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Ancient Cultivation Stories: Blessed by Virtue

2006-08-23

Li Yu marvelled, "You've done something everyday people find hard to do. I haven't done as much as you in creating virtue." Li Yu paused for a moment and then went on, "Now I know that true justice exists in the human world. If one can accumulate virtue, even though he is poor for the moment, God will still protect him and add his name to the list of immortals."

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Poem: My Heart Cries

2006-08-22

My heart criesfor the countless childrenwhose families have been torn apart.For the countless voicesthat have suffered under silencein a world still finding its heart.

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Poem: A New Sun Rising

2006-08-21

China, a new sun risingpiercing shadows and prison wallslet light crowd every heart and cornerwhere many a conscience comes to fall.

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Stories from Ancient China: The Humiliation of Crawling between a Ruffian's Legs

2006-08-20

Han Xin, a famous general during the Han Dynasty about 2,200 years ago, made great contributions in helping Emperor Liu Bang to establish the dynasty. Han Xin's achievements have been praised by Chinese till this day, so is his great capacity to endure humiliation.

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After Seventy Years, A Taoist's Riddle Becomes Clear

2006-08-19

A year later, my father had a malignant skin ulcer on his back. We spent a lot of money and still couldn't cure it. We then remembered what the cultivator told us: "Light incense and call my name, then I will come." He was a capable person after all, but could it be believable? Our family had no choice and so we did as he asked.

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Photography: Delicate Lotus Flower

2006-08-18

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Painting: The Heavens Speak

2006-08-17

When the Chinese Communist Party former leader, Jiang Zemin, visited Houston, Texas in October 2002, thousands of people who practice Falun Gong went there to appeal for an end to the persecution. During their appeal, practitioners withstood several days of severe, cold weather and heavy rains. The practitioners refused to be affected by the weather and stood their ground. Finally the storm cleared and a huge rainbow appeared in the sky. This painting captures that moment.

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Kuang Heng’s Remarks on "Disasters and Unusual Phenomena" and "The Emperor Leads by Example"

2006-08-15

Kuang Heng was a man of Cheng County in Donghai area during the Western Han Dynasty. He was eager to learn and had many insights into both history and current events. He was recommended to the emperor for his wisdom, capabilities, and superior knowledge of the I Ching, also known as The Book of Changes.

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Drawing: Withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party

2006-08-14

This drawing depicts a group of people viewing a list of resignations from the Chinese Communist Party. Such a scene is becoming ever more popular in China as more and more people withdraw from the Party in China thanks to the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party.

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Ancient Cultivation Stories: Compassion

2006-08-14

The monk felt compassionate for him, but he couldn't find anything to give to the man. When he looked up, he saw the Buddha statue in the temple that he worshiped. He removed the gold ring on the back of the Buddha statue and gave it to the man, saying, "Take it and exchange it for some money."

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Poem: Heart of the Cosmos

2006-08-12

Master comes nowwith the Law for allas the heart of the cosmos unfoldsinside our human domainand evil reigns no more.

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Stories from Ancient China: Respectfulness

2006-08-11

When Mr. Xiao Deyan was Scholar at the Hongwen Institute he always took baths, kept his body and mind clean, wore clean clothes, and sat upright seriously and respectfully each time he began to read scriptures or to teach a class. Once, his wife said to him, "At such an old age, why do you have to make things so hard for yourself?" Mr. Xiao Deyan replied, "Scriptures are teachings passed down from our ancestor saints. How could I be afraid of being laborious?"

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Poem: Another Day

2006-08-10

Another day, another lifeanother truth betrayedinnocence stormed to endless strife.How darkened your skiesand so trodden to tearsChina, how deceptive your lies!

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Photography: Heavenly Lotus Flower

2006-08-09

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Stories from Ancient China: Exercise Self-restraint, Leave Benefits to Others

2006-08-08

Emperor Guangwu Di (6 B.C.-57 A.D.), the first emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, established an advanced institute for the teachings of Confucianism. The institute's principal learnt teachers were called Boshi. Among these teachers was Zhen Yu, a clean-hearted, upright scholar who had few desires and who often modestly declined personal benefits.

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