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During our last stay in the mountains Tiantai as usual on the last day we went to the Temple of Pure State - because it is located 100m from the hotel and we soon after the visit to take up arms and to go to the bus station without a problem to happen on the bus return to Shanghai.

Temples really like, is a half thousand years, and a specific atmosphere, not to mention the picturesque location of and the whole plejadzie known masters of Buddhism, also sacred (which you attributed to naludzkie powers), who lived in it. It is not a big problem for us, even that of the temple is a lot of people - mostly because we leave the Tiantai usually on Sundays, and on the weekends is always a lot of tourists.

I hope to eventually describe the temples, most recently in Nawal somehow everything I could not get down to serious work on the blog. Wines must be ordered for this Guqina my teacher, who taught us a new, very long and very difficult work, whose title in the free translation is "no hidden agenda" 鸥鹭 忘 机. Determination

Wangji 忘 机 Taoist is a term, which means pure, clear mind, not moved by any desire, without desires or hidden agenda.

Work This is a story inspired by what can be found in the chapter with the yellow Emperor 皇帝 the Taoist classic Liezi 列子. Now, on the shore of the sea lived a father and son. Son was very fond of gulls, and every day at dawn walked on the beach play with the birds, which once saw him immediately przylatywaly whole herds. When my father heard about this, he said to his son: "I heard seagulls love to you, why do not you caught me a few to have fun?". The next day the son, as usual in the morning he went to the beach, to think, to catch a seagull, but these were circulating surprisingly high over his head and none of them approached him.

Chinese are always noted the great strength of mind. If the providential plan has been received by the gulls, how big is the influence of thoughts to ourselves?

Anyway, song is long, it takes more than five minutes, the gestures of musical notation is 3 pages in the book, so on the day sitting on Guqinem and exercise - for at writing a blog is neglected. This week I have lessons to celebrate Chinese holidays 清明节 dead, but the big M has an extra day off and of course we go again ... the Heavenly Terraces

Coming back to the temple - during both visits, of course we had to spend considerable time in the monastery bookstore, where he got another couple of pounds of waste paper. As usual, Mala M also had to necessarily get some sort of booklet - it myself chose the color and graphics on the cover of it. Chose two - a green with bamboo, and the other with pink lotus flower. The funniest thing is that both books are really interesting - especially the green, which is a collection of wisdom by Master buddysjkich Lotus Pond ( Lian Chi ) 莲池大师 titled "Loose Notes on bamboo Window" 竹 窗 随笔.

Master Lian Chi is regarded as the patriarch of the eighth generation of the Buddhist Pure Land school 净土 and one of the four greatest Chinese Buddhist masters of the Ming Dynasty (1378-1644). He was born in 1535 in Hangzhou 杭州 into a wealthy aristocratic family. In childhood received a traditional Confucian teachings. Pewneg of the age of 17 he heard that a neighbor who lives next to the elderly every day thousands of times utters the name of Buddha, and curious about the reason he asked. neighbor said: "My husband daily recite Buddha's name, and when death finally came, he died peacefully, without any illness and suffering, I know that reciting the name of Buddy gives a great power. "Lian Chi moved, he realized how important it is to transition from life to death, and became interested in the teachings of Pure Land. Soon after his parents died, making it even directed toward Buddhism Chi Lian. As a result, at age 32 year he decided to part with the family and become a monk. After an initial period of teaching for the seat of the Temple, choosing among clouds 云栖 寺 in Hangzhou. Surrounding the temple were harassed by the tigers that attacked and killed people, but after prayers Lian Chi tigers did not appeared more . The following year came the drought, and the peasants turned to Lian Chi, asking for help. This went along with the other monks at obchod half, striking a wooden rattle (Wooden Fish 木鱼) and reciting the name of Buddha. A little later, heavy rain began to fall exactly in those places, which celebrated champion.

