Buddhist – Spress https://en.spress.net Spress is a general newspaper in English which is updated 24 hours a day. Wed, 23 Jun 2021 17:40:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 191965906 Walking G317: I met a Buddhist worshiper on the road, and I only came to Lhasa for the first three and a half years. Can Tibetans eat fish? https://en.spress.net/walking-g317-i-met-a-buddhist-worshiper-on-the-road-and-i-only-came-to-lhasa-for-the-first-three-and-a-half-years-can-tibetans-eat-fish/ Wed, 23 Jun 2021 17:40:06 +0000 https://en.spress.net/walking-g317-i-met-a-buddhist-worshiper-on-the-road-and-i-only-came-to-lhasa-for-the-first-three-and-a-half-years-can-tibetans-eat-fish/ Self-driving in Tibet, last night (April 3) we took G349 to Qamdo (the latter part is G214). Today we left Qamdo and went to Sichuan along G317. The return journey is still very fast. In fact, my first trip to Tibet in 2013 started with G317. I went from Dege to Tibet through the Jinsha River, and then to Qamdo via the river. Today I went in the opposite direction. Although the directions are different, but the same road is completely the same, but there is no memory. This is because there have been too many changes. The major changes in Tibet in recent years are mainly in two aspects. One is the improvement of the road, which is completely after the expansion. Asphalt roads, there are no narrow and difficult winding mountain roads. The second is the difference in buildings. Almost all of them are newly built buildings, which are not visible in the old city. The city has spread over a large area, and the houses in the countryside have also been greatly changed. The gap between Tibet and the mainland is narrowing. The highway from Qamdo to Chengdu is under construction, and it will soon be accessible. The high-speed rail from Chengdu to Linzhi is also under construction. In a few years, it will be easier to come to Tibet. 1. Different from the previous G317 For the highway to Tibet, many people are familiar with G318. In recent years, it has been labeled as “must drive in this life”. However, I have always liked G317. Since 2012, I have traveled five or six times. Of course, most of the national highways are in the western part of Sichuan. I have traveled 317 many times because of the scenery here and the Tibetan customs here. I think the customs and folklore of Ganzi Prefecture are particularly rich. The Tibetans here have very distinctive regional characteristics, and they also have deep connotations in Tibetan culture. . I have been to Luhuo, Seda, Ganzi, Baiyu, Xinlong, Dege, Shiqu many times over the years, and I especially like it here. The G317 in the past was particularly difficult to walk. The first time I walked this road in 2012, I was almost vomited. Later, the road began to be repaired one after another, but there are always one or two sections that are particularly difficult to walk. Even off-road vehicles are bumpy all the way. In a blink of an eye, I haven’t left for four or five years. This time I found a big change. Not only was the road easier to walk, the winding road was also replaced by a tunnel. The mountain road that had been around for a long time was passed through in a few minutes. The most typical one is Queer Mountain. It was originally the highest mountain crossed by G317, with an altitude of more than 5,000 meters. Now the mountainside tunnel runs through, and the moat has become a thoroughfare. 2. Lu meets devout Buddhist worshippers, they will go to Lhasa for the first three years There are not many vehicles using G317. First, there are not many people entering Tibet this season. Second, people still like to choose National Highway 318. But on National Highway 317, you can see many people worshiping Buddha. They are walking hurriedly to the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet. Some of them are three to five, and some are in groups. They still walk very fast, they can walk 40-50 kilometers a day, because the road is easy to walk, and there are logistics support vehicles accompanying them, it doesn’t have to be hard. Every day, there is a dining place for lunch. In the morning and evening, the logistics personnel will pull the tents and cooking utensils with the vehicles. Some will set up the camp in advance and prepare the meal. Someone may ask: Why do they go instead of taking the car? This is a form of worshiping the Buddha, expressing devotion and respect to the Buddha, and walking the foot itself is also a kind of practice. Devout Tibetans have to go to Lhasa once in their lives. But in addition to walking, there is more difficult and pious, that is, kowtow all the way to the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. People with long heads usually take three steps, kowtow, then kowtow again, then kowtow again. I used to see them pulling the trolley, kowtow for a while, then pull the trolley when they come back, and then continue to move forward. Go, it usually takes a year or two to arrive. Today, I saw two people on the G317 national highway who kowtowed their heads to worship Buddha in Lhasa. They said they were from the Red Plains of Aba Prefecture. They have been out for a year and a half, and it will take two years to reach Lhasa. Their method of kowtow is different. It is seven steps, seven consecutive kowtows, and another seven kowtows. They say that they can only travel two kilometers a day. They were accompanied by a tricycle, which carried their luggage and supplies. I lived in it