Showing posts with label Vietnamese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vietnamese. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Karma: Woman ages 50 years in a few days


[If I believed in conspiracy theories, I would speculate that the Globalist Agenda includes drastically reducing the global population by aging them quickly. That's what they are doing more slowly with vaccines, war, junk food, soda, aerosol contamination (chemtrails), and EMF emissions.] If this is a single case, it could be attributed to karma, whatever the disease mechanism.


The woman who aged from 23 to 73 in "a few days"
Claire Bates (DailyMail.co.uk, Oct. 15, 2011)
Doctors speculate Nguyen Thi Phuong may have entirely new syndrome.

These pictures may look like an attractive woman in her 20s and her grandmother. But they are said to be the same person -- apparently taken just days apart.

The young Vietnamese woman at the center of the improbable medical case, Nguyen Thi Phuong, claims the [rapid aging] transformation may have come about because of an extreme allergy to seafood.

Nguyen, 26, says she developed this puffy face and sagging skin in 2008 but was too poor to seek treatment.

Earlier this month, doctors said they would examine her free of charge. Nguyen’s husband, carpenter Thanh Tuyen, insists the story is true and his love has not faded for his once-beautiful wife. More

Thursday, September 15, 2011

A visit with Thich Nhat Hanh (video)

Wisdom Quarterly

Singing monastics and wall to wall crowds at Deer Park (Ashley Wells/Wisdom Quarterly)

Deer Park monastics and Thay's large entourage serenading Thay (sitting in the front row facing them accompanying them with a large singing bowl) and visitors to free day at the monastery preceding a sold out, week-long retreat. Wisdom Quarterly visited Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, California on September 3, 2011. Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) was there after speaking in Pasadena and preparing for a retreat.
Events
DeerPark@dpmail.net
Mindfulness Retreat in Vietnamese - Opening the Door of the Heart
Sept. 16, 2011: 5-day mindfulness retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh, monks, and nuns.
Day of Mindfulness with Thich Nhat Hanh
Sept. 25: Opening the door of the heart, a day with Thay and the fourfold community of Deer Park Monastery
Meditation & Education Retreat - The True Student
Nov. 4: bi-annual retreat for university educators and college students at all levels who are interested in meditation and its correlation to our life at school, in our family, and in our minds.
Retreat and Weekend Schedule Fall 2011 - Fall 2012 Overview of retreats and theme weekends at Deer Park for coming year

Monday, May 16, 2011

Zen tourism takes shape in Vietnam

English.vietnamnet.vn, edited by Wisdom Quarterly


With a 2,500-year Buddhist history and over 10 million Buddhists at present and a hundred pagodas (ornate reliquaries), Vietnam can become an attractive destination for Zen tourism.

Zen is a school of Mahāyāna ("Larger Vehicle") Buddhism that is most famous in Japan. Zen emphasizes experiential wisdom in the attainment of enlightenment. As such, at least in legend (legend contradicted by the Western scholar and former Zen Buddhist monk Prof. Robert Buswell, UCLA) Zen de-emphasizes theoretical knowledge in favor of direct self-realization.


Sitting Zen in Vietnam in front of image of Bodhidharma (phathoc.net)

Realization (satori, minor awakening or "epiphany") comes through meditation and Dharma practice. The teachings of Zen include various sources of Mahāyāna thought, including the "Perfection of Wisdom" (Prajñāpāramitā) literature, particularly the Heart Sutra, and the teachings of the Yogācāra and Tathāgatagarbha schools.

The emergence of Zen as a distinct school of Buddhism was first documented in China in the 7th century ACE. From China, Zen spread south to Vietnam very early, around 580. It developed strongly under the Ly -- Tran and Trinh -- Nguyen (pronounced "Win") dynasties.

As a result, Vietnamese culture and lifestyle has been influenced by Zen philosophy, particularly its most famous advocate, Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh.


A senior Vietnamese Buddhist monk, previously detained in an alleged plot to finance disorder against the communist regime, is in custody again (Rev. Danny Fisher).

Zen tourism has been developed in Vietnam with tours to pagodas (ornate reliquaries) and pagoda festivals, which enable tourists to visit Buddhist architectural works, observe and participate in the activities of Buddhist priests, monks, and nuns, as well as enjoy and admire characteristics of Zen arts like flower arranging, the tea ceremony, bonsai tree cultivation, and vegetarian food.


There are about 120 pagodas available for Zen tourism in Vietnam, including popular names such as Dau in northern Bac Ninh Province; Ba Da and Tran Quoc in Hanoi; Truc Lam Tay Thien in northern Vinh Phuc Province; Tu Dam, Thien Mu, and Tu Hieu in central Thua Thien-Hue Province; and Tu An, Giac Lam, and Giac Vien in Ho Chi Minh City. Source