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Shen Yun Performing Arts (Chinese: 神韻藝術團; lit. 'divine rhythm arts troupe') is a non-profit performing arts and entertainment company based in the United States which tours internationally, producing performances which include dance and symphonic music.
Lafayette 148 philanthropic venture is the School of Dreams, a non-profit elementary school founded in China in 2007. [23] [28] [29] As part of the company's second annual UnordinaryWomen initiative in 2020, Lafayette 148 honored changemaking women in support of Girl Rising, a non-profit organization for girls.
The Shu version excludes the Four Heavenly Kings and the Hengha Erjiang because of their affiliation with the Buddha's Western Pure Land sect. These figures, who served as assistants to the Western Pure Land teaching and guardians of the Western Buddhist Mountain Gate, are not considered deities in the traditional sense.
Sheng Yen became a lecturer at Shan Dao Monastery in Taipei and then completed a master's degree (1971) and doctorate (1975) in Buddhist literature at Rissho University in Japan. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] At the time Sheng Yen was the only major Buddhist figure in Taiwan to have earned a doctorate from a reputable foreign university.
One of the first major initiatives Tzu Chi took part in was the "Tzu Chi Medical Mission". This effort was inspired in 1970 after Cheng Yen noticed a link between poverty and illness after spending six years among the poor of eastern Taiwan. Tzu Chi's first medical outreach occurred in 1972 when a free clinic was opened in Hualien. [39]
Netflix's new dating show is making history. "The Boyfriend," Japan's first same-sex dating show, follows nine gay men as they search for love.. Filmed in Tateyama, Japan, the 10-episode series ...
Shun'e (俊恵, also read Sun'e; 1113 – c. 1191), also known as Tayū no Kimi (大夫公), was a Japanese waka poet of the late-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu .
Cheng Yen encountered Yin Shun, whom she asked to be her mentor. He accepted her request, an hour before the registration closed. In February 1963, she became the disciple of her mentor, Yin Shun, who gave her the dharma name of Cheng Yen and the courtesy name of Huìzhāng (慧璋; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hūi-chiong). [13]