8.5.13

Chapter 20: River Water, Market Rice 水在河中,米在墟裡

Tho

Kim Trang

Thuc Hien

new economic zones in Vietnam

Vietnamese Pink shirt (Ao Dai in Vietnamese)
few type of Ao Dai
Chau

Khang

collective farm



street vendor


Sweet snack, chè
colorful che, nowaday.

A rose in your pocket

Mam Forest

A taste of Earth

Huong, professor's daughter


Son Nam / Sơn Nam (author) (1926-2008), his book: Nghe Harbor







Vu Bang (author), his book: Memoirs

communist cadres

Thanh Tuyen

hungry children
Children in Dalat
Breathe & Smile... to be continued

Chapter 20: River Water, Market Rice

After reading this chapter, i have decided to make this blog...

"The challenge is to encourage Vietnamese parents to preserve the beautiful part of the culture of their native land and pass it on to their children..."

http://www.kingsacademy.com/mhodges/03_The-World-since-1900/12_The-Uncertain-70s/pictures/Vietnamese-%27%27re-education%27%27-camp-3.jpg
reeducation camp
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61s4YJ0qMIL._SY300_.jpg
The Fragance of Ca Mau Forest (French Edition) by Son Nam

Hương Rừng Cà Mau
? The Fragrance of Ca Mau (Vietnamese version) by Sơn Nam



 Sơn Nam (1926 - 2008) 
http://nld.vcmedia.vn/Images/Uploaded/Share/2010/01/29/sonnam.jpg
Sơn Nam


http://hansmast.com/images/vietnam/Day%2002%20-%2024/Vietnam-2007-07-24-(09-58-02)-Hans.jpg
The vendor on the street in Vietnam





























http://www.vietnamfood.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/images/Square%20Cake.jpg
one kind of Vietnamese cake


















To be continued .......(smiling)




26.10.11

Chapter 19: Plum Village

Provence 普羅旺斯

Aix-en-Provence 艾克欺·翁·普羅旺斯


Toulouse 土魯斯

Bordeaux 波爾多

Thenac 泰納克

Dordogne 河谷區

Le Nguyen Thieu 黎元苕/李原超, the last General Secretary of the School of Youth for Social Service
???

Persimmon Village (Vietnamese:  Lang Hong) 柿子村
persimmon


Plum village, Upper Hamlet 上村, 梅村


Lower Hamlet 下村, at Loubes Bernac 

Thay Chau Toan 珠全法師 ( - 1974)

Thay Dong Bon 同本法師 

Acupuncture 針炙

Honeysuckle 金銀花



Plumeria 梅花?

Hai Trieu Am (website) "海潮音"佛教週刋
may be, this is the old "Hai Trieu Am" magazine.
Village des Pruniers, Plum Village 梅村


Plum Trees at Plum Village 梅樹


Daffodil  水仙花

Dharmakaya Store 法身藏??

Summer retreat 夏日禪修營 (slideshow 2009 2008)

Welcoming the full moon Festival 圓月節
Happy Continuation of Our Ancestors 祖先節

Staying in touch with the suffering of the boat people and the victims of the atomic bombs
接觸船民的痛苦、原子彈受害者


Thanksgiving感恩節??

Sister True Virtue, Annabel Laity 真德法師

Night Sky with full moon 梅村滿月

Foggy Mornings in Plum Village 冬季的清晨


21-day Retreat ... the best retreat! 二十一日的英語禪修營
Chanting at the 21-day retreat (Lower Hamlet)
Walking Meditation at New Hamlet

Dharma sharing
Tea meditation

Breathe & Smile... to be continued.