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Being a Buddhist is too much work... Pt 2.

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October 14th 2011
I'm falling behind on these, clearly, but I only have a couple days left before we go into the full thick of it with shows, so I am going to make a push to try to catch up. Forgive me if things aren't as detailed as you'd like. I already feel like I am writing a ton. Also, even when I'm connected to ethernet, the internet here is painfully slow... adding a single photograph to this ... read more

Asia » China » Zhejiang » Putuoshan

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more