Wonderful Sculptures at Buddhist Tzu Chi University

This one shows a frail old man, seeing the reflection of himself and his nurse in the mirror, and trying to touch the image of himself as a young man with his now-deceased wife. It is quite touching, and beautifully done.

The Land Where it's Already Tomorrow: Chapter 22: Chilling Down, The Flying Nun, Lao-puo Picks Up the Pen

December 9th 2006
It’s starting to get cold again already, and it’s only early December. Today is a forecast high of only 26, and I have to wear long sleeves on the motorbike most of the time now. In fact, Lao-puo even put on the heater the other night. Barring the fact that I spent this (Saturday) morning teaching a Buddhist nun to ride a motorcycle, my life is pretty normal over here. Nancy (the nun) is A ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Hualien

In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using th... ... read more

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