Buddhists' Transcending Meeting

Recently the Buddhists held a meeting at Changhua Athletic Park on Pagumount to transcend the soul from suffering in the underworld.The meeting is closely related to the legend of Mu-lian(目蓮救母)who rescued his mother from the hell.Mu-lian's mother was orignally a devoted Buddhist before her husband was sick. She prayed to Buddha for her husband's recovery.But she was disappointed.After her husband's death she began to eat meat and committed wrongdoings which led her to the hell.Mu-lian,the obedient son,visited all the hells to save his mother. He opened one of the doors of the hells and the ghosts escaped from the hells,returning to the world.That is why the Chinese and Taiwanese call this month (July by Chinese calendar)ghosts' month.During this month,people do many bai-bais to treat the ghosts,burning lots of paper money to them,and let the Buddhist Master transcend the souls from sufferings in the hell.

Walking on four feet

Nobody knows when man began to walk on two feet. The biologists say the spared two hands(limbs)created civilization.As men are growing older and older,they will find it is harder and harder to walk on both feet.The animals teach them something.Maybe the most primitive way is the best way.(The pics here show the Blackstone Port(烏石港) in Yi-lan County where there are many cruisers waiting to bring the tourists to see the whales.)