Joel M. Hoffman, PhD<p>Reflecting on the current turmoil in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Guangzhou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guangzhou</span></a> and the rest of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, and also remembering her peaceful foundations -- as exemplified here in the otherworldly timelessness and tranquility of the Hualin Temple of 500 Gods. Built and rebuilt over the last 1,500 years, it marks Bodhidharma's arrival from India and with him the seeds of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zen</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a>. I shot this when I accidentally visited for a day.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/covidzero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>covidzero</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>中國</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/%E4%B8%AD%E8%8F%AF%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E5%85%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%9C%8B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>中華人民共和國</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ChinaProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChinaProtests</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peace</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>