at night, parked the car about two kilometers in the morning, and then walked to the position where it closed the day before and kowtowed. Some people will give them money on the way. This is called “Buddha”. It is both a subsidy to them and a respect for the Buddha. But they all refused. They just accepted some fruits or daily necessities. I took the remaining two in the car. An apple was given to them. After being out for a year and a half, I asked them if they encountered any difficulties? Have you ever been sick? They said no. Obviously, I met a lot of people who were interested in or sponsored them along the way, so they are very friendly and talkative. This may be the change and harvest of them on the journey! When they talk about Lhasa, it will take another two years. Some people may not understand this. The great youth doesn’t do anything, but kowtows to worship Buddha every day, but what is the significance of this journey to their lives? They have not read books, but they have traveled thousands of miles. Their knowledge and experience and communication with others are much greater than those of many people who call themselves “travelers”. In short, I have seen their health, sunshine and self-confidence. , And the enthusiasm and calmness of people. They don’t live broadcast, accept charity, don’t disturb the people, don’t traffic, they just walk calmly, and they are the real walkers on the road. Old Xu told me that, regardless of the two of them, it may represent a village or a family who went to worship Buddha. Tibetans are not poor now, and some are still very wealthy. When they come out to worship Buddha, sometimes they are funded by everyone, so on the way They basically don’t want other people’s money, and they will be very respected when they return to their hometown after worshipping the Buddha. This is also a major event in their lives. 3. Eat fish before leaving Tibet Many people say that Tibetans do not eat fish or catch fish. The fish that Tibet eats are transported from the interior, not local fish. We arrived in Jiangda County at noon, and Old Xu asked me if I would eat fish? There is a “Laoguan Yuzhuang” here that makes very delicious fish, and he eats it every time he comes. Laoguanyuzhuang is located on the edge of the county town, close to Jiangda Zangdong Hotel. In a very shabby courtyard, there are a few tables randomly placed, and soon it is full of people. It seems that business is good. In addition to eating fish, there are also stewed chicken, which are all specialties of local ingredients. The boss and the old Xu Tong are very familiar with his father and his son. They ordered a fish of more than two catties. The boss said that this fish is a local cold-water fish and grows very slowly. This two catty fish will take four to five years, and it is wild. Winter comes. Can’t eat. The fish is really delicious, the skin is thick and tender, and the taste is good. The boss said that the fish was caught by a local, and he sold him 60 yuan a catty, and he sold 90 yuan a catty, plus some sauerkraut and tofu. It was very popular, not only for outsiders, but also for local Tibetans. . 4. There are monkeys in Tibet Unexpectedly, there are monkeys in Tibet who “block the way” to eat! Leaving Tibet and walking on the 317 line, more than ten kilometers out of Jiangda County, I suddenly saw a lot of monkeys appearing on the side of the road to eat with the passing tourists. There were twenty or thirty monkeys in this group. They were waiting on the side of the road, and when they saw visitors stopping by, they leaned forward to beg for food and drink. Some monkeys were anxious and even snatched the plastic bag before opening. They tore their mouths, opened them skillfully, and then ate them with relish. This is the first time I saw a monkey in Tibet, and the altitude here is also above 3,500, which belongs to the plateau… 5. Go to Zhuqing Temple in Western Sichuan in the evening We did not stop after entering Sichuan. After passing through Dege, we continued to travel along National Highway 317, and after passing through the Queershan Tunnel, we went all the way downhill and soon arrived at Mani Gange. Here we left 317, but turned left and walked west as I requested, heading for the road to Shiqu. I’m going to Zhuqing Temple, where there is a monk I know Tenzeng, and I want to visit him. I met Tenzin when I passed by Zhuqing Temple in 2015. With his consent, I photographed the Buddhist temple and his portrait. When he left, he also gave me prayer beads, leaving his phone and WeChat. (The photo below was taken in 2015) But he doesn’t speak Chinese, and he has always liked me over the years, and sometimes he even sent me pictures of doing Buddhist things. This time I contacted him in advance. He has been waiting for me to arrange accommodation for us, invite us to dinner, and find an interpreter. He offered us khatas and gave each of us a picture album of Buddha statues. Let me see, it was edited by Tenzin. He is a prestigious master here. (Photographed in 2021) Old Xu said that Zhuqing Temple is a Buddhist academy like Seda, but it is much more advanced. If Seda is a middle school, Zhuqing Temple is a university. But Tenzin said that he can’t go into the Buddhist hall to take pictures now, he can only take pictures outside, and wait for me to take pictures later. Many changes are unpredictable. In the early days, photography in temples was not a problem. Now, due to various factors, photography has become a problem

