th, 2014 to my lists:*
>> *Brian Ruhe comes out of the closet, mixing Buddhism with his
>> geopolitical views*
>> Dear friends,
>> I am now revealing to everyone on my email lists that I am coming out of the closet.18 years ago this Saturday, I returned to Canada after
>> leaving the monkhood in Thailand. I have been teaching Theravada Buddhism and meditation around the greater Vancouver area for that
>> long but now, I am being an “engaged Buddhist”. I have decided to go public with my geopolitical views because this world needs a lot of
>> help and Buddhism alone isn’t enough for me to offer. I offer truth in whatever form I see it, know it or sense it. Buddhist monks have
>> precepts which do not allow them to get involved in politics but the Buddha taught that lay Buddhists like myself, can and should get
>> involved, and take care of their world. I have never represented Ajahn Sona or other Buddhist monks and I am acting on my own.
>> I have decided to make a career change. I want to have my own Internet TV show using YouTube as I now have 400 YouTube videos
>> of my own. I would like to continue with some of my Continuing Ed. courses and retreats and my own videos, plus interview all kinds
>> of guests on various truth search themes. Maybe you! I have turned my apartment into a recording studio and you can join me. Since
>> July 26th , I have already been out of the closet on YouTube with 30 new videos resisting the New World Order of the Rothschild’s,
>> talking about the higher realms and my latest video below, which I released for you yesterday:
>>
>> Don’t Donate for Cancer. Cures are Suppressed. Here’s 3 Treatments…
>> I feel that YouTube can reach out and help far more people than my night school courses. I get ten people in a class but I have about
>> 600,000 hits on my YouTube channel. People are watching it for 50 hours a day in total,
>> on average, this year. Also, videos persist for years with more and more viewers, long after a class is forgotten. The technology of education
>> has changed and I’m changing with it. I feel that this is the route to go and I encourage the monks to do the same.
>>
>> I’m also offering you a much greater variety of talks than in my same old, same old meditation classes. I am free to talk about whatever
>> I want and I am being daring, speaking truth to power. You may not agree with all of my views but if I am mistaken I will take down a
>> video and redo it. On my videos I ask people to donate to support the videos and my mission in life. There are some modest costs in setting
>> all of this up. Out of 600,000 hits I have received donations from seven people, about $100 each. Please support this new venture as it
>> does help people all over the world. You can read 2000 comments on just one of my videos alone, “What is Wrong with Buddhism”. It
>> has over 128,000 hits and people claim that it has changed their lives. Many state that they have quit going to a Mahayana temple and now
>> they are going to a Theravada vihara in their home city.
>>
>> YouTube is effective but it doesn’t pay. It’s all free and it relies upon donations to sustain it which is the 2500 year tradition of Buddhism.
>> The teachings have continued because of voluntary contributions (dana). I ask for your support. Please make a donation on the PayPal
>> button on my website, or contact me for a monthly contribution.
>>
>> Soon, my website will change to brianruhe.ca <https://brianruhe.ca> and my email address will change to brian@brianruhe.ca . I have a whole new website being built now, reflecting these changes.
>>
>> You can see more fresh new videos each week in the future, at the Brian Ruhe channel.
>> See you there.
>> Much metta, thanks,
>> Brian
>>
>> Brian Ruhe author of | A Short Walk On An Ancient Path
>>
> *and Freeing the Buddha _www.theravada.ca
On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Brian Ruhe <brian@theravada.ca
>> Dear Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi,
>>
>> It was an honour for me to receive an email from you on Sept.
>> 18th. I’m sorry if I bothered you with the link to the
>> ihr.org <http://ihr.org> . You wrote that you didn’t want to
>> discuss that anymore so that’s fine with me. I gave you some
>> space before replying and I respect your time so I don’t want
>> to write you emails too often. You are very kind to take the
>> time to write to me.
>>
>> I meant to write to you with something more important than my
>> last email. In my mass email letter below, sent Sept. 25th I
>> announced that I have come out of the closet, mixing Buddhism
>> with his geopolitical views. I want to discuss lay leadership
>> in Theravada Buddhism in general. I feel that I may be
>> channeling the Tavatimsa devas and this may be for real. I’m
>> at the receiving end so I can’t tell because I’m a poor
>> channeler. My mission, as written in /Freeing the Buddha,/is
>> to facilitate the emergence of Theravada Buddhism in the
>> West. I feel that the Tavatimsa devas are working through me
>> to help our monastics be more effective in their leadership
>> and the spread of Buddhism in the world for the benefit of
>> all. All of us humans and devas involved, have a symbiotic
>> relationship.
