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Tung Lin Kok Yuen is situated at No. 15, Shan Kwong Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, being a Buddhist monastery founded in 1935 by Lady Clara Ho Tung and her husband Sir Robert Ho Tung. The name of the monastery was derived from the couple’s name Sir Robert Ho Tung and Lady Clara (Dharma name Lin Kok).
Lady Clara was a Buddhist and lay patron who had a passionate desire to spread the wisdom and practice of Buddhism as well as to promote the education of women. She founded the Po Kok Free School and the Po Kok Buddhist Institute in Hong Kong in the early 1930s to provide education for women and training for nuns. After Tung Lin Kok Yuen was first built, it housed both the School and the Buddhist Institute. As it is located in the residential area of Happy Valley, Tung Lin Kok Yuen marked the emergence of an urban monastery model in Hong Kong, as contrasted to the traditional monastery setting in the mountains.
With its arrowhead-shaped building plan, Tung Lin Kok Yuen’s appearance resembles a “giant ship” symbolising one of Mahayana Buddhism’s concepts of ferrying all beings to the “other shore”, or in other words enlightenment itself. The architect responsible for the building design was Fung Tsun, and Venerable Shi Ai Ting provided extensive advice for details which embody the Buddhist doctrine. While Tung Lin Kok Yuen adopted Western structural forms, it retained traditional Chinese designs in both its interior and exterior decorations such as flying eaves, brackets and glazed tile roofs. Following the traditional Chinese layout for a Buddhist monastery, it had a Skanda Hall, the Grand Buddha Hall and a Tripitaka Library in designated sequence. On each side of the Grand Buddha Hall were the Dharma Bell and the Dharma Drum. Behind the Grand Buddha Hall there was a courtyard which was redeveloped in 1954 into a three-storied Lin Kok Memorial Building. This was also designed by Fung Tsun to be integrated with the original building in the same style of architecture. The first floor of the Lin Kok Memorial Building now houses the Bhaisajyaguru Buddha Hall.
Tung Lin Kok Yuen was declared a monument in 2017.
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Excerpt from miyajima.or.jp/english/spot/spot_other.html:
Designated as a National Important Cultural Property on August 29, 1910
Hokoku Shrine is dedicated to the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (one of the three unifiers of Japan in the 16th century) and his loyal aid Kato Kiyomasa. The reason for building this structure is clearly stated in a letter by Ankokuji Ekei, head monk of Ankokuji Temple. In 1587, Ekei asked Daiganji Temple, the temple in charge of construction and repair work in Miyajima including Itsukushima Shrine, to build a Buddhist library in which the chanting of Senbu-kyo sutras could be held every month. As there is no board ceiling or outer gate, it is believed that the construction of the building was not completed.
Originally, Amida Buddha and two subordinate Buddhist saints, Anan and Kasho-sonja, were enshrined in the Buddhist altar until the early Meiji era. Since that time, however, the altar has been used in Shinto rituals.
The building is called Senjokaku (Hall of One Thousand Tatami Mats), reflecting its standing as the largest structure on Miyajima Island. The shrine was a popular landmark in Miyajima where many people came to relax and cool themselves and to buy popular souvenirs such as tooth picks, and a variety of legends and traditions have been created here.
The fact that this structure, unique among the buildings belonging to Itsukushima Shrine, is unpainted and that its exact date of founding is recorded makes it a valuable gauge of the passage of time. The traces of weathering on its pillars and floor boards can be used to determine the approximate age of any other wooden structure on Miyajima.
A piece of wood used as a measuring device in the reconstruction work of the O-Torii in 1873 hangs on a pillar under the floor of the south part of the shrine. Countless votive picture tablets that had been hanging on the walls of Itsukushima Shrine buildings until the mid Meiji era decorate the walls inside the hall.
The shrine did not yet exist at the time of the Battle of Itsukushima in 1555 when the Mori clan defeated the Sue clan to unify the Chugoku region. The headquarters of the Sue clan was located on this hill, which was then called To-no-oka (Pagoda Hill). Starting in the Meiji era, the hill was developed through the establishment of stone steps, among other additions.
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Its bare appearance may not intrigue you at first. Only unfinished walls and a hundred pillars. Although the building is pretty, there is something missing. But once inside, look up: the gigantic ceiling is covered with a mosaic of paintings whose subjects are as varied as the styles and periods of implementation. Medieval battles, Buddhist representations, landscapes and animals in a modern style, the eye does not know where to turn.
My write up on photographing the new Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas here
On the weekend of November 20-21, 2010, I was invited to photograph the new Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas prior to their opening December 15, 2010 in Las Vegas NV.