]]> 27113 This temple in Hubei is a rare combination of five religious buildings and is known as the first wonder of the Han Dynasty Buddhist Temple https://en.spress.net/this-temple-in-hubei-is-a-rare-combination-of-five-religious-buildings-and-is-known-as-the-first-wonder-of-the-han-dynasty-buddhist-temple/ Wed, 23 Jun 2021 00:55:07 +0000 https://en.spress.net/this-temple-in-hubei-is-a-rare-combination-of-five-religious-buildings-and-is-known-as-the-first-wonder-of-the-han-dynasty-buddhist-temple/ Wuhan, Hubei, has been a military and commercial center in southern China since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It has a history of 3,500 years. Rich historical and cultural resources have left a large number of natural and cultural attractions in Wuhan. When traveling to Wuhan, in addition to the famous East Lake and Yellow Crane Tower, there are also many historical sites worth seeing in the urban area, and Gude Temple is one of them. Gude Temple, located on Huangpu Road in Hankou, was founded by Master Longxi in the third year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1877). It was originally named Gude Maopeng, which means “good spirits of the ancients, Pudu with virtue”. The temple building we see now was rebuilt and expanded in November 1926 by the later Master Changhong, which lasted 5 years. Since then, the Gude Temple has experienced wars and natural disasters, and only the Yuantong Hall has been preserved intact. Today’s Gude Temple covers an area of ​​nearly 30,000 square meters and has a construction area of ​​nearly 8,000 square meters. Together with Guiyuan Temple, Baotong Temple, and Xilian Temple, they are collectively called the four jungles of Wuhan. Although this large hidden temple in the city is not as famous and area as the Guiyuan Temple, and there is no endless stream of worshippers, it has become the only one in the religious world in Wuhan with its rich exotic architectural style, and it is also rare in the country. Buddhist temple. Many people would think it was a mosque or a Western church when they first saw Gude Temple, but would never have thought that it was actually a Buddhist temple. The architectural style of the temple is ingeniously mixed with the elements of the world’s five major religions. It is completely different from the traditional temples with yellow tiles, red pillars and angled cornices. It is known as “a great wonder of Buddhist resorts” and “the first wonder of Buddhist temples in Han Dynasty”. The beautiful-looking Yuantong Hall is the core building of the whole temple. The temple is modeled after the Ananda Temple in Myanmar. The architectural structure combines ancient Greek and Roman, medieval Catholicism, South Asian and Southeast Asian Buddhist architectural styles, especially the round windows on the walls. It is very similar to the long window and the Christian church, and the pagoda on the top of the pagoda is no different from the cross. In addition, the Yuantong Palace also maintains certain Chinese elements. In addition to the windows inlaid with Eight Diagrams, the eaves also erected the twenty-four gods in Buddhist mythology in accordance with the custom of enshrining ridge beasts in ancient China. The top of the building represents the nine pagodas of the five Buddhas and four bodhisattvas. No matter which direction you look at, you can only see seven of them, which coincides with the Taoist saying of “the seven beaks show and two are hidden.” The Yuantong Palace covers an area of ​​more than 1,000 square meters, and the architectural structure adopts the processing method of traditional Chinese architecture with the shape of “jian” as the space unit. The eighth-level lotus seat enshrines the Buddha Shakyamuni, Amitabha and Medicine Buddha. The architect skillfully used natural lighting to make every beam of light refract just right, presenting the golden light and auspiciousness. As a jungle of Mahayana Buddhism passed down in the Han Dynasty, Gude Temple integrates the three Buddhist schools of Mahayana, Theravada and Tibetan Buddhism. Exquisitely carved lions, white elephants, golden-winged birds, peacocks and other gods and beasts of Southeast Asian Hinayana Buddhist temples can be seen everywhere in the temple. Among them, one of the four-faced Buddha, which was invited from Thailand at a huge investment in 1997, is one of the Buddhas enshrined in Theravada Buddhism. It is said that the wish is very effective. Openness and integration are the foundation for a nation to maintain its vitality. The Gude Temple fully demonstrates the characteristics of Chu culture’s aggressiveness, innovation, and non-rejection of foreign culture. It is worth it whether it is a friend interested in Buddhism or a photography enthusiast. Come here and have a look. Transportation: Take bus No. 3, No. 4, No. 30, No. 509, No. 707, No. 802, and No. 2 city tourist line.