>>
>> For many years I have had this mission and this invocation
>> practice with Sakka’s devas but only since late July, 2014
>> has this emerged strongly in my body, speech and mind. This is
>> now evident in my Youtube videos since July 26th, 2014 and
>> this may continue indefinitely with a constant, sometimes
>> daily flow of YouTube videos produced from my home or
>> elsewhere, if I travel. This is a medium of Theravada
>> Buddhist success and anyone with a cell phone and computer
>> can do it. I choose to do it. I do not know where the channel
>> is going and I’m only as good as the channel.
>>
>> I have been doing my deva invocation practice since April of
>> 1994 when I was in Chaingmai, Thailand and I was accidentally
>> given Shambhala’s “Rose with Thorns” restricted audio tapes.
>> I have discussed this practice with Ajahn Sona several times
>> since 2002.
>>
>> Now, when my mind is clear and inspired I feel that they are
>> there, in the north, in the sky. My same visualization
>> practice of them from my book,/Freeing the Buddha/, comes up
>> in my mind spontaneously. It’s like they are tapping me on
>> the shoulder and they want me to use my human body to do
>> something. I feel that what they want and what I want to do
>> is this new mission in life that I have been describing in my
>> mass email below. I have a YouTube video, “Channeled
>> Documents” describing this in more detail. I am very open and
>> public about it and you can see it all unfolding on YouTube.
>> Maybe I could make a video linkup with you someday.
>>
>>
>> Ajahn Sona once said that Buddhist devas get together in
>> heaven and chant the suttas, while Christian devas meet a
>> short distance away and praise god. Some of our
>> supporters took rebirth in Tavatimsa heaven and also in the
>> first heaven of the Four Great Kings. I tend to work only
>> with the devas in the first two heavens but mostly with
>> Tavatimsa heaven.
>>
>> This practice picks me up but it’s not that big of a deal in
>> my mind. It might just be all in my head, I know. With regard
>> to the Tavatimsa devas, this is just the way I’ve been since
>> April of 1994. I’ve always felt this. As I state in my
>> videos, I’m very unsure if I’ve ever channeled or if any of
>> this is for real. But either way, the effect on my life is
>> the same. Now, since July, I feel a stronger presence
>> descending into my body, speech and mind. It feels great,
>> powerful, inspired and right and true. I don’t know what I’m
>> gong to be thinking five minutes into the future. This is the
>> fresh, unpredictable nature of what my future YouTube videos
>> will be about. Meaning, I don’t know.
>>
>> In Freeing the Buddha, I quote Sri Aurobindo’s warnings that
>> 9 times out of 10 the devas give mendacious advice. So, I
>> know about that and I do consider that, yes.
>>
>> My question for a monk of your calibre is, can you tell me
>> about the relationship between the devas and me/us on earth?
>> David Icke says that the reptilians, meaning nagas in
>> Buddhism (as of 2022 Brian Ruhe no longer believes this. They aren’t nagas), manifest through the Rothschild family, the British
>> Royal family and others. These are lower, first heaven devas.
>> Can the higher Tavatimsa devas help us to resist the
>> Rothschild New World Order bankers? Can we channel/ invoke
>> higher devas to ward off lower devas and their human hosts so
>> as to have a peaceful revolution on earth to topple the
>> political powers of the Rothschild NWO elite? Is this a
>> direction we should cultivate in an effort to work towards
>> peace and compassion in the world? Please give me your
>> thoughts on this, if you would Venerable.
>>
>> I do trust myself and my inspirations and I know that I put my priorities on the geopolitical search for truth, Theravada Buddhism and resisting the
>> globalists. I fan outwards from this starting point.
>>
>> Now I am at the point of connecting the dots, connecting with Theravada monks, leaders and followers. I am reaching out to the public for
>> the practical application of my mission in life. I will revise my actions accordingly and adapt, living day by day. Who will join with me?
>> Who is not interested? I ask for any advice you have for my mission in life.
>>
>> This requires lay leadership; monk leadership alone is insufficient. My idea of a power struggle involving myself struggling for power, is that I
>> sit at home peacefully with my cell phone camera and I make wholesome YouTube videos in the form of open letters to various monks. It’s not a struggle.
>> This medium alone is enough for me to make some difference in the world. I would like to email and also talk with you Venerable, or Skype.