Photo: Master Lian Chi (Lotus Pond) (1535-1615):

After these events the name Lian Chi became famous, and the teachings of Pure Land school got tones of many followers. After the death of the seventh Patriarch Master Xingchang 省 常 大师 for over 550 years the Earth did not clean remained popular, and only Lian Chi to the newly restored the splendor of this line of Buddhism, whose teachings proclaim that, by reciting the Buddha's name Amithaba man at the time of death will be introduced to the West Land lucky.

in the sixth month Lian Chi 1615 years felt that death is coming, so he went to town and said goodbye to friends, then returned to the temple where the monks had granted last teachings. On the first day of the seventh month Master Lian Chi said: "Tomorrow I'm gone." At night I felt a bit less well, so he went to his cell, where he sat down to meditate with closed eyes. Next day morning, said to awake at his monks: "honestly recite the name of Buddha, do not be fooled by demons, not determined by me lamcie regol monastery," and turned his face toward the west and reciting the name of the Buddha died. He had then 81 years. Was buried on the slopes of Five 五 云山 clouds.

Lian Chi Master of Science in May distinct staining Chan / Zen, said to be he just merged the two varieties each complementing them. Below

two anecdotes in my translation from the "loose notes into a bamboo Window":

"In science, it is important concentration"

Yuanzhang Mi said: "Learning how to calligraphy should devote himself to it completely, if you want to achieve success should not have any other distractions of interest. " I myself once heard that the masters taught their students Guqina only 2-3 songs, and you fully understand their secrets. Although these are not big words, it can be applied to matters of great. Buddha in his will, he said: "If the mind to focus fully, then there is no things which you could not make. "So if someone distracted by many things, then there is nothing in any reaches. If we act with full devotion and concentration, then very quickly reach Samadhi. All those who meditate and recite the Buddha's name should this note.

Note: Mi Yuanzhang 米 元 章 is mentioned here famous champion Mi Fu calligraphy 米 芾.

"Approach"

People react differently when before their eyes, you will get rich, beautiful woman, fame or benefit.'ll feel the fire and comparison of five different substances adjacent to it. The first is the hay, as it touches the fire, the flame immediately overwhelms them. The second is the wood for the fire, though not light up right away, it's enough to blow a few times and is lit. The third one is iron, it in no coming into contact with fire is lit, but if it is in contact with fire long enough, eventually melt. The fourth is water, not only, with no burning, but it can extinguish fire. But when you put me in the kettle, then boiling hot and evaporates. Piata is emptiness, no form or shape, so no matter how great a fire in August that its not mistreated, she suffers not any damage, no need to extinguish the fire, in the end he burns out and turns itself off. Of these five, the first ordinary people, passthru three are those who have achieved various degrees of sophistication in Buddhist practice, in order from shallow to deeper. Only the last This is a level, experienced can only Buddhas and holy.

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We live in military housing estate, from 7 years now, the fourth apartment, the rent in Shanghai, and one of the worst. There is perhaps too many years, probably from 20, but is slowly falling apart in August.

few days ago The big M rescued me from the best sleep at 7 am calling out: "There is no water." I can not say I use this occasion nastrajala me positively to the world, but try as I could keep CORRECT distance to the case. I checked, actually, the taps are not flowing, or a drop of water, even cold. The big M was terribly wrong, because I wanted to bathe, and here you can not even wash teeth. Fortunately (and perhaps misfortune), the tap water in Shanghai is tragic (from the Huangpu 黄 浦江, the mother river of the city), and all the buyer in buklakach potable water. We also, so a large M PJ water in the kettle, poured into a bowl and washed the Chinese way with the help of cloth,. I remember long ago, Chinese kungfu movie about, in which sweaty champion after exhausting workout that way, too bathe - towel into the bowl, soaked it and it dries the body. I was then quite surprised, because next to the seemingly crystal-clear flowing river in August, but no country which is a custom, who knows how to wash in China looks. I suppose that was not seen on film flowing rivers garbage and human waste - in an old building in the Yangzi delta gets through to the wood needs 马桶 buckets, which oproznialo morning in August, or a river or a nearby kanalku. In southern China, many villages situated on the canals, with the famous Suzhou 苏州 at the helm, and once they were buried in a cloud of stench from the canals (now pouring impurity is forbidden.) Interestingly, the same scenes I saw that in one place, someone poured impurity, and the next neighbor confuse vegetables for cooking. But this is not the only Chinese cuisine in an exotic ...

