Zhongnan Mountain

  • The Blue Stream [Tang Poems]

    — Wang Wei I follow the Blue Rill To the Stream of Yellow Blooms. It winds from hill to hill Till far away it looms. It roars amid pebbles white And calms down under pines green. Weeds float on ripples light, Reeds mirrored like a screen. Mind’s carefree, alone; The clear stream flows with…

  • Lingering snow atop the Zhongnan [Tang Poems]

    — Zu Yong How steep and fair the shady ridge! Snow-crowned peaks float above the cloud. The forest’s bright in sunset dyed, With evening cold the town’s overflowed.

  • Divinity in a Clamshell

    Chan Master Weizheng (757–843 CE) was a renowned eminent monk during the Tang Dynasty. He initially studied sutra recitation under Master Quancheng at Yanhe Temple in his home province, later receiving Dharma transmission from Chan Master Puji on Songshan Mountain(Mount Song), thus becoming a key lineage holder of the Northern School of Chan Buddhism.

  • Journey to the West – Episode 53 – Picture story

    By the dim light of the oil lamps, Tripitaka spent a long time meditating on the King Liang’s Water Litany (Liang Dynasty Water Repentance Liturgy), followed by the recitation of the Authentic Sutra of the Peacock(True Peacock Sutra).