“Life is transient, like a flash of lightning or a dream. Eighty years pass like a cloud. We're born and then we die.”
Chi-ch'eng (chee-chung)
Buddhist monk
IMAGE SOURCE: Steven R Johnson. Cover photo. Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits. | QUOTE SOURCE: Bill Porter. Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits. Mercury House. 1993.
QUOTE CONTEXT: “But before we receive this form, we had another face, our original face. We can’t see it with our eyes. We can only know it with our wisdom.”
QUOTE QUESTION: In what way can accepting one’s mortality support one’s resilience?
IMAGE CONTEXT: Chi-ch’eng at the back gate of Hsingching Temple.
IMAGE QUESTION: Where must you be especially careful as you take your next step?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote and the photo are both from a book about Chinese hermits.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What media forms lend themselves to people who choose to live in isolation?
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