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Category - Art

Photo of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).

A little music, a little Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). I recently received an email from my brother Glenn with an article that I want to share. So much of what he sends me is so distressing but this was something uplifting and since many...

Photo of The Jade Emperor, Ming dynasty (16th century) painting, White Cloud Temple, Beijing, China.

Jade Emperor

The Jade Emperor, Ming dynasty (16th century) painting, White Cloud Temple, Beijing, China. Questions were raised about just who the Jade Emperor is at our recent ZOOM discussion on Expounding the Absolute Truth through...

Photo of Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, OR.

“Suzhou-style” Gardens

Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, OR. In today’s class, we heard that the Buddha Master used a term to describe a type of house in China with a specific type of garden, one in the “Suzhou-style.” This...

Meditation-Revised

This article summarizing teachings on meditation by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III from two sources was originally published in 2018, but was reposted on May 6, 2020 because it was very relevant in our study of zen at that...