while a large M are mistaken, I initiated an alarm. First, the phone at the entrance to the grandparents. Kind of makes sure that no one here is not entered, guards against thieves, clean up the staircase, but really, it is still fac cards. A few months ago, a neighbor below us doing repairs dust, and to this day in arrears on the chest and stairs. Not to mention the fact that after returning from a vacancy in Poland, someone crept into our apartment - luckily nothing killed. Apparently the old boss's management employs Liu, because he is a relative of one of the military. But I do not know why it employs old Jiang, because it seems there is no back - at least I do not know about them. Then I called upon the Heads of Ni. Of course, once with a thick tube, because, unfortunately, long-standing practice of the present settlement of affairs has shown that this tactic is most effective. Current apartment was supposed to serve us in the alternative for 1-2 months, until the owner, in which formerly lived there, do not do repairs. Lotr but sold them after the renovation, and we were in the present. She was a severe winter, we are with the child 2 years, air conditioners niedzialaly with old age. Previous management company was planning to do something there, and suddenly occurred, Ni and took the building in ajencje. Ni came, sprzwdzila climate and found that ... works normally! The apartment was maybe from 5 degrees, the cold wind blew Klima, and she squeezed us to ignorance. Then began fierce fight with her to finally negotiate a new air conditioner, but it cost me a lot of gray hair. Later

such situations was still at large, and as it is now run out of water, according to the tactics developed contacted Ni. Promised - as it is - the deal with this matter immediately. And indeed, after a while came the Young Wang. Wang saw a young forever, as rozwozi motorbike courier, is working For some companies in the cage next door. How came, it suddenly learned that he is a plumber ... Typical played Ni, which sends the incompetent people who can not do anything, just to create the illusion that something does not spend a penny at the same time. In any case, Young Wang made well in August - dismantled the pump (we live on 5tym floor, so that was adequate water pressure pump is needed - without a gas water heater does not zalaczylaby in) i. .. I broke down.

After an hour came from the Young Tang jakmis soldier. Ni apparently started in a military unit prompts. Tang is working for the army here in a garage, had left a deep impression on me, when half a year ago came to write down the water meter, and such has left the stench of his socks, that a large M was looking at me suspiciously when I returned from work after 6 hours. This time it was just - Young Tang probably still in the same socks ... Slippers, which he gave, in order to live in the shoes did not go to air today on the balcony. However, Young Tang dismantled a few pipes and przeczyscil them finally began to fly and cold water, so some progress has been made. Young Tang stated that in general pipes are completely clogged, not to push them and that we will have to do a bypass of the plastic pipes.

After a few hours and my husband prompts appeared on the Old Ni Liu. Maz is quite kumatym man, even a dolphin to like, but with a husband, Ni, is unfortunately not possible to. Stated that the pump is broken (eureka!), and the need to buy new. OK - Buy from then. They went somewhere, in late afternoon appeared and began to mount. Normally I'm doing the trade, but I insisted to fix everything as soon as possible. New pomka nothing away - still only cold water, and only at the tap in the kitchen and bathroom, or a little bit, not to mention a warmer. Puddings - so I'm calling for Ni and speech, we must necessarily take a bath, so I let him prepare the money for a hotel - no because where else? After a half hour calls and says Ni, from deputy commander of the military unit he knows me and agreed to, we took a shower in the barracks. Zarzadalem, in order to verify the sanitary condition of Ni, then he went, it turned out that it was not worse than in our apartment. Same deputy I met the commander before the Chinese New Year at the hairdresser (what does not like Uighurs.) Then it sort of talking, there was not a little surprised when I told him that Chinese TV has ignored in the translation of the message of Obama's statements against the communist dictatorship. In any case, then it broke the ice, and the shower went Ni - and a total of us too - on hand.

