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• Tsangyang Gyatso
  ...principles of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism and rejected life as a monk. He preferred drinking, the company of women and writing love songs and poe
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• Zhang Jinlai
  ...e drama tells of the legend of the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD), the Buddhist monk Xuanzang, who traveled to the place later known as India on a pilgrimage to
  2 KB (392 words) - 08:02, 20 November 2014
• Feng Zikai
  In 1927, he followed [[Master Hong Yi]] (弘一法师) to become a Buddhist monk.
  2 KB (357 words) - 01:06, 26 November 2012
• Yulin Grotto Temple
  ..., painted on the cliff to the right of Samantabhadra is a picture of “Tang Monk [[Xuan Zang]] Seeking Sutras in the West.” This is earliest extant pictur
  3 KB (429 words) - 06:37, 17 March 2010
• Stone-Carved Scriptures Exhibition Hall
  ...ties. It was founded for storing the scriptures carved on stone slabs by a monk named Jingwan. The name Yunju Temple was found on a stone inscription datin
  3 KB (560 words) - 01:38, 9 September 2009
• Life in Cloisters
  ...and the other gives an opportunity for malfeasants to make confessions. A monk who refuses to confess is held guilty, and if his misconduct has been expos ...how hard he tries self-cultivation. Only by strictly observing them can a monk proceed to study by dhyana and by philosophy. The Buddha’s purpose in lay
  21 KB (3,573 words) - 02:16, 25 May 2010
• Lion Dance
  ...Playing with Lion in [[Sichuan]] and [[Hunan]] provinces and the Laughing Monk Playing with Lion in [[Shaanxi Province]].
  4 KB (619 words) - 01:47, 23 February 2016
• Laba Festival
  ...htenment. Legend has it that after Sakyamuni left secular life to become a monk, he meditated so deeply that he often forgot to eat. Once, when he was clos
  5 KB (753 words) - 01:11, 6 January 2017
• Beihai Park
  ...hanging around them. Inside, the dagoba holds the Buddhist Scriptures, the monk's mantle and alms bowl and two pieces of Sarira. Since the White Dagoba is
  9 KB (1,529 words) - 08:45, 30 August 2013
• Tibetan Buddhism
  ...[Qinghai]] who began studying Buddhism in Lhasa after he was ordained as a monk. He rose to fame, wrote copiously, and went all out in boosting Tibetan Bud ...ach Tibetan family was required to provide at least one member to become a monk or nun. This is why Tibetan monks and nuns made up a quarter of the Tibetan
  12 KB (2,027 words) - 06:22, 28 November 2017
• Achang ethnic group
  ...eduled on holy days and follow the chanting of scripture by [[monks]]. One monk leads the funeral procession. As he walks, he holds a long strand of white
  4 KB (677 words) - 02:47, 4 August 2009
• Beijing Arts & Crafts Museum
  ...integration from the bronze shape and jade carving. The white jade Jigong Monk is designed and carved by Master Wang Shu-sen, it`s praiseworthy by every v
  4 KB (616 words) - 02:46, 15 October 2009
• Han Buddhism
  ...tory books, in 260 (5th year of the Ganlu reign, Wei Kingdom), the Chinese monk Zhu Shixing began a solitary tour of the Western Territories. When he arriv ...out of the water, emitting brilliant light and color. With this trick the monk caught the fancy of the general and won his confidence. He went on to persu
  18 KB (3,062 words) - 05:16, 19 May 2010
• Buddhist Organizations
  ...or meditating, and are obliged to maintain the decorum and etiquette of a monk. The students are asked to foster a monastic lifestyle so that they can bec
  12 KB (1,839 words) - 02:15, 25 May 2010
• Badachu
  ...ld-coated copper statue of the Sykyamuni Buddha, bequeathed by a Thai head monk, is enshrined in its main hall. A relic of the tooth of this Buddha was fou
  6 KB (928 words) - 09:42, 17 April 2015
• Stephen Chow Sing-Chi
  The Mad Monk (1993) 济公
  6 KB (638 words) - 03:47, 25 January 2013
• Huang Yongyu
  In Huang’s own words, he was lucky enough to meet the famous monk Hongyi (Li Shutong) in a Quanzhou temple where the naughty boy sneaked up t
  6 KB (972 words) - 03:13, 6 August 2013
• Chinese Tea Art
  ...xperts in purple clay teapots. The teapot was first invented by an eminent monk of the [[Jinsha Si]] (Gold Sand Temple) who remained anonymous. However, fo ...a small teapot looked like a monk's cap, which naturally reminded one of a monk praying to Buddha in the ancient temple. The message was clear: you drink t
  23 KB (3,954 words) - 07:23, 20 June 2016
• Dai ethnic group
  ...graveyards of aristocrats and poor people were strictly separated. When a monk or a Buddhist leader died, he was cremated and his ashes placed in a potter
  6 KB (1,004 words) - 03:11, 14 April 2016
• Pali Buddhism
  ...to the bottom of the pot so that the water could slowly leak out. The poor monk was allowed to stop walking only after the pot ran out of water. It is said ...the temples have retained only their function as religious sanctuaries and monk’s abodes, they remain as centers for the dissemination and preservation o
  8 KB (1,245 words) - 05:14, 19 May 2010

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