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"A cloud never dies", on the other hand, is a contemplation of phenomena beyond birth and death. To teach non-duality, he often told the story of his left and right hand. His meditation on aimlessness (apranihita) was told through the story of a river. The relationship between waves and water explained the Dharma Realm of Unobstructed ...
Thich Nhat Hanh coined the term "engaged Buddhism" in his 1967 book Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire. [76] Nhat Hanh did not feel it was a new concept but was rooted in early Buddhist doctrine. [77] Plum Village's teachings on engaged Buddhism are related to Nhat Hanh's experiences in war-torn Vietnam [67] with Nhat Hanh stating:
John George Butler (born 16 May 1937) is a British author, YouTuber and retired farmer [1] living in Derbyshire. [2] A graduate of the University of Nottingham, [3] Butler is known for having written several books describing his experiences with meditation and spirituality gained through international travel and study, [4] and has accumulated over 200 thousand subscribers on his YouTube [5 ...
In the introduction to his translation of Han-shan's poems, Burton Watson writes, “If the reader wishes to know the biography of Han-shan, he must deduce it from the poems themselves.” Watson goes further to describe Han-shan as "a gentleman farmer, troubled by poverty and family discord, who after extensive wandering and perhaps a career ...
Chau was born on December 18, 1991, in Scottsboro, Alabama.The third and youngest child of Lynda Adams-Chau, an organizer for Chi Alpha, and Patrick Chau, a Chinese-American psychiatrist who left mainland China during the Cultural Revolution, [5] Chau grew up in Vancouver, Washington, and attended Vancouver Christian High School.
Affected by the death of So-hee, the only person to have treated her with kindness, Hye-ju (who has become slim due to a wish fulfilled by the stairs at the price of suffering bulimia) attempts to keep So-hee's belongings as a reminder of her only friend, for which she is further bullied, especially by Han Yun-ji, a fellow sculpture student. In ...
Yu-jeong's aunt Sister Monica is a nun,whooften goes to the prison to visit death row inmates. Sister Monica meets a new death row inmate who asks if he could meet her niece. Yu-jeong reluctantly agrees. Yu-jeong and the death row inmate do not open up to each other immediately. Yu-jeong comes from a wealthy family and is a professor at a ...
Han Su-yeong (born 1967) is a South Korean writer. Her works have repeated images representing verticality such as falling, a roof, a bird’s eye view or bungee jumping. In her writings, the poor and sick people seek for a way to go up and to be recovered but they only face tragic outcomes because they cannot go against the reality where power flows from top to bottom.