Ni promised resolve the matter the next day. So I waited and waited, and neither one nor slychu widu. In the end I called - Ni visited surprise, in the end says that the spec will arrive in the afternoon from the factory push-ups, lest I actually mount. I return from training, actually waiting already skilled, young boy in overalls with the logo of the manufacturer. The boy asked me whether exercise can kungfu Shaolin, he replied that no, that the practice of interior styles. The mere fact that he asked, intrigued me, so I also asked if he practiced something. For he, with the Bagua 八卦 掌 - Style Eight Trigrams palm. And so began to talk - NB I myself also from year parunastu exercises of this style, so from word to word zgadalismy August. It turned out that the young Wang (yes his name as the hapless destroyer pump) practiced a style, which was called the Imperial, as the founder taught that his bodyguards at the Imperial Palace. In Shanghai, the style was popularized by a man called Wang 王 壮 飞 Zhuangfei from Shandong province, and was a disciple of a famous master Gong Baotiana 宫保 田 - known for its so-called. "Skills Body of Light." Gong Baotian, a slight increase, staying at a high second floor of a house without stairs, and he could get into it without stain ladder. It is said that he was so fast and before he could do dodge a bullet fired from a distance of 100 steps. So at least claimed Zhang Zuolin 张作霖, his employer and the Lord of War (northern most part of the rulers of China when the country was divided after the fall of the Empire in 1911). It is now believed that such rumors Zhang preached to discourage the hidden killers to be planted in August on his life in those turbulent times, but no doubt Gong Baotian was an expert in combat. Over 10 years ago, I visited Wang Zhuangfei'a in his apartment in Shanghai, Wang was on the stroke and the bad stick. Young Wang claimed the reason for was insufficient attention to internal exercises. Wang Apparently very jealously guarded its style, and the full message received his only son, Wang Hanzhi 王翰 之. Son is not only a master of martial arts, but also recognized calligrapher, painter and a diviner, who made a career in Singapore, but now lives again in Shanghai.

Young Wang also said that a Buddhist, I in turn admitted that he feels strongly affiliated with Taoism. He said that all religious systems in the end lead to the same goal. You would then I showed him the pictures of Padre Pio, who sent me a few days ago Stefano (Italy, friend from Beijing, also a kungfu practitioner) - Photos showing the body of a famous stigmatic Padre Pio in 40 years after death. The body seems to be in very good condition - like body Buddhist and Taoist monks, who reached a high level in the practice of meditation.

We exchanged phone calls, Young Wang has help in touch with several masters of interesting styles practiced in Shanghai, as well as arrange a meeting with his teacher.

Well, I have a new friend from kungfu - and think that it was necessary to August clogging pipes, accidental corruption, and buy a new pump. Chinese people call it destiny 缘分, we - the coincidence. Anyway, this is not bad, something good came out no.

Oh, I do not have to say, the Young Wang made well in August - has identified all the problems and repaired them, we Now warm water everywhere, where you.

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Heavenly Terraces 天台山 again - with a musical prologue

The big M had a free Friday last week, and wondered what to do with this conundrum. I had mixed feelings - just in those three days was a concert Young Knives, Guqina lesson on Saturday, called Sunday a rock concert to celebrate Women's Day ... Events a lot, and I recently suffering from the music. What's more lalo next week, and all indications are that we will szwedac like a drenched chicken after zadupiach are any, and a total of dubious pleasure. Family meetings we did and found that we prefer, however, go beyond the Big Bad City (read: Shanghai) than to sweat every evening, because the neighbors below us will again screamed into the night playing ping-pong table so that the whole hut shakes. So I booked a hotel in Tiantai'u, I bought tickets for the bus on Thursday, the girls dostaly commandment, in order to pack on Wednesday (I overlooked the concert, of course!) And be at school at 17:00, when you are not snacking.