This set of images represents my efforts that weekend to showcase this newest resort property opening up on the Las Vegas Strip. Thanks to David Scherer from The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for showing me around, to Miiko Mentz at Katalyst Films for helping to arrange the shoot, and to my wife for modeling for me.
To learn more about The Cosmpolitan of Las Vegas, check out their website here or their Facebook page here.
There's not been much rain and the 'waterfalls' are running low on Burnt Fork Creek.
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Nc' mat' roi .. roi .. tham' uot' moi e r .. :"( E fai lam ji dey ,, khi ko the~ xoa' bo~ hih bog kua a trog tam tri' e??/ :(( :((
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Versículos bíblicos como referencia
“Entonces, vosotros también debéis estar listos porque el Hijo del Hombre vendrá a la hora que menos lo penséis” (Mateo 24:44).
“Porque como el relámpago al fulgurar resplandece desde un extremo del cielo hasta el otro extremo del cielo, así será el Hijo del Hombre en su día. Pero primero es necesario que El padezca mucho y sea rechazado por esta generación” (Lucas 17:24-25).
“He aquí, vengo como ladrón. Bienaventurado el que vela y guarda sus ropas, no sea que ande desnudo y vean su vergüenza” (Apocalipsis 16:15).
“He aquí, yo estoy a la puerta y llamo; si alguno oye mi voz y abre la puerta, entraré a él, y cenaré con él y él conmigo” (Apocalipsis 3:20).
Las palabras relevantes de Dios
La aparición de Dios se refiere a Su llegada a la tierra para hacer Su obra en persona. Con Su propia identidad y carácter, y en la manera que es innata a Él, desciende entre la humanidad para llevar a cabo la obra de comenzar una era y terminar otra. Esta clase de aparición no es una especie de ceremonia. No es una señal, una imagen, un milagro o una especie de visión grandiosa y mucho menos una clase de proceso religioso. Es un hecho real y verdadero que cualquiera puede tocar y contemplar. Esta clase de aparición no es en aras de cumplir un trámite o de una labor a corto plazo, sino que es para una etapa en la obra de Su plan de gestión. La aparición de Dios siempre es significativa y siempre guarda relación con Su plan de gestión. A lo que se le llama “aparición” aquí es completamente diferente a la clase de “aparición” en la que Dios guía, lidera y esclarece al hombre. Cada vez que Él se revela, Él lleva a cabo una etapa de Su gran obra. Esta obra es diferente de la de cualquier otra era. El hombre no la puede imaginar y nunca la ha experimentado. Es una obra que da inicio a una nueva era y termina con la antigua, y es una forma nueva y mejorada de obrar para la salvación de la humanidad; más aún, es una obra que lleva a la humanidad a una nueva era. Esto es lo que significa la aparición de Dios.
Extracto de “La aparición de Dios ha dado lugar a una nueva era”
Jesús dijo que Él llegaría tal como se fue, pero ¿conoces el verdadero significado de Sus palabras? ¿Pudo realmente habérselo dicho a este grupo que formáis? Sólo sabes que Él llegará tal como se fue en una nube, pero ¿sabes exactamente cómo hace Su obra Dios mismo? Si de verdad fueras capaz de ver, entonces ¿cómo deben explicarse las palabras de Jesús? Él dijo: Cuando el Hijo del hombre venga en los últimos días, Él mismo no sabrá, los ángeles no sabrán, los mensajeros en el cielo no sabrán, y las personas no sabrán. Sólo el Padre sabrá, esto es, sólo el Espíritu sabrá. Ni siquiera el propio Hijo del hombre sabe, ¿y tú eres capaz de ver y saber? Si tú fueras capaz de saberlo y verlo con tus propios ojos, ¿acaso estas palabras no se habrán dicho en vano? ¿Y qué dijo Jesús en ese momento? “Pero de aquel día y hora nadie sabe, ni siquiera los ángeles del cielo, ni el Hijo, sino solo el Padre. Porque como en los días de Noé, así será la venida del Hijo del Hombre. […] Por eso, también vosotros estad preparados, porque a la hora que no pensáis vendrá el Hijo del Hombre”. Cuando llegue ese día, el Hijo del hombre no lo sabrá. El Hijo del hombre se refiere a la carne encarnada de Dios, una persona normal y corriente. Ni siquiera el propio Hijo del hombre lo sabe; así pues, ¿cómo podrías saberlo tú?
