bodhisattva, enlightenment, filial piety, flood, girl, journey

A Girl’s Journey Through a Flood to Enlightenment

A flood in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces during the Yuan Dynasty submerged many villages and farmlands. Fortunately, it happened in the daytime, so many people who got the news made it out in time, but one family consisting of a 15-year-old daughter and her mother had trouble walking and were not as fortunate. Their house was ...

Emma Lu

A raging flood.

How Kind Words Changed a Wicked Ghost Into a Bodhisattva

Sometimes kind words can change something wicked into something good, as a master sculptor discovered one moon-filled night long ago. In ancient times, there lived a well-known master sculptor in a remote mountain village. Due to his excellent carving skills, a temple in a nearby village invited him to sculpt a Bodhisattva statue. Unfortunately, the ...

Tatiana Denning

A small statue of Bodhisattva Guanyin.

Good and Evil Determine Life and Death

A long time ago, the morals of the people in a village had become very bad, and gods were going to destroy the town. A Bodhisattva wanted to save the benevolent people in the village, giving those who knew the difference between good and evil another chance to survive. So she went down to the ...

Helen London

A Chinese village.

Rich Man to Poor Man: An Inspiring Story From the Qing Dynasty

There is an ancient inspiring story about Wang Weng. Wang Wenjian was the greatest intellectual with the highest imperial examination marks during the Qing Dynasty. His ancestor, Wang Weng, was wealthy and did much for charity. Here is the story of Wang Weng. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, a famine occurred and ...

Helen London

The city of Qingyuan on the river.