drove, waited, also took us to the underground (because we would probably peak at the bus station went from an hour and we had a 18:07 bus), jump at it, but we zrzedly mines, because the automatic ticket queue (this peak ...), machines only on a dime, and I had to too little, the queue for a dime even longer ... Szpetnie swore under his breath to bad luck, apparently not given to us to leave, but the Pole can do it, so I went to the newsstand and the captivating smile I asked shop assistants and the exchange of note for coins. Baba, however, was resistant, she said, with no coins. Well, so I asked about the newspaper and I gave her 2 dychy, posing a rest in coins. This time the woman cursed and swearing, with no coins, issued me a whole handful of it. So I bought the tickets, we got on the subway, pushing against each other heavy suitcase stuffed zatlocznym space in the car for both M and myself. Then another just to run their long underground corridors of the metro to the station, the control - overexposure - luggage (obligatory, not only at airports, but also on the bus and railway stations) and we are waiting whole 15 minutes before departure. Another quick visit to the toilet table (Both the traditional squat toilets over the ditch, in which every confident the stock regularly flushing water flows everything and sometimes sprinkling goals seat customers with poor reflex, who is going nowhere before the tide to rise), packed suitcases to the trunk, sit down, deep breath, here we go.

After a while it got rather stuffy - the driver turned on the heating, you can not open the windows, because the air-conditioned vehicle. We're going pretty fast, is nice, because the driver somehow does not turn any video (like integrate, are mostly in full, and after an hour or two man head splits the noise - but he somehow Chinese people do not mind, extremely resistant to noise are, it's probably the This powder, which for them is isolated in the ears - we have known. honey, and they dry powder). Unfortunately, after a while I turn up and see that big M something very pale, I ask her what happened, and she says that since its August fetoru meet the vomiting, and shows for itself. Indeed, the present passenger removed his shoes and laid the trotters to the seat in front of me - namely that he was sitting Large M. I did a slight inhale through the nose, and indeed, a little overthrew me, something like a dead rat in szambie overgrown with mold, whose opening a long time since nobody. Beside me driving down a replacement driver, he realized that something wrong, tell him that the wife is a strange smell 怪味 儿 seasoned with nausea, the guy realized he turned on the light and yelled at the customer seated for Large M, devised in order shoes, I stink kulasy him terribly. Customer laid the ears at each other and willingly Krasówka founded the new white (as the Russians say - or sneakers) back on their feet. I remember the teenage years ago also I bought these shoes in Beijing, and also my feet protesting, although probably not so much. Anyway, if smelly feet are a sign of a true man, is too high M sat superman.

sat down next to us jakic guest, who came specially from the back of the bus to talk to each of the white monkey, who talks like a human being (the Chinese). The total turned out to be a cultural conversation, posing zagail series of standard questions - from where we are, what we do and how much we earn - so I wonder if this case are not questions from the questionnaire of the local UBecji. Then I started to asked about schools in London - which are selected in his beloved only child to college. The universities of London I know less than he, so much to him I could not help but instructed Oxford and Cambridge. Then the conversation turned to the Tiantai and Jeg attractions. The guy turned out to be well versed in what the tourist has to offer his home land. First, says, "located on a rock wall in the Valley of the Immortals giant calligraphy, which is attributed to a famous calligraphers Mi Fu 米 芾 (1051-1107, called" Mad Me ", one of the four greatest calligraphers of the Song Dynasty 宋朝 960-1279, ekscentrykowi and lover of stones, which held a special specimen kamlota for his brother, and bowed to him with the respect due an elder), it is true that it's just fake. In total, not surprising in a country where even the big companies began to make counterfeits. Apparently 70% of the antiques sold at auction in China are counterfeit - is very popular TV program, in which experts satisfied with the authenticity of objects bought on the auction house by viewers, and leading with the permission of the latter destroys them smashing with a hammer. NB all counterfeited in China for centuries - even Guqiny, which were not only instruments, but also objects of desire collectors. In fact often it is difficult to estimate the age of the instrument, because it is getting even contemporary with the old wood, whereof the 500 and more years. Hence, it is very difficult to estimate the age of the instrument based on the age of wood. Fortunately - and the disaster at the same time - creators of the instrument, they left it on him its signature, subsequent owners also often write on them (more precisely - on the flat base; Guqin is made from two pieces of wood, the bottom is flat and it symbolizes the land, while Round gorny and symbolizes the sky) poems, which signed the first and last name. Hence, on the basis of these inscriptions 落款 can come to this, when the instrument was executed. On the other hand, they also often subtitles are fake ... By the way if you have varying przypatrzec dyscyplinowm Chinese art, is a great emphasis is placed on technique, and this develops - such as calligraphy - thousands of times, copying the works of famous masters. Copying to the extent that it is often very difficult to assess whether the trade was written by a master, or are practicing student. The same is true with painting, many famous Chinese artists - including the world famous Zhang Daqiana 张大千 - in his youth dorabialo copying the works of masters dawnnych. About kungfu no longer wants to say, because everyone knows that the most typical form of exercises is a tedious repetition of a single technique thousands of times. Of course, we twenty-first century, and who has little patience for this to torture, and perhaps that is why it is so difficult to find true champions ...