Extracto de “La visión de la obra de Dios (3)”
Esta vez, Dios viene a hacer la obra, no en un cuerpo espiritual, sino en uno muy corriente. Además, no sólo es el cuerpo de la segunda encarnación de Dios, sino también el cuerpo a través del cual Él regresa a la carne. Es una carne muy corriente. No puedes ver nada que lo haga resaltar entre los demás, pero puedes recibir de Él las verdades que nunca antes se han oído. Esta carne insignificante es la personificación de todas las palabras de la verdad de Dios, la que emprende Su obra en los últimos días y la que expresa todo el carácter de Dios para que el hombre lo entienda. ¿No deseas enormemente ver al Dios del cielo? ¿No deseas enormemente entender al Dios del cielo? ¿No deseas enormemente ver el destino de la humanidad? Él te contará todos estos secretos que ningún hombre ha sido capaz de contarte y Él te hablará también de las verdades que no entiendes. Él es tu puerta al reino y tu guía a la nueva era. Una carne tan corriente contiene muchos misterios insondables. Sus hechos pueden ser inescrutables para ti, pero el objetivo de toda la obra que Él realiza es suficiente para que veas que Él no es una simple carne como la gente cree. Porque Él representa la voluntad de Dios, así como el cuidado mostrado por Dios hacia la humanidad en los últimos días. Aunque no puedes oír las palabras que Él habla, que parecen sacudir los cielos y la tierra, ni ver Sus ojos como llamas abrasadoras, y aunque no puedes sentir la disciplina de Su vara de hierro, sí puedes oír de Sus palabras la furia de Dios y saber que Él muestra compasión por la humanidad; puedes ver Su carácter justo y Su sabiduría, y darte cuenta, además, de la preocupación que tiene por toda la humanidad. La obra de Dios en los últimos días consiste en permitirle al hombre ver al Dios del cielo vivir entre los hombres sobre la tierra y permitirles que lo conozcan, obedezcan, reverencien y amen. Por esta razón, Él ha regresado a la carne por segunda vez.
Extracto de “¿Sabías que Dios ha hecho algo grande entre los hombres?”
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Prince Edward (later Edward I) led the his army against Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham. Edward won the battle, de Montfort was killed and Henry III was returned to the throne.
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From approximately 220 miles above Earth, one of the Expedition 26 crew members aboard the International Space Station took this photo of the Manicouagan Crater in northern Canada (Quebec), one of the oldest impact craters known. According to scientists, the feature was formed about 200 million years ago. The present day terrain supports a hydroelectric reservoir in the telltale form of an annular lake. The crater itself, say scientists, has been worn away by the passing of glaciers and other erosional processes. Still, the hard rock at the impact site has preserved much of the complex impact structure and so allows scientists a leading case to help understand large impact features on Earth and other solar system bodies.
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La Segunda venida de Cristo | Ya se han cumplido 7 profecías. ¿Has recibido el regreso del Señor?
Ahora es el final de los últimos días. Muchos hermanos y hermanas, que verdaderamente creen en el Señor y esperan que regrese, deben tener tales preguntas: Jesucristo ha dicho: "Y he aquí, yo vengo presto" (Apocalipsis 22:12). Él nos ha prometido que volverá. ¿Ya regresó? ¿Cómo podemos saber si ha regresado o no?
1. El amor de los creyentes se vuelve frío
Mateo 24:12 registra: "Y por haberse multiplicado la maldad, la caridad de muchos se resfriará". Hoy en día, en las denominaciones y religiones, los creyentes codician el mundo en general, y pocos se dedican a trabajar para el Señor. Algunos de ellos se dedican a negocios, otros están ocupados abriendo fábricas para ganar dinero. Además, los pastores y los ancianos se traman unos a otros, tienen celosas disputas entre ellos. Incluso forman facciones, roban ofrendas y cometen adulterio. Por lo tanto, los seguidores se vuelven cada vez más fríos en su fe y amor y las iglesias se vuelven más desoladas ahora.
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... one of the great historical movies of our time. Yesterday I watched this movie with Scotty, a friend of mine from Austin. Scotty was a marine on Peliliu in November 1944 when that island was taken from the Japanese by U.S. Marines. Scotty has one of the medals, seen worn by General Kuribayashi, The Order of the Rising Sun. Scotty told me the intriguing story of how he came to be in possession of the medal, but I don't have his permission to retell it here. The medal is the one General Kuribayashi is wearing around his neck in the illustration here. Scotty promised to bring the medal next time he comes and I'll scan it and make him a color print of this image, so he can have it framed with a picture of it being worn. Scotty's job with the Marines on Peliliu was to repair telephone lines. In 1944 radios were powred through tubes which had very delicate filaments and were often out of order. Communications therefore fell back on field telephones which transmitted over wires. As the wires were discovered and cut by the enemy, Scotty would be sent out to repair them. At first his commanding officer sent two guards to go with him, but after a few trips, Scotty asked permission to go alone, because three marines made too much noise and increased the danger of the assignment.