]]> 26865 The original actress relies on the new gold master to whitewash? Mosaic actress makes a successful comeback? Marketing couples tear off the Buddhist mask? https://en.spress.net/the-original-actress-relies-on-the-new-gold-master-to-whitewash-mosaic-actress-makes-a-successful-comeback-marketing-couples-tear-off-the-buddhist-mask/ Wed, 16 Jun 2021 23:09:19 +0000 https://en.spress.net/the-original-actress-relies-on-the-new-gold-master-to-whitewash-mosaic-actress-makes-a-successful-comeback-marketing-couples-tear-off-the-buddhist-mask/ If you like this number, please pay attention to this number and share this article with your friends. Your attention is the driving force for our development! Pay attention to Brother Hua, eat melons without getting lost, pay attention to Brother Hua, there are new melons every day!

Actress relies on the new gold master to wash white?

Brother Hua said before that some people at Ba Bajiao didn’t know why they called her after guessing it. In fact, this name combined her real age and real name. It is quite interesting to think about it carefully.

She is a female artist who criticized the topic of “husband” early in the circle, and did not last long after she brought a wave of turmoil. After a while, her new drama will be on, so she has recently started to deny that there were golden pigs in the past. material.

In fact, if the person stepping on knows her past work, she probably knows whether she has a thigh hug after a groping. Although she has a big hit in the web drama just after the show, she won’t let her jump a few levels. Film circle.

All the resources obtained in the follow-up were given by the sponsor of the game. For this reason, she suffered no less, but she had no star luck with the resources in hand, and she used inferior methods to make herself more and more confused.

After being ousted from the position of the first sister, Ba Bajiao’s resources are much worse. The previous gold master has changed her new love a long time ago. Now she has found a new way for herself to wash herself up for the topic, denying that there was a gold master in the past. One thing.

Mosaic actress makes a successful comeback?

Mosaic actresses have been very hot recently. She is now in a semi-blocked state, and she can’t go to official big events, but she can go to small events. This time the music festival resources were 271 hardly won for her. Neither the company nor 271 gave up on her, especially 271. They invested a lot in the mosaic actress, and they absolutely couldn’t let her be blocked. This is also the reason why mosaic actresses can continue to develop in the circle.