>> I want to hear your vision of the future of Western Theravada Buddhism and see how we can work together.
>>
>> This is what I wanted to share with you. My last email about the revisionist history of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany was something that I
>> brought up because of your Tricycle magazine article. My reference to the ihr.org <http://ihr.org> was just one source of information. But the attachment I sent,
>> which I attach here as well, has nothing to do with the IHR. It has some of the best links to a rewriting of WW II history. Because of the fall
>> of the Soviet Union, the Russians have opened previously restricted documents revealing Stalin’s plans in 1941 to invade all of Europe,
>> including my 15 year old parents in Holland. I encourage you to consider that video at least, called “Who Started World War II”. Some historians accept this, some don’t.
>> Much metta,
>> Brian Ruhe
On 14-10-05 05:01 PM, Bhikkhu Bodhi wrote:
>> Dear Brian,
>> Thank you for your long email. I’m not so sure it is wise to try
>> channeling devas. While it is possible that actual devas of
>> benign intent will use you as a vehicle for acting in the world,
>> it is also possible, and maybe highly probable, that it will be
>> forces from the deep subconscious that are actually directing
>> you, giving you the impression that you have made contact with the
>> devas. It is also possible that malevolent beings–such as
>> asuras, yakshas, and bhutas–will take over one’s mind while
>> convincing one that they are compassionate devas. I tend to agree
>> with Sri Aurobindo on this point, though I’m not in a position to
>> cite probabilities.
>>
>> The best and safest approach, I believe, is the one the Buddha
>> recommended in the suttas (e.g., in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta,
>> when giving a talk after the offering from Vassakara and
>> Sunidha), namely, to share one’s merits with the devas. Then, the
>> text says, the devas will rejoice in one’s merits and offer their
>> invisible protection. But this is quite a different process from
>> channeling devas.
>>
>> As to the future of Theravada Buddhism in the West, we’re still
>> too early in the process of transmission to make definite
>> pronouncements about what will emerge. From what I can see, the
>> transmission of the Theravada tradition has bifurcated between
>> the followers of what we might call Vipassana Buddhism and those
>> who follow more traditional Theravada. Even the Vipassana
>> Buddhists comprise a wide variety, ranging from those who reduce
>> Buddhism to a simple mindfulness practice to those who seriously
>> pursue Dhamma studies and more classical modes of practice yet do
>> not relate to monasticism as the core of the Theravada tradition.
>> On the other hand, those who connect with a monastic lineage also
>> differ considerably from their Asian counterparts, demonstrating
>> a more serious intention of trying to learn and understand the
>> Dhamma rather than fit into the traditional mold of the layperson
>> as essentially a supporter of the monastic Sangha.
>>
>> So there is a wide spectrum of views and attitudes, which means
>> that Theravada Buddhism in the West will not have anything like
>> the degree of uniformity and conventionality that one can find in
>> the traditional Asian Theravada countries. There is a widespread
>> belief that the future of all types of Buddhism in the West will
>> be in the hands of the lay community, and the monastic Sangha
>> will be at the margins, and so far this seems to be the trend
>> that has emerged. But we can’t be certain that it won’t be
>> reversed. At present, there are a few Theravada monasteries, but
>> they emphasize the quietistic hermetic lifestyle rather than
>> active engagement with society. In contrast, in Asian Buddhism
>> the “backbone” of monasticism consists of the town, city, and
>> village monasteries, while the forest monasteries are more
>> marginal. Or perhaps (from a forest point of view), one can say
>> that the forest monasteries are the backbone and the town
>> monasteries are the hands and feet: those engaged in activity who
>> don’t remain firm and steady like the backbone.
>>
Only time will tell ….
With metta,
Bhikkhu Bodhi.
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Brian Ruhe <brian@theravada.ca
> <mailto:brian@theravada.ca>> wrote:
> Dear Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi,
> It was another honour to receive your email three weeks ago!
> I have since taken your advice and dedicated merit to the devas
> instead of really inviting them in. The feeling has diminished a
> bit so I’m in between both practices. I like to think that that
> are watching over me or around me. It’s all uncertain. That much
> is certain. I haven’t had a problem yet, of anything taking over
> me or making me act wrongly. I’m not worried about that happening
> as I have always been in control, or so I think.
>
> I deeply appreciate your comparisons about Theravada Buddhism in
> the West. This is a big part of my life’s mission. As a lay
> teacher for 18 years I feel that I’m really getting little to no
> support or donations from the Thai, Burmese and Sri Lankan people
> in the Vancouver area. You know, they are so conditioned to
> supporting monks and temples.
>
> I’m sorry to bring up World War II again. The reason I’m
> interested in revising the truth about it, is that for years I
> have felt that I was a Nazi in my previous life. As a small boy I
> had mental impressions of a swastika rolling over me in bed during
> a vibrational state associated with an OOBE. Ajahn Sona concluded
> that I probably was a Nazi in Germany. Two years ago my girlfriend
> and I had past life regression hypnosis. I recorded her for
> two hours when she was under and it turns out she was my 13 year
> old daughter in Nazi Germany and I was a Luftwaffe pilot. We all
> died at the end of the war. I’m not sure if this is true but it
> has a big effect on me. I got my pilot’s license when I was 20, in
> this life.
>
> This experience made it all more real to me so I have studied Nazi
> Germany much since then and realized that it really is true that
> we have all been lied to about it. I can understand your feeling
> about it but it’s worthwhile to know the truth. I attach the links
> I mentioned before. The books detailing the conclusive evidence
> that Stalin had an army of 5 million planned to conquer all of
> Europe in 1941 are: “Icebreaker” by Suvorov and “Stalin’s other
> War.” This is in the attached video “Who Started World War II”.
> That alone completely rewrites the history of WW II.
>
> I am a truth seeker and I just want to know the truth. I’m not
> pro-unwholesome actions.
> Thank you kindly for your guidance Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi. Is it
> OK if I quote parts of your emails? The part about Western
> Theravada would be useful.
> Metta always,
Brian
On 14-10-28 06:16 AM, Bhikkhu Bodhi wrote:
> Dear Brian,
> If you wish to quote from my emails, it would be best that you sent me
> the exact words you wish to use and wait till I approve the excerpt.
> I’m wary of selective quotation because it can sometimes convey the
> wrong impression.
>
> I have a number of other projects on hand and thus no time to study
> the history of WW II. But I would give precedence to the consensus of
> responsible academic historians over the views of neo-Nazi Holocaust
> deniers.
>
> With metta,
Bhikkhu Bodhi
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: agree to permission to quote you
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:31:47 -0700
From: Brian Ruhe <brian@brianruhe.ca>
To: Bhikkhu Bodhi <venbodhi@gmail.com>
Hi Bhikkhu Bodhi,
I agree to that. I will ask for your approval before I quote you.
I’m disappointed that you seem to regard a sincere and honest study of
history as giving precedence to the consensus of ‘responsible’ academic
historians. Such a consensus is influenced by the powerful banking and
political powers that you describe in your excellent YouTube videos on
Occupy Wall street. Academic historians are not honest about Adolf
Hitler and Nazi Germany for several reasons, such as, the victors write
the history books and they control what academics write and what
information is given to academics.
I referred to the strong evidence of Stalin’s intention to take over all
of Europe in 1941 because it has nothing to do with the Holocaust or the
need to consider the “views of neo-Nazi Holocaust deniers,” as you
write. There’s plenty of credible sources of history without having to
talk about neo-Nazi Holocaust deniers. Nearby, at the University of
Victoria they have a degree program on WW II studies and they teach this
evidence about Stalin planning to take over all of Europe. They present
both sides and leave it to the student to draw their own conclusions.
Ajahn Sona has stated that “there’s not two words of Bhikkhu Bodhi that
I’m not in concord with.” Many people like myself, regard you as the
mean standard of truth in Western Theravada Buddhism. So I’m a bit
disillusioned that you will not take an honest look at something which
you comment on in Tricycle magazine, and which is of profound influence
upon our society- our views about Nazi Germany. But I can understand you
not making public revelations about this. I’m not asking that you go
that far. I guess I will just have to accept how you feel. That is
understandable, I do admit.
I still regard you as the standard of accuracy and truth in Theravada
Buddhism and I will keep listening to your talks and reading your books,
as I do. You have been of great help to me and my students for many years.
With metta venerable,
Brian
> *From:* Brian Ruhe <mailto:brian@theravada.ca>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 18, 2014 5:47 PM
> *To:* pauleisen.blogspot@hotmail.co.uk
> <mailto:pauleisen.blogspot@hotmail.co.uk>
*Subject:* allies with JFJFG
> Hello Paul,
> I loved your article on JFJFG (Jews for Justice for Germans). I am a Theravada Buddhist teacher
> and also a WW II revisionist and I’m working with Wayne at
> justiceforgermans.com to make such
> a society in BC. We had our first meeting on Sunday. We support what
> you’re doing and I personally want an alliance with such Jews because
> I just got fired form one of my teaching jobs at the West End
> Community Centre because of my revisionist views on Adolf Hitler and
> Nazi Germany.
>
> You can see our latest video about a hockey coach near Vancouver, BC,
> here who got fired for this. It’s on the website above as well as my
> own YouTube channel below. I also give talks on the Rothschild
> Zionists, focusing on the problem of the international bankers, not
> the Jewish people.
>
> Even my close friends have disowned me as a “racist” but I would like
> to form an alliance with sympathetic Jews out there and am cultivating
> a few here in Vancouver. Perhaps we can work together somehow. Please
> see the great work that Wayne has done with translating videos from
> German into English. They have helped me so much in my own
> understanding. Wayne’s article supporting your work is here:
> http://justice4germans.com/2014/11/18/paul-eisen-announces-jews-for-justice-for-germans/
> Please sign me up on your newsletter. I would sign your petition but
> I’m not Jewish. I would love to talk with you sometime.
> All the best,
> Brian Ruhe
> Brian Ruhe author of | A Short Walk On An Ancient Path
|*and Freeing the Buddha
NOTE: My new email address is brian@brianruhe.ca. Please update your contact information.
On 14-11-19 05:58 AM, paul.eisen.blogspot wrote:
> Dear Brian
> Many thanks for your message.
> I’m delighted that you’re adding your name to our statement and yes,
> I’d be delighted to look at the possibilities of working with you.
> “Jews for Justice for Germans” was an idea that came to my Deir
> Yassin Remembered colleagues Henry Herskovitz, Dan McGowan and myself
> a few years ago. I suppose at the time it was a bit of a lark but even
> then, we felt it had a very serious foundation.
> Speaking personally, I believe that, along with, and maybe even more
> than, the Palestinian people, the German people are prime victims of a
> Jewishness gone mad. However, unlike the Palestinians, the Germans’
> victimhood has been buried and is now ignored and forgotten. I’ve also
> noticed that no matter how “enlightened” a Jew may be about the nature
> and effects of Jewish power, when it comes to the German people, it
> all falls away. For this reason, I believe that if there is to be any
> hope for any kind of Jewish future (and that is in severe doubt),
> there must first be an acknowledgment of the true relationship
> between the Jews and the Germans. That is the background of JFJFG.
> At the moment, it is simply a statement on my blog and on the Justice
> for Germans website but, who knows, perhaps it will be a starting
> point for greater things.
> Best wishes
> Paul
—————————- Original Message —————————-
Subject: Re: allies with JFJFG
From: “Brian Ruhe” <brian@brianruhe.ca>
Date: Wed, November 19, 2014 11:32 am
To: “paul.eisen.blogspot” <pauleisen.blogspot@hotmail.co.uk>
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Hi Paul,
Your message is so intelligently written and expresses in words what I
was unable to. This statement is powerful “the German people are prime
victims of a Jewishness gone mad. However, unlike the Palestinians, the
Germans’ victimhood has been buried and is now ignored and forgotten.”
Thank you!
The angle that I am working with on this subject is a Buddhist
perspective and a cosmological perspective. My YouTube videos go into
that as well as the revisionist history. I have always just gotten by
working in adult ed and now my teaching positions are being threatened.
It may be good to show my Jewish alliance with you and others. I would
like to work more on YouTube rather than depend on classes as YouTube
reaches more people but it doesn’t pay much – a little bit with the
advertising.
The points you wrote on the blog go to the heart of the issue with the
payments being made to Israel.
Well done.
Brian
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Subject: Fwd: agree to permission to quote you
From: “Brian Ruhe” <brian@brianruhe.ca>
Date: Sun, November 23, 2014 1:37 pm
To: “paul.eisen.blogspot” <pauleisen.blogspot@hotmail.co.uk>
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Hi Paul,
Thanks. I will share your email with others. At first I thought you
wanted me to share my correspondence with the Jewish Buddhist monk. I
realize that’s not what you were asking but now the idea appeals to me
so I forward it to you below. Please don’t give Bhikkhu Bodhi’s emails
to the public but you could share them with your JFJFG group.
I did not take time to edit this so some is personal and some pertains
to a higher realm practice that he and I know about, which may seem
weird to you. Such practices are not secret nor confidential but I’m
protecting Bhikkhu Bodhi as I have great respect for him.
You need to read the email backwards, as it were, from the bottom up if
you want them in chronological order.
Please give me your frank feedback anytime Paul!
For courage mounteth with occasion.
— William Shakespeare, “King John”
Brian
On 14-11-24 04:02 AM, paul.eisen.blogspot wrote:
>>>> Dear Brian
>>>> I must say I find your Buddhist interlocutor’s attitude to the
>>>> possibilities of open discourse quite bizarre. That an enlightened
>>>> anybody could base an opinion solely on what they read in Wikipedia
>>>> defies belief.
>>>> Paul
>> On 14-11-24 09:29 AM, paul.eisen.blogspot wrote:
>>> Your Buddhist friend is either a Jew (If he is, I don’t care how
>>> much he protests to the contrary, he still is) or a Jew-worshiper.
>>> It’s pretty much as simple as that, though I ought to add that he,
>>> himself, will be not fully conscious of his allegiance. This is the
>> essence of Jewish power.
*From:* Brian Ruhe <mailto:brian@brianruhe.ca>
>>> *Sent:* Monday, November 24, 2014 5:17 PM
>>> *To:* paul.eisen.blogspot <mailto:pauleisen.blogspot@hotmail.co.uk>
>>> *Subject:* Bhikkhu Bodhi and JFJFG
>>> Thank you Paul!
>>>
>>> I feel exactly the same way. Perhaps you can throw some Jewish light
>>> on this oddity. Why do you think Bhikkhu Bodhi writes that? What
>>> could I or even you, write to him in an email? My feeling, is that
>>> Bhikkhu Bodhi is falling in line with the Jews and that’s his
>>> motive. I suspect he doesn’t want to look at evidence or he already
>>> has and doesn’t want to admit it. Professionally, since he has a
>>> global reputation as a Buddhist scholar, he probably feels that his
>>> life work could be wrecked if he came out espousing the truth about
>>> Germany and the Jews. I can understand that.
>>>
>>> Fortunately, I don’t have any big reputation to protect and I want a
>>> reputation for being a truth activist anyhow, so I will dare to step
>>> into the truth.
>>>
>>> On Saturday night I was at a movie when some inspired writing came
>>> through me during the movie. I typed it out later and it included
>>> your meaningful quote about the victimhood of the Germans. I have
>>> to edit it and talk with our JFG members about it and I’ll get back
>>> to you. You really helped me a lot with that, you know.
>>> In touch,
>> Brian
>> *From:* Brian Ruhe <mailto:brian@brianruhe.ca>
>> *Sent:* Monday, November 24, 2014 6:08 PM
>> *To:* paul.eisen.blogspot <mailto:pauleisen.blogspot@hotmail.co.uk>
> *Subject:* Re: Bhikkhu Bodhi and JFJFG
>> Wow, thanks Paul,
>> That makes sense. He is definitely a Jew. He was born around New York
>> City area in 1944 in a Jewish family. His own family practically
>> disowned him when he became a Buddhist monk so that was a sad story.
>> I would like to hear more about your statement “that he, himself,
>> will be not fully conscious of his allegiance. This is the essence of
>> Jewish power.”
>> Thanks,
> Brian
> *From:* Brian Ruhe <mailto:brian@brianruhe.ca>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 25, 2014 7:18 PM
> *To:* paul.eisen.blogspot <mailto:pauleisen.blogspot@hotmail.co.uk>
*Subject:* Bhikkhu Bodhi and JFJFG part 2
> Keep it coming Paul!
> You’re giving me invaluable insights into the Jewish mind and Bhikkhu
> Bodhi. He was raised as a Jew and I’m not aware of him ever renouncing
> his Jewishness. In his 20’s in university he got into Buddhism and
> later became a monk in Sri Lanka in 1972. After 30 years he wanted to
> be closer to his aging Jewish dad in New York City so he now lives at
> Bodhi Monastery (not named after him) nearby, in New Jersey. I assume
> Jews are Jews no matter what their religious beliefs. I get that. I
> never suggested that Bhikkhu Bodhi was expected to be any different.
> But I was still a bit disillusioned because he publishes the very
> clearest truth about Theravada Buddhism in the English language so I
> idealistically hoped for more truth from him about the German
> question. But no.
>
> Paul, your words sink very deeply into my heart. You gave me
> permission to share your emails with others. Thanks! I feel that the
> benefit of what you and I are doing with our emails could be of much
> greater benefit if this is published somehow or shared on the Internet.
> Again, this is not something I would do without your blessings. I get
> many inspirations and one idea I have had is to write to Bhikkhu Bodhi
> and send him some or all of our emails. I could edit out personal
> comments about him, if need be.
>
> But more importantly, another idea I’m thinking of is making a YouTube
> video talking about the relationship between our Canadian group JFG
> and yours with JFJFT. Or with Wayne, our principal leader, making a
> YouTube video himself or with me. You could be in the video as well.
> That’s not too hard to make. My low tech method is that you can upload
> your own statement on video to YouTube somewhere. I can easily
> download it in minutes and splice it into my video so all of us are
> together in one video statement. We would all have to feel comfortable
> with the finished product before it is released. Then we have
> something to present to the world which persists over time on YouTube.
> I have over 600,000 hits already on my 400+ videos. For a low budget,
> obscure teacher in Vancouver, this is the best way I know of to reach
> out to a reasonable sized audience. What do you think?
>
> You said you prefer not using the phone but what about Skype, once in
> a while? It’s more just to actually “meet” face to face. With the
> blessing of Internet technology we can forgo the expense of flying to
> England or to Vancouver to meet. We can have a real working
> relationship across the world, in this way. When I Skype my brother
> Bob in North Carolina or my sister Margaret in DC, it’s a real
> emotional experience because it feels like I’m visiting right inside
> their house.
>
> Email is best for actually keeping a record of our communications and
> working with that. I love email too, yes! I’m a marketing guy,
> concerned with spreading awareness to fight against the Rothchild
> Zionists. That’s me. WW II is one big piece of that larger puzzle, in
> my view.
>
> I’ll go through your last email below…
>
> On 14-11-25 02:39 AM, paul.eisen.blogspot wrote:
>> Folk wisdom has Jews plotting and conspiring to take over the world.
>> Well, these days there certainly are a number of discussions between
>> very powerful Jews pretty well discussing just that. But these are
>> not secret. In the main, they are done completely in the open. As an
>> example of this, just look at the various neo-con bodies that, quite
>> openly, led the west into the various “wars on terror” and all in
>> Jewish interests.
> Yes. I agree with that.
>
>> But for me, the real essence of Jewish power is the fact that these
>> Jews, while obviously acting in Jewish interests, genuinely often
>> don’t believe they are doing so. So, the neo-cons tell themselves
>> that they are acting in America’s interests but omit to mention (even
>> to themselves) that they have long decided and ensured that America’s
>> interests just happen to be Israel’s interests. I think the bible
>> puts it well when it says that “The locusts have no king yet they
>> attack in formation”.
>> The power of this is incalculable. After all, who could be a more
>> convincing liar than one who believes his own lies?
Brian:
> This is profound. “They genuinely don’t believe they acting in Jewish
> interests.” “The power of this is incalculable.” Thank you! These are
> the kind of words that sink deep into my mind and grow there! How does
> the mystery of this Jewish power work? Is this, The Protocols of Zion,
> in action? Buddhism has Mara instead of Satan. I wonder if Mara works
> through Jewish power somehow? Mara seeks to prevent people from
> getting enlightened, using whatever means possible.
Paul Eisen:
>> I know nothing of Buddhism and nothing of your Bhikkhu Bodhi so
>> please forgive my rather jaundiced view.
>> Modern Jews are always looking for new gods to replace the Jewish God
>> they have rejected – In the place of the Jewish God they so despise,
>> these Jews placed a multitude of other gods. Master of the Universe
>> is Karl Marx himself and from this greatest of gods sprang a plethora
>> of lesser gods, a mass of “isms” to suit all tastes: Feminism,
>> Freudianism, secularism, multi-culturalism – the list goes on, each
>> with its own /rebbe/ and each adhered to, and enforced as might be
>> the word of God Himself. In this instance I believe Bhikkhu Bodhi has
>> taken a less well-trodden path and chosen/hijacked a most respected
>> tradition that of Buddhism. And, best of all, he believes in every
>> single piece of nonsense that he utters.
> Am I being unfair?
Brian:
> I think Bhikkhu Bodhi is a sincere Buddhist. The “nonsense that he
> utters” are his Jewish views on Nazi Germany.
>
> Note, I have read that Moses Hess wrote “The Communist Manifesto” and
> he gave it to his protege Karl Marx because he believed that Marx had
> Messianic qualities and could carry it further than himself, since
> Moses Hess already had an established reputation. The Jews moved Hess’
> grave from Germany to Israel out of devotion for him.