And so, two old men sat and watched a movie and gained a better understanding of those people we hated so intensely, so many years ago. Even, had they been victorious, the Japanese soldier suffered more than the American soldier, simply because of cultural differences. The movie reveals this abundantly..
Wikipedia's Plot Summary:
The film is based on the non-fiction books "Gyokusai sōshikikan" no etegami ("Picture letters from the Commander in Chief" by General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (portrayed on screen by Ken Watanabe) and So Sad To Fall In Battle: An Account of War[4] by Kumiko Kakehashi about the Battle of Iwo Jima. While some characters such as Saigo are fictional, the overall battle as well as several of the commanders are based upon actual people and events.
In 2005, Japanese archaeologists explore tunnels on Iwo Jima. They find something in the dirt, and the scene changes to Iwo Jima in 1944. Private First Class Saigo, a baker conscripted into the Imperial Japanese Army, and his platoon are grudgingly digging beach trenches on the island. Meanwhile, Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrives to take command of the garrison and immediately begins an inspection of the island defenses. He saves Saigo and his friend Kashiwara from a beating by Captain Tanida for having uttered 'unpatriotic speeches', and orders the men to stop digging trenches on the beach and begin tunnelling defenses into Mount Suribachi.
Later, Lieutenant Colonel Baron Takeichi Nishi, a famous Olympic gold medalist show jumper, joins Kuribayashi for dinner. They discuss the grim prospect of no naval or air support and the fanaticism their fellow officers would show. Kuribayashi evacuates the civilian population of Iwo Jima to mainland Japan. He clashes with some of his senior officers, who do not agree with his strategy of defending inland instead of the beaches; Kuribayashi believes the Americans will take the beaches quickly, and only the mountain defenses will have a better chance for holding out against the enemy.
Poor nutrition and unsanitary conditions take their toll on the garrison; many die of dysentery, including Kashiwara. The Japanese troops begin using the caves as barracks. Kashiwara's replacement, a young soldier named Superior Private Shimizu, arrives for duty on the island. Saigo and his friends suspect that Shimizu is a spy sent from Kempeitai to report on disloyal soldiers since he was trained at a Kempeitai institute. The first American aerial bombings occur shortly after, causing significant casualties. After the raid, Saigo is sickened when he sees the corpse of a friend, still sitting upright. Another casualty was Jupiter, Baron Nishi's horse, which was also killed by a bomb. The raid forces the Japanese to dig deeper into the volcanic island. A few days later, U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima and the Japanese open fire. The battle for Iwo Jima begins.
As the landings occur, the American troops suffer heavy casualties, but the Japanese beach defenses are quickly overcome, and the attack turns to the defensive positions on Mount Suribachi. Saigo assists the defense by carrying ammunition to machine gunners. When a Japanese machine gunner is killed by a shell from an American ship, Saigo is ordered by the company commander to use his rifle, since the machine gun is damaged. He handles it so clumsily that he is sent to retrieve some machine guns instead. While delivering the request from his company commander to the commander of the Suribachi garrison, Saigo overhears General Kuribayashi radioing orders to retreat northward. The Suribachi commander, however, ignores the order from the general and instead orders Saigo to deliver a message ordering the men of his company to commit suicide. The Japanese soldiers of Saigo's unit commit suicide with grenades, including Saigo's friend Nozaki, and Captain Tanida shoots himself in the head with his Type 14 8 mm Nambu Pistol, but Saigo runs away and leaves the cave with Shimizu, convincing him that it is more productive to continue the fight rather than die. They come across two other Japanese soldiers, but one gets incinerated by an American flamethrower through a hole in the tunnel, causing the three remaining soldiers to flee. They then come across Japanese soldiers beating and tourturing a captured Marine (There are beliefs the captured Marine was Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski). The Marine pleads to the Japanese to have mercy on him, although his plea falls on deaf ears as the Japanese soldiers stab him to death with bayonets, much to Saigo's disgust.
Saigo and the remaining Japanese soldiers in Mount Suribachi attempt to flee under the orders of Lieutenant Oiso and flee the tunnels at night. However, they run into U.S. Marines, who wipe out all the Japanese troops except for Saigo and Shimizu. The two men flee to friendly lines, but they are accused by Lieutenant Ito of deserting Suribachi. Ito raises his katana to execute Saigo and Shimizu for cowardice when General Kuribayashi appears to stop the punishment, confirming that he had indeed ordered the retreat and thus saving Saigo for the second time.
