Flat Matt Goes to Taiwan in search of Taoist truths and an awesome bowl of dumplings ...

... of the new country when it was formed in 1911 and later helped free Taiwan from the Japanese occupation that occurred after World War II. (Sun Yat-Sen was asked to be president, but declined, saying that he had no interest in personal glory.) Here is Matt walking through the famous front gate of the Memorial. Above the entrance, it says "Righteous and Honest," one of the founding principles of ...

karma

... The Cultivation of Realization , trans. Thomas Cleary (in Taoist Meditation ) [T]he Hare Krishna mantra is not ... subject of Buddhism. I got a number of Taoist books, and I was also able to find ... a lot of what the ISKCON books are saying, despite being a branch of Hinduism at least ... (nirvana) is the ultimate goal, with some traditions saying that the greatest thing is to become enlightened ...

religion, yet again.

... same campus, but she has NEVER tried to force any of her christian views on my largely buddhist/taoist family, and i respect her for that. she has brought us to church, but has never once ... and other people's religion. i am just trying to bring my point across, before some people start saying that i am defending myself or bashing the religion. again, i have NOTHING against christianity, just some ...

.... Anyways, we went to a church, 3 temples(Hindu, Buddhist & Taoist) and uhm, a synanogue. Yeaaaaaaaah. The synanogue was damn interesting. And Taoist one too. Okay.. the Taoist temple all the doors right, got like a like, wall ah. From the ground, rising...they called me sotong alot of times. Haha. As I was saying, the synanogue was cool too. They pray in a very ...

Fanfic: Careful With What You Wish - Chap 31

...wanted to go with him. He even turned down my wonderful cooking, saying he preferred to eat whatever Sakurazuka-san had prepared for him for ... an ice-cream and I’m annoyed because yesterday your sister kept saying I’d get fat if I kept eating sweets. I won’t.... Onmyoudo is based on the Chinese arts of astrology, divination and Taoist magic and also represents a mystical way of living in harmony with ...

Immmune to the Stuff pt. 48

... to be blunt, it's a Taoist expression for sort of joining the..., if she weren't Taoist, would be saying--and meaning--something like...uncaring about life or death. A Taoist adept does not care between life...difference between life and death"? that Taoist adepts understood. Then he drew in... can convince her," Nick was saying. "She is a dedicated Crafter."... you. You are not a Taoist; yet, you have many of ...

City creation: New York City part 2

... of black magic being used by the Triad, and a group of Taoist magicians moving to counter this are running through the city.  NPC. ...turned them into an extremely competent and formidable group. A group of Taoist wizards have followed her to New York and they are fighting ... their home is somewhere near Grand Central, although no one is saying where. They have a lot of enemies that would love to ...

Reality & Ego

... with the world. At first of course when someone reads this they think of the classic Descartes saying, "I think therefore I am." This statement holds true and is the mental structure of many ... (well historically) preaches about awakening. We see it a lot in Eastern teachings; especially taoist teachings. Taoist teaching of the way, and then the formation of other groups like Zen Buddhism. The ...

Finally...

... Don't worry. That little person always convinces me, by saying the same thing over and over again. And I like...s not a wish. It's here. It's like saying, ''I want a dog'' and never really looking for one.... I do. I don't care about other people saying I'm insane because I know I'm not. I... people watching. I'm a Buddhist, an anarchist, a Taoist, an atheist, an existentialist, a musician, a bassist, a ...

The Heart Sutra

...line between Chan Buddhist practices and Taoist philosophy was often not terribly ...-1399) represents a notably Buddo-Taoist perspective and interpretation of the ... Wu Gou is emulating such Taoist logic becomes apparent. 故君子苟能無解其五藏，無擢其聰明，尸居而龍見 Gù jū... also provides comments from Confucian, Taoist, Logician and various Classical sources ...s own mind.” The Cittamatrins are saying that mind and form are ...