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Will's World: January 2010
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Sunday, January 31, 2010. Will's World 01 31 2010. Reflecting on this first month of the Will’s World blog, I am once again weighing why I am writing and photographing events of my life. Is this all an ego trip? Or is it just to have some fun. Or what is it I’m trying to accomplish? We all can meet very interesting people by simply smiling and saying “Hi.”. Will's World 01 30 2010. Surfer starts to ride a wave. It is another beautiful day in Seal Beach: temperatures in the high 60s, no clouds, and a ligh...
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James's Blog at JamesBaquet.com: May 2009
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The best way to keep up with my life and my online activities. More about this blog. Wednesday, May 27, 2009. This blog is your main contact, your portal (if you will), to the splendors of JamesBaquet.com (*cough*). What will you find here? Links to other happenings on the site. Updates on what Lila and I have been doing. Things that don't fit into other pages on the site, including books I've read, movies I've seen, people I've met, and random observations. And You Are That. Either way, "Keep in touch"!
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Welcome to Mi-le-fo's Homepage!
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Check out the new site from The Temple Guy! Dedicated to the Happiness of All Sentient Beings. With western eyes and training in Buddhist studies, The Temple Guy. Who bears a startling resemblance to Mi-le-fo. The Laughing Buddha) will be visiting temples- Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and min jien xin yan. Folk devotion")- during his sojourn in the south of China. Here you will find a record of these visits. Which will ultimately be replaced by the Figures. With links to more in-depth materials.
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Hsi Lai Temple
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Check out the new site from The Temple Guy! The "Home Temple" of this Laughing Buddha. Hsi Lai Temple, near Los Angeles, California, USA, is said to be the largest Buddhist temple in the West. (As a tour guide there, I always hedged with is said to be, or something like it- just to be on the safe side.). At any rate, it is a major presence in the Chinese-speaking Buddhist community, attracting tens of thousands at Chinese New Year alone. A tour of the Temple is given in the. Ascent of Hsi Lai Temple.
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Figures Found in Temples
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Check out the new site from The Temple Guy! A Guide to the Gods and Goddesses, Bodhisattvas and Buddhas, ancestors and great historical figures revered in Chinese temples. This page is very much still in formation. Names will be added frequently; the pages they link to will take longer. Until more is finished, please see An Honor Roll of Worthies. This leads to pages found in An Ascent of Hsi Lai Pilgrimage. Ultimately, this page will replace the Honor Roll, as more and more figures get their own pages.
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A Glossary of Temple Elements
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Check out the new site from The Temple Guy! Buildings, Areas, and Items Commonly Found at Chinese Temples. These are some of the items you are likely to encounter when visiting a temple in China. Most temples have a Bell, whether in a formal tower near the Main Gate (and balanced by a Drum. Tower), hanging in a small stand inside the Main Hall, or hanging from a beam inside or outside of the Main Hall. Sometimes found inside a Hall, but more often outside, receptacles for incense. Page for more details.
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The Ascent of Hsi Lai Temple: A Pilgrimage
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Check out the new site from The Temple Guy! After five years in Japan, two years in a Buddhist college, and a few months in China, there is one thing this Barefoot Fool of a Laughing Buddha knows for sure: you can't learn much about Buddhism by just reading. Yet millions of words have been written, and- used correctly- they can function like "fingers pointing at the moon," as long as we don't mistake them for the Moon itself. So instead of telling you about. Each page in this pilgrimage offers two kinds ...
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An Introduction to Buddhism
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Check out the new site from The Temple Guy! Thus Have I Heard. As time goes by, there will be much more in the way of original material on Buddhism here. But until then, I have brought you some of the best introductory material I can find, from our friends at Buddhanet. You might also check Beliefnet. For more topical articles. In addition, I have presented an unusual way of learning about Buddhism in my Ascent of Hsi Lai Temple: A Pilgrimage. Learn More at Buddhanet.net. Buddhist History and Culture.
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Chinese Temples: Greater China
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Check out the new site from The Temple Guy! Come with me on Pilgrimage. So far, I haven't really left Shenzhen. I have high hopes for visits to many of China's premier Buddhist sites, but first I want to increase my understanding by visiting local temples, so that when I go, I'll know what I'm looking at! Meanwhile, I have. Click on the Lotus to view the Page! Pages without Lotuses are in development). Tien Hou Temple, Dapeng Fortress, Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Search the Temple Guy.
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Chinese Temples: America
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Check out the new site from The Temple Guy! Come with me on Pilgrimage. In fact, I have only been to one Chinese temple in America. That is Hsi Lai Temple, where I was fortunate enough to work for half a year, so my pages about it are extensive. I have also added one not-so-Chinese temple in America: my ancestral shrine in my parents' back yard. If I ever live in America again, I'm sure these pages will grow. Click on the Lotus to view the Page! Search the Temple Guy. AKA The Temple Guy.
