CHINA
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| Bodhidharma the Indian patriarch and founder of Chan Zen Buddhism in China early in the 6th Century AD |
Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. ... |
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| Chinese and Japanese sumie ink paintings express the subtlety an directness of Zen Buddist in the 17th Century |
In China and Japan, but much less so in Korea, ink wash painting formed a distinct stylistic tradition, with a different set of artists working in it from those doing other types of painting. Especially in China, it was a gentlemanly occupation associated with poetry |
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| A Pagoda in China 8th century AD |
The Nine Pinnacle Pagoda or Jiuding Pagoda is an 8th-century pavilion-style brick pagoda located in central Shandong Province, China. It is noted for its ... |
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| Unification Buddha |
The Buddha is the largest seated bronze Buddha statue in the world, at 14.6m high, excluding the halo, lightning rod and pedestal. |
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Letter from Rhonda to Phyllis Naidoo |
It was great to have a stack of letters waiting when I returned. I was a little too ambitious in my travel plans. It was not that fast traveling around Mozambique. |
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Items - Social Science Research Council volume 39, numbers 3 | |
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The Russian connection | |
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The National and colonial question in the first five years of the Comintern, 1919-24 | |
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The establishment of the Beijing Workers' Autonomous Federation | |
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A glimpse behind the bamboo curtain | |
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Editorial notes: China and India! |