History
The Art of Unity and a Meeting of Minds: India’s missile man and Taiwan’s celebrated poet
On his birthday, October 15, India and Taiwan look back on how Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, India’s 11th President worked his ways…
Culture
Religion and Spirituality
10 stories
History
Winter Solstice: Its Request of You, and Yours of It
Rebecca Grace Kehl – revised copy for December 24, 2016 More people are learning about the Solstices and Equinoxes, how they are…
Travel
The Tainan Earthquake: who is to blame?
It’s a little over 12 hours since a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rattled the southern area of Taiwan and wreaked destruction on the…
Comedy
Why Xmas sucks, and what I’m doing about it
The Wild East / Comedy I’ve always enjoyed being in Asia for Christmas because they really don’t give a rat’s ass about…
Culture
Day in the Life of a Temple Sister
Trista di Genova, The Wild East During a recent visit to the Foguang Shan Buddhist Monastery in southern Taiwan, the Ven. Miao…
Culture
New Buddha Memorial opens in Kaohsiung, thanks to ‘a million well-wishers’
The Fo Guang Shan (‘Buddha Light Mountain’) Monastery in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan opened to the public this month its new memorial to…
Culture
Shhh! East West Culture Project holds Silent Retreat in Taipei
The East West Culture Project (EWCP) is organizing “Fall into Silence”, a one-day Silent Retreat, November 13 in the Daan MRