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Graphic Design: Falun Gong Poster

2003-10-10

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Stories From Ancient China: The Story of Li Zonghui

2003-10-09

Li Zonghui was a highly talented Chinese scholar who lived in ancient China. One day, he embarked on a journey to the imperial capital with another man to take the national civil service examination. During the trip, the man revealed a secret to Li Zonghui, “I can predict the exact menu for each man for each meal, and I am never wrong.”

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Poem: Within Calm’s Deep Silence

2003-10-08

"Upon lake’s still flatness, shines celestial light,Within calm’s deep silence, words of Gods can sound;Without man’s dark notions, thinking’s realm is bright,Beyond man’s base clamour, Heaven’s voice is found."

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Painting: Bodhisattva Guan Yin Delivering a Baby to the Human Realm

2003-10-07

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Poem: Awakening

2003-10-07

Sublime, all encompassing,A time when awakeningSummons every heart, A stretch of consciousnessFurther than the widest eye.

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Oil Painting: Sending Righteous Thoughts

2003-10-05

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Poem: In Crashing Waves

2003-10-03

"In crashing waves of loss and gain, man casts his empty nets,Drowning in his twisted ropes of hopes and past regrets..."

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A Historical View of Chinese Culture

2003-10-03

Ever since the pre-Qin period, through the successive dynasties, Chinese thinkers have searched tirelessly for the eternal Great Tao that Confucius and Lao Zi praised so highly. Where did the Great Tao come from and why and when did it decline? Is there any force that can rectify and renew the origin, and bring about a radical change in the universe? When people have tried all means to seek the Great Tao, they have had to face a question that no one can escape: where does humanity come from?

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The Bodhisattva Paintings of China's Dunhuang Caves

2003-10-02

Among the Buddha portraits of the Dunhuang caves, the posture and facial expression of the Bodhisattva is the most striking. Each of these types of paintings have a variety of Bodhisattva's; in some of the caves the walls are filled with small Bodhisattva's, while other caves have large portraits of just one Bodhisattva. There are over a thousand of these paintings based on scriptures or sayings, and on just the scripture paintings alone, there are over ten thousand Bodhisattva images, making it the largest preserved collection of these images in the world.

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Graphic Design: Coming for You

2003-10-01

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Stories From Ancient China: Moving a Dragon into the Huai River

2003-09-30

Cui Yanwei, the head of Zhenyuan County, and Bozhou gathered officers and laborers and they dug thousands of feet until reaching a dragon temple. When they first opened the temple, they thought it was an ancient grave. But it looked newly built and was very clean inside. When they looked around, they saw a dragon with scales of five colors lying in the hole. The dragon was more than 1 zhang (1 zhang = 12 ft.) long, and five or six carps were swimming around it.

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Poem: Steadfast

2003-09-30

Calm heart, calm mind:Bring steady focus in time,In the end, only the inner world matters.

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Painting: Meditation

2003-09-27

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The Story of Wudi's Reincarnation in the Liang Dynasty (Part 2)

2003-09-27

When one is neither enticed in poverty nor conceited in wealth, there is good fortune awaiting him or her. On the fifth day of the fifth month, when Furen departed in sitting meditation, in the house of a royal family in Lanling while Zhang (the wife of Xiao Shun-zhi) was in labour. Shun-zhi was a cousin of Emperor Qi Gao. While he was sleeping, Zhang dreamed of a golden man, over 10-feet tall, wearing official attire and a hat for heavenly descendants. A group of people in red attire surrounded Zhang in a coach to come into Xiao’s hall for a break. This golden man entered Zhang’s room and bowed to Zhang as a sign of respect. In astonishment Zhang was about to ask what was happening, however, she woke up from the dream and gave birth to a son.

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Poem: Crumbling

2003-09-26

As I walk aloneI watch the world behind meCrumbling awayAs I walk aloneThe echoes and cries behindAll fade away

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