- using Shang & Zhou dynasty bronze ritual vessels
"The Nine Tripods" & "Bronze Inscriptions" (ASA, 201-17)
(reflection: virtue, blessing of Heaven, monumentality)
(community: Shang dynasty, Wangsun Man, Archer Lord of Jing)
- composing & studying Zhou dynasty poetry
"Book of Songs" (MOO, 371-89)
(reflection: nature, love, Heaven)
(community: Zhou dynasty, Lord of Ch'i, Duke Liu, Confucius)
- exorcizing demons in ancient China
"Spellbinding" (RAP, 376-85) + EB: "Daoism"
[scroll down to
"Early Eclectic Contributions"
& "Developments Outside the Official Current"]
(reflection: guei, demon, shen)
(community:
Hubei, hero Yu, Daoism)
- Chinese translation & study of Buddhist sutras
"The Scripture in 42 Sections" (RAP,
418-29)
&
IAR, 237-48, Dhammapada (IAR, 368-69)
(reflection:
dao, bodhisattva, shunyata)
(community:
Emperor Huan, Silk Road,
Dunhuang, vinaya)
- composing & reading the medieval story of Laozi
"Laozi: Ancient Philosopher, Master of Immortality,
& God" (RAP, 330-41) + EB: Daoism: (p.27-29)
(reflection: dao, immortality, immortals)
(community: Zhou dynasty, Hung-Lao Daoists, Ge Hong)
- communal rites of the Celestial Masters lineage
IAR, 198-206 OR EB: "Development of the Daoist religion from 2nd-6th century" & "Developments under the Tang, Sung & later dynasties"
& "Daoism
Burning" (video) [--> advance
to 30:50 - 36:15]
(reflection: Laozi, dao, celestial worthies, immortals)
(community:
Zhang Daoling,
Maoshan, Lingbao, Taiwan)
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- analyzing medieval Chinese literature & painting
"Rhymeprose on Literature" (MOO, 422-32), "The Six
Laws of Xie He" (ASA, 242-46), & EB: "Six Dynasties"
(reflection: vitality, harmony)
(community: Wu dynasty, Loyang, Six Dynasties)
- creating & viewing Tang & Song dynasty landscape paintings
"On Nature & Art" & "Guo Xi's Writings" (ASA, 278-94)
+ "Autumn in a River Valley" & "Early Spring" (paintings by Guo Xi)
(reflection: truth, nature, dao, mind, Heaven)
(community: Tang dynasty, Jing Hao, Li Cheng, Song dynasty)
- Buddhist charitable giving in 6th CE China
"The Book of Resolving Doubts..." (RAP, 222-36) + IAR, 249-50
(reflection: dharma, morality, karma)
(community: Mahayana, Sect of Three Stages)
- Chinese pilgrimage to Buddhist India
"selections from A Record of the Buddhist Countries" (ASA, 30-33)
& "Bathing the Buddha" (RAP, 206-15) + IAR, 121-28, 133-36, 236-48
(reflection: Buddha, bodhisattva, dharma body)
(community: Khotan, Faxian, Yijing, Manicintana, Western Regions)
- Tang & Song dynasty Pure Land practice
"Death Bed Testimonials" (RAP, 282-92) + IAR, 250-60
[optional: Pure
Land Sutra (web site)
& Lotus Sutra [excerpts] (IAR, 380-81)]
(reflection: Amitabha, Pure Land)
(community: Shandao, Shaokang, Lady Yuego, Mr. Pei)
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