In addition, she is usually very arrogant, and she will curse if she doesn’t agree with her, and she can’t change her piety at all. The agent will follow her, and if the Mosaic actress makes any drastic actions, he immediately steps forward to apologize.

Take this music festival as an example. The Mosaic actress had a dispute with the organizer because of the number of rehearsals. If it weren’t for the agent to hold down the Mosaic actress in time, I’m afraid it would be another turmoil. Afterwards, the staff of the organizer often complained about the mosaic actress, saying that she was not popular but liked to play big names. However, this music festival gave Mosaic actress a good exposure. 271 bought her several hot searches and praised her appearance and style.

Marketing couples tear off the Buddhist mask?

Huangshi and Lisun, a marketing couple of four, always appear on the hot search. Either the eldest daughter is envied by others and has some skills, or the mother dances some new dances and so on.

To put it bluntly, the hot topics in his home are bought by marketing, not the hot water at all. The picture is also for the reason of increasing attention and self-interest. The topic of his wife’s dancing is also bought, but I did not expect that the comments from netizens are inferior. expected.

The woman was very arrogant and arrogant, but she blacked the critics, and even her old fans who had been following her for a long time have not let go. Since entering the industry, she has heard good things and was suddenly disgusted and can’t stand it.

Her temper is really not small and her EQ is not high, but there are so few opportunities to appear in front of the camera that many people are not aware of this issue. Anyway, this family is not as Buddhist as it is publicized. To balance the comment area.

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]]> 24086 Malaysia: Buddhist non-profit hospital helps the poor https://en.spress.net/malaysia-buddhist-non-profit-hospital-helps-the-poor/ Mon, 17 May 2021 10:08:08 +0000 https://en.spress.net/malaysia-buddhist-non-profit-hospital-helps-the-poor/ Officials in Penang, a multi-religious island near the border between Malaysia and Thailand, recently announced the establishment of the Kek Lok Si Charity Medical Center, a non-profit Buddhist hospital. first on the island.
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The center is scheduled to open to the public in May and has pledged to keep fees below those of other charity hospitals in the area. The Kek Lok Si Charity Medical Center is located on the grounds of Lac Lac Temple, the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia. This is home to a 36.6 meter high bronze statue of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara and a Buddha made from jade mined in Myanmar and carved in China, considered one of the largest jade Buddha statues in the world. . This temple, called Sukhāvati in Sanskrit, which translates as “land of ultimate happiness”, nestled on a hillside, offering panoramic views of the city and sea, is a popular pilgrimage and visitation site. language of the Buddhist followers in the region. Venerable Seck Jit Heng, the temple’s abbot and former President of the Malaysian Buddhist Association, will become the Chairman of the hospital’s Board of Directors. “This is not the first charity hospital in the state, but rest assured that the fees here will be much lower than the lowest fees of all the other charity hospitals here. We only serve Malaysians, especially the poor,” said Dr Teng Hock Nan, Board member and Medical Director at the hospital. The facility has five floors and occupies part of the temple grounds. The center will include X-ray, ultrasound and CT scanners, modular critical care and a hemodialysis center. The hospital will provide 50 beds with 130 staff members, including seven resident consultants, two doctors, two consultants and one visiting consultant. The hospital with modern equipment is working towards 200 beds “We hope to expand our hospital to a total of 200 beds in the future,” said Dr. Teng. Aiming to avoid common medical tourism in the region, Dr Teng said: “If there is an emergency involving foreigners, we will treat them until their condition is reached. they stabilize before being transferred to other hospitals.” The Penang state government has invested RM200,000 (US$48,698) in the hospital, and officials expressed hope that a similar donation would be made every year. “Since the hospital operates entirely on donations, but the costs of the hospital are very high, we hope the state will consider approving the funding for the hospital every year.” Dr. Teng told Penang Premier Chow Kon Yeow when he visited the hospital. In response to this request, Premier Chow called on all NGOs and corporations, the Chinese city hall in Penang, the Penang Chinese chamber of commerce and multinational companies to support the disease. this charity.

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