“Once you've seen through the illusions of the world, hardships aren't important.”
Ch'uan-fu (Choo-En – Foo)
Buddhist nun
IMAGE SOURCE: Steven R Johnson. Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits. | QUOTE SOURCE: Bill Porter. Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits. Mercury House. 1993.
QUOTE CONTEXT: Talking about her life and practice, she came close to tears. And her roof leaked. She said. ‘You can’t live in the mountains if you’re still attached, if you haven’t seen through the red dust...If you don’t practice you’ll never get free of the dust of delusion.’”
QUOTE QUESTION: What illusions have you seen through?
IMAGE CONTEXT: “When I asked if Steve could take her picture, she went inside and came back out wearing her formal robes that she kept for special occasions.”
IMAGE QUESTION: Where and how would you pose to reveal your true self?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote and the photo are from a book by a U.S. born author and a photographer who each have extensive experience sharing words and images about ancient Chinese traditions and landscapes.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What opportunities do you have when you share words and images with people who are not from your cultural tradition?
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