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銀杏 Ginkgo Biloba
銀杏 Ginkgo Biloba _____________________________________________________________________________ This article was triggered by the easy access of Ginkgo in New Zealand, and the author’s curiosity about how to prepare Ginkgo nuts after seeing elderly people squatting under the fruit-laden tree with piles of harvested Ginkgo fruits. Ginkgo is unique and easy-to-recognize by its leaves. Furthermore, it is hard to…
Read MoreDaoism Series: 44 The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods Seeking Masters and Inquiring About the Dao, Chapter 8
Daoism Series: 44 The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods Seeking Masters and Inquiring About the Dao, chapter 8, ‘The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods’, forthcoming: 自古聖賢仙佛，證果成真，無師不度。所以師師相授，口口相傳，心心相印。就中道理，一貫而通，如乳水合，似膠漆投，同氣相求，同聲相應，水天一色，燈月交輝，方能盡其師弟之道。 Since the ancient times sages, worthy ones, immortals and Buddhas verified the fruits and attained the truth; without a master, none of them could have been ferried across. Therefore, one master…
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