Love is not the same as passion for love is anything but superficial. Love rises beyond a mere physical attraction and pierces one’s heart. Love is hard to define in a single line for it can be anything stemming from the mind migrating to the heart, afflicting the entire body, and warming the heart on…
“Deep listening” is like hearing sound of a single droplet of water in the pond whereas “broad understanding” is like feeling the ripples of water slowly propagating on the surface of the po-nd. Deep listening facilitates broad understanding. Conflicts are often results of misunderstanding. Sufferings can be averted, the world can be in harmony, and…
According to ancient history, Chinese scholars looked for ways to create a perfect society in which people would live peacefully and in harmony. Su has its origin from Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu is an ancient Chinese philosopher well known as “The Old Man”. Lao Tzu believed the universal force, “the Way” guides all things and…
The Magnificent, The Monumental pride of “Viet” capture the true sentiment in this calligraphy. According the Vietnamese mythology, the Vietnamese civilization was created by the union of the Dragon King, Lac Long Quan and the immortal fairy, Au Co from whom 100 children were born. The eldest son, King Hung Vuong, was the Vietnam’s first…
Buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment. To attain Buddhahood, a state of enlightenment, by sitting meditation is to practice concentration focusing on nothingness and to clear the mind of all thinking and to be awakening to the unconditioned mind. A mere sitting meditation will not turn anyone practicing it into Buddha. However, meditation in…
For many people God is often thought as a creator of the universe. There were innumerable concepts of God since the dawn of time. Although concepts of God vary from religion to religion, from region to region and from people to people, many would agree that attributes to God remain unchanged. God has been described…
Many heroes and heroines and countless unknown soldiers and civilians have made great sacrifices for us to have our “Viet” identity today. In remembrance of these known and unknown heroes and heroines, we are humble and proud to be known as “Vietnamese” With a history of thousands of years fighting for our freedom, regaining our…
As poetically written by our ancestors, we declared our independence from all foreign tyrannies. No matter how long it would take and how much bleedings would have to occur, we were determined to prevail over our enemies. We, the Vietnamese People, united to declare our independence. We held these truths to be self-evident: “Our lands…
A person’s character is at the heart of a person’s morality. As beautifully displayed in the Impressionistic Calligraphy, one heart facing inward represents the seed of one’s character, and the other heart facing outward manifests the blossom of one’s character into gracious acts. With proper nurture, the seed of one’s character can grow into a…
A true love is made of two complementary halves. One half and the half, its reflection, complete each other. A leaf is a symbol of symmetry, and the beauty of true love lies within this symmetry. Although its color of passion might fade away with time, its identity remains the same. The ultimate bonding between…
