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Ancient Cultivation Stories: A Monk Who Ruined His Cultivation with One Vicious Thought

2003-06-05

He knelt down and said, “I don’t have a bowl for my meal. I don’t know what to do without it. I was wondering if you could kindly lend me your bowl for today. I will go to buy a new one tomorrow.” The monk refused to lend him his bowl. He replied, “I have been using this bowl for several decades. I am afraid that you might accidentally break the bowl if I lend it to you.” The novice monk begged, “I am only using it for the meal today, and I will promptly return it to you. How can I possibly break it within such a brief period of time while the bowl is in my possession?” After repeated pleading, the monk finally agreed to lend the novice monk the bowl. Before he handed the bowl over, he cautioned the novice monk; “I treasure this bowl like my own life. If you should damage the bowl, you will really kill me!”

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Painting: Buddha

2003-06-04

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Poem: Ascension

2003-06-04

Leaning over, as if in curiosity to examine a soaring cultivator.Sitting tranquil, suspended in mid-air, a majestic divine being, Quietly observing with a mind as still as a pool of empty water.

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Poem: Tranquility

2003-06-03

Hear the poetry in silenceDispel the hesitation of doubtRestrain the eagerness of elationThe heavens await in anticipation

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Painting: Damo Facing the Wall

2003-06-02

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Mysterious Clouds that Shine at Night

2003-06-02

Ordinary clouds, which are relatively close to Earth, get their dust from sources like desert wind storms. It's hard to waft wind-blown dust all the way up to the mesosphere, however. "Krakatoa may have seeded the mesosphere with dust in 1883, but that doesn't explain the clouds we see now," notes Thomas. "Perhaps," he speculates, "the source is space itself."

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Painting: Rugged Mountains

2003-06-01

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Discussion On Yin and Yang and Bearing Baby Boys and Girls

2003-06-01

The elderly journalist at my previous workplace had just learned some skills during his spare time. However, he was able to tell an embryo's gender at the very earliest stage of pregnancy with just the use of his fingers, whilst western medicine still can't accurately tell the gender to this day. Isn't the elderly mans way of determining a baby's gender more advanced? Perhaps we should think this over carefully. Should we just discard traditional Chinese culture, or should we take a fresh look at ancient Chinese civilisation and culture?

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Poem: The Threshold

2003-05-31

Here at the threshold,between torrents risingand shores that beckona more luminous hour...

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Painting: Arrival of Spring

2003-05-30

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Correlation between Spreading of SARS and a Sexually Transmitted Disease in China Makes a Point

2003-05-30

The distortion of human moral standards contributed to the trends of sexual liberation and casual sex. Those who follow this trend are more subject to STD and, now, in China, SARS. In contrast, those who conduct themselves with a high moral standard in this regard are less subject to SARS. Ancient Chinese medicine also believed in the cause and effect correlation between man’s high moral standards and his self-healing ability.

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Drawing: Persecution on Tiananmen Square

2003-05-29

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Poem: Where's Daddy?

2003-05-29

Now I have told you where Daddy is, It is time for us to travel around the world, Tell everybody of the injustice in China, And show the world what happened to Daddy And what happened to our family. Don't cry, my daughter. Be strong And together we can bring back justice.

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The Relationship between Practising Falun Gong and the Immunity to SARS

2003-05-29

As a pathologist, my profession makes me very concerned about “SARS” (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). Because of my professional habit, I have persistently collected the pathological information on SARS. The available information indicates that corona virus has something to do with SARS. The major pathological change in seriously ill SARS patients is the pervasive damage to their pulmonary alveoli. On clinical manifestation, the failure of respiratory function and their X-ray images are similar to “ARDS--Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome.” Here I would like to address the issue from the perspective of the impact of practising Falun Gong on human immune system.

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Drawing: Mother's Unfinished "Lotus Flower" Drawing

2003-05-28

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