In any case, Chinese culture and learning traditional arts are based on imitation, copying. Only a few can achieve through this method the moment at which the number of transforms in the quality - as the saying goes, "When there is sufficient water, creating a channel" 水到渠成 - And when art ceases to be acquired, learned skills, when it ceases to be a craftsman, and becoming an artist. When you do not need the chains are already Convention and ability becomes part of human nature, which is reflected in every movement and gesture.

ride has passed quickly, in four hours we got to the Tiantai. Wyszismy coach, unfortunately it rained outside. Ob us immediately obskoczyli taxi drivers offering their services, so I started to fair - demanding that they took us for sum less than by the meter. In the end one has agreed, taking a passenger, doatkowo. Of course while driving started to talk, the woman turned out to be in order, said that a friend is serving in a park on top of mountains Huading 华 顶, gave us your phone and suggested that the call to it as we go there, then make arrangements for us to enter without a ticket ...

In 20 minutes we arrived at the hotel, we like him because he is clean and warm, nice back to him after a long day of wandering in the mountains. Not to mention the fact that the location is excellent - surrounded by mountains, surrounded by woods, overlooking a stream, on whose other side is situated the famous temple of your 国清寺 Ocean. Thus reports in August, and here it turns out that there is no reserved two, only the number one wide bed. In total, we would give you advice, usually do so, moreover, because the beds are doubles are often narrow and girls sleeping together barely fit on one, in a hotel in Tiantai but not quite, the beds in the doubles are broad, it still can be conveniently slide off together. Anyway, I picked up rumpus and suggested that raising the standard of free of charge, or put us in building No 3 (which is more expensive than 2, where we had reservations) without the surcharge. She started to protest, but did not rely on the strength of arguments, and after a few phones we had already served a room for a price worse. The first battle was won. What's more, The big M has agreed to go the next day to the Valley of the Immortals 琼 台 仙 谷, incredible place, deep, hidden in a valley surrounded by mountains with vertical scales, places which, unfortunately, for the first time Large M - fear of heights panic - received a very traumatic, but now no longer protested.

Thus, the Valley of the Immortals will be soon - but not before three clips from Wednesday's concert. Were playing a total of four teams, the star was a voiced band called "Sucker " with your favorite Xi'anu, who plays punk - music that puts me back at any time of day or night. The guys gave their all, played as befits a good group of punk - uneven, hard, noisy and throwing 'meat' - in English, unfortunately ...

I like it, though because I sat at the Speaker, unless I lost a few percent of hearing. At times I felt like not only the floor shakes, but also my clothes and a zebra. Supposed to also influence the camera - probably fell in the head and the vibration part of a mosaic of sound recordings has occurred. This is the first

piece - absolutely must listen to loud!

was very loud, so much so, in spite of concerts in the coming days, bowed to the pressure of the Big M and I agreed to go to relax from the noise and some come to you.

As mentioned above, was the star of the sucker, but before it played local teams heating up the room. The two Chinese bands came out OK, but for me impressed by the band The Dropkicks - of a three foreigners living in Shanghai - Frenchman (guitar, vocals), Japanese (bass) and american (drums). Psychedelic music - I had no idea that so you can hear here, I always had the impression that foreigners playing in China are losers, who elsewhere have achieved nothing, and here it turns out that necessarily. At least on my dull ear from the noise ...

Anyway let music speak - again I stress - you have to listen to loud!