Live more ...
Incense and candles, at BaDaChu 八大处, BeiJingBaDaChu, 'Eight Great Sights', is a park comprising a number of Buddhist temples and nunneries, some still active, on the slopes of the Western Hills on the edge of Beijing city.
Though not as high as XiangShan, and not reaching the mountain top, it is still an energetic climb to the top site. The forested hillside valleys, with many ancient trees, adds much to the enjoyment here; a nice place for a gentle hike in the countryside.
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[May 15th 2017] Heat-wave ahead !
Summer is hotting up in BeiJing this week - into the high 30s C (90s F in old money).
Keep cool (keep hydrated), be cool (sensible, giving and creative), keep in touch (we love your feedback and input), and above all - love life (live more; BE love) ...
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To have and to be - huh ?
The two big verbs - to have and to be ...
Thinking through this seemingly abstract concept could change your life, for the better. Two very different ways to live; or rather - really live or not really live.
To have is good, to a point; but can be a holding onto more than we really need, and a baggage of the past dragged into the future that prevents us living in the real now. For what we 'have' is not just physical stuff - it is also the clutter and beliefs in our mind.
To be, is to live, free of the past and all that we 'have' (and 'know'). Live more ... be more ...
Listen less (to others and beliefs), and look more (and think more, based on what is, not on what you have heard).
Someone once said that to love is much better than to be loved; to give so much better than to receive (have); and so it is with to have and to be ... To be is the way.
Everything taken, comes to an end. Everything given ripples through time for an eternity.
To ask for nothing, and give all - that is love.
To be, not to have.
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You might like to read Erich Fromm's To Have or To Be, and The Art of Love, which also explore this concept, and is essentially what the Buddha told us. Easy read; concise and potent.
Also good reading : Jiddhu Krishnamurthi - for example, Commentaries on Living (three easy read volumes), and Alan Watts - for example, The Way of Zen.
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LiTang is a predominantly Tibetan-culture town in SiChuan province. It lies at an altitude of 4,000 meters, one of the highest towns in the world.
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ZheJiang province.
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With Garland Nixon ...
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With Seiu Travel ...
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Emei Shan (Emei Mountain, 3,099 m / 10,167 ft) is one of the four Chinese Buddhist sacred mountains.
Emei Shan is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (together with the nearby LeShan Giant Buddha) as "an area of exceptional cultural significance as it is the place where Buddhism first became established on Chinese territory ... The first Buddhist temple in China was built on the summit of Mount Emei in the 1st century CE ... Mount Emei is also notable for its exceptionally diverse vegetation, ranging from subtropical to sub-alpine pine forests. Some of the trees there are more than 1,000 years old."
Included in this beautiful film : the summit of Mount Emei, WanNian Si Temple, QingYin Ge and BaoGuo Si Temple.
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A beautiful film from JiangSu province, east China ...
Includes scenes from TaiHu Lake Scenic Area, just to the west of SuZhou.
SuZhou - A city for the poetic life 苏州：诗意生活
A wonderful animation in traditional Chinese painting style ...
The classical gardens, temples and canals of SuZhou
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A very large market of antiques, painting and craft materials, and curios of all kinds, including large sculpture items. A fascinating place to visit ...
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