The soldiers from the caves attempt a futile attack against American positions, with the Japanese taking heavy losses. Saigo and the surviving soldiers are told to regroup with Colonel Nishi. Ito then heads towards the American lines with three land mines, intending to throw himself under an American tank. The next morning, heavy fighting takes place. The Japanese take casualties, but manage to kill several U.S. Marines and destroy a tank. Lieutenant Okubo, Nishi's executive officer shoots a U.S. Marine, who is subsequently captured by Nishi's men. He reveals his name to be Sam, and Nishi orders his medic to give him aid despite the Japanese's dwindling medical supplies. Despite their efforts, the Marine dies of his wounds. Nishi reads a letter the American received from his mother.
As a bomb hits Nishi's cave, Nishi is badly wounded and blinded. His men bind his wounds, and Nishi orders them to another position on the island. As a last favor, he asks Lieutenant Okubo to leave him a rifle. After leaving that position, the soldiers hear a distant gunshot from Nishi's cave.
Being fed up with the battle, Saigo says to Shimizu that he will surrender to the Americans and does not care if Shimizu reports this to the Kempeitai. Shimizu divulges to Saigo that he had been dishonorably discharged from the Kempeitai. In a flashback, it is revealed that he was discharged because he refused to obey a superior's order to kill a barking dog. He was then reassigned to Iwo Jima. This causes Saigo's attitude towards Shimizu to soften considerably. Shimizu breaks down and fearfully asks Saigo to surrender with him. Shimizu and another soldier attempt to flee the cave where they are stationed. Okubo orders them to halt; when they fail to stop, he shoots the other soldier while Shimizu escapes.
Shimizu surrenders to a U.S. Marine patrol and finds himself in the company of another Japanese soldier who had surrendered. The patrol moves on, leaving Shimizu and the other Japanese soldier and two Marines. One of the American guards, who does not want to be burdened with POWs, later shoots them, much to the other Marine's surprise and the two catch up to their patrol. The dead soldiers are discovered by the Japanese and Lieutenant Okubo points it out as a lesson for anyone else who wishes to surrender. Saigo, deeply saddened by his death, puts Shimizu's senninbari on his dead body.
Meanwhile, Ito has not come across any American forces to attack. Desperate, exhausted, and malnourished, his fanatical will breaks and when American Marines find him, he surrenders.
Saigo and the remaining survivors find that Kuribayashi's cave is under attack, and a fierce battle rages. They charge through the crossfire, and lose several men, including Lieutenant Okubo who successfully neutralizes an American Browning M1919 machine gun and its crew. They enter the cave under a storm of American bullets, meeting up with Kuribayashi, who recognizes Saigo. One last attack with all the remaining men is planned. Kuribayashi orders Saigo to stay behind and destroy all the documents, including his own letters to his family. By this, Kuribayashi saves Saigo's life a third time. Kuribayashi and his remaining troops launch their final attack. Most of Kuribayashi's men are killed, and Kuribayashi is critically wounded.
Kuribayashi's loyal aide Fujita drags him away from the battle. The next morning, Kuribayashi orders his aide to behead him; however, the aide is shot dead by an American sniper as he raises his sword. Saigo appears at this moment, having buried some of the documents in the cave instead of burning them all. Summoning his last reserves of strength, the very weak Kuribayashi asks Saigo to bury him so that nobody will find him. Kuribayashi then draws his pistol, an American M1911 — revealed in two previous flashbacks to be a gift Kuribayashi was given in the United States before the war, at a party in which he was the guest of honor — and shoots himself in the chest. Saigo carries away the dead general (unknowingly leaving the pistol behind near Fujita) and buries his body at another location.
Later in the day, a patrol of American Marines come across Fujita's body. One Marine claims Kuribayashi's pistol and another claims Fujita's sword as war trophies. They then search the area and find an exhausted Saigo with a shovel in his hand. Upon seeing the pistol tucked into a Marine's belt, Saigo swings angrily and wildly at the Americans with his shovel. Too weak to fight properly, Saigo is knocked unconscious with a rifle butt and is taken on to a U.S. aid station on the beach. Awakening a while later, he glimpses the setting sun, with ships in the distance, as well as a U.S. truck, and smiles grimly.
The scene shifts back to the Japanese archaeologists who uncover the bag of letters written by Japanese soldiers on the island, never sent, that Saigo buried in 1945. As the letters fall from the bag, the voices of the fallen Japanese soldiers are heard reading from them.