> I am impressed with your paragraph above! I agree with it, and about
> the “isms”. I suspect that Freudianism was a Jewish conspiracy to
> undermine the family, with psychological lies and nonsense. I suspect
> Jewish Dr. Franz Boas created the false science (in line with the
> Protocols of Zion) of anthropology at Harvard in 1898 – 1942 to hide
> any differences in race, so as to take attention off of the Jews as a
> race.
Paul:
>> About some aspects of his adherence, perhaps I am but when I see any
>> kind of Jew behaving in the way that he is behaving towards you,
>> and then I hear that he was once a Jew, well…. case proven.
Brian:
> You mean that Bhikkhu Bodhi is being unfair to me, in my sincere
> attempt to get him to dialogue on the truth, the revisionist truth of
> Nazi Germany. Yes, I agree with that. He didn’t budge an inch. I hope
> I we can get through to him still. If I write to Bhikkhu Bodhi, can I
> quote you or would you be willing to add an email for your own,
> addressed to him? He’s an iconic figure in my community.
Paul:
>> I’m trying to set up a Facebook page for JFJFG. Take a look and let
>> me know what you think. Also, can you try to sign the statement just as a test?
Brian:
> I will do this and get back to you. I have to get some work done for a
> meditation retreat I am leading this weekend so I need to focus on
> that too. See my poster attached.
Paul:
>> My personal circumstances make the kind of telephone communication
>> you suggest quite hard so, I think it’s best to carry on by email
>> (which I’m very happy indeed to do) I’m also much better face to face
>> or by email.
>> Paul
> Be well, happy and peaceful Paul,
Brian
On 14-11-27 03:47 AM, paul.eisen.blogspot wrote:
> Dear Brian
> My own belief is that Bhikku Bhodi’s renunciation or non-renunciation
> of his Jewishness is pretty immaterial. The Palestine solidarity
> movement, for example, is jam-packed with Jews who have renounced
> their Jewishness while at the same time busily (though again, often
> unconsciously) pursuing Jewish interests. The question here is to what
> extent are his attitudes and actions influenced by his Jewishness. My
> guess (and it’s only a gut-feeling) is that it’s a lot.
> I doubt if there would be any point in presenting him with these
> notions. He would, of course, reject them out of hand and again, he
> would believe every word he utters. For my part, I cannot for the life
> of me see how someone who, by definition, claims to be extra
> self-reflective could dismiss something so clearly worthy of
> reflection, with just a reference to Wikipedia.
> Regarding making videos, I must say, that for the moment, I must
> decline. This is simply because I am only really comfortable writing.
> Whenever I have appeared in any other medium, I’ve always been left
> feeling quite uneasy. Having said that, this could of course all
> change, so please, let’s not close any doors.
> And regarding Skype, really my circumstances at the moment, do not
> allow for it.
> All in all, I like to say that I stand by every word I’ve written. I
> can’t always say the same for every word I’ve spoken.
> Please do feel free to respond to this and/or to email me at any time.
Paul
—————————- Original Message —————————-
Subject: Re: Bhikkhu Bodhi and JFJFG part 2
From: “Brian Ruhe” <brian@brianruhe.ca>
Date: Thu, November 27, 2014 1:14 pm
To: “paul.eisen.blogspot” <pauleisen.blogspot@hotmail.co.uk>
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Hi Paul,
That’s fine, what you wrote here. I don’t know if I should respond to
Bhikkhui Bodhi about this. I believe that you are right, that it would
not work. Do I have your permission to tell him that I was corresponding
with you at JFJFG (Jews for Justice for Germans) and to relate, briefly some of your points from your
Jewish perspective?
Your name was mentioned very favourably on the Internet radio show of
Deanna Spingola on Monday when Wayne was on her show. I’ll send you the
link. I shared our emails with Wayne and will do so with our inner
committee of the JFG society here.
I’m glad you do stand behind every word you wrote here. Could I perhaps
make my own YouTube video sometime where I talk about our conversation
and I read some of your comments? If you like, you could vet the video
and I wouldn’t release it until you approved. I just upload it on YouTube
as “unlisted” so no one can see it unless they have the link I send. I
would send it to you. I feel that your words deserve a wider audience,
for the benefit of others.
We had an important meeting with six of us yesterday with our JFG group
and Wayne now has the signatures to go to the provincial government this
week to form a legal society. He says that we are making history and that
Ernst Zundel didn’t take this step to protect himself in the 1980’s.
In touch, my friend,
Brian
