“You can achieve something if you practice. If you don't practice, you achieve nothing.”

Dec 21

Ch'e-hui (chuh-hway)

Buddhist nun

IMAGE SOURCE: Lu Hong, View 1 of Ten Views from a Thatched Hut. | QUOTE SOURCE: Bill Porter. Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits. Mercury House. 1993. — IMAGE SOURCE: Lu Hong, View 1 of *Ten Views from a Thatched Hut*. | QUOTE SOURCE: Bill Porter. Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits. Mercury House. 1993.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “Every night before I go to bed I meditate. And every morning and evening I chant the Titsang Sutra and the Diamond Sutra. I only attended the first grade, but I’ve learned to read the characters in the sutras.”

QUOTE QUESTION: What do you practice with discipline?

IMAGE CONTEXT: Emperor Minghuang gifted Lu Hong his thatched hut on Mount Song, after Lu had declined the official post of Censor Counsellor. Lu lived there in scholarly retreat.

IMAGE QUESTION: What setting most helps you to focus on your practice?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a book interview. The photo is of a classic Chinese painting.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How do you decide whether to use “old media” or new media in sharing your peoples’ stories?

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“You can achieve something if you practice. If you don't practice, you achieve nothing.”

Ch'e-hui (chuh-hway)

“Once you've seen through the illusions of the world, hardships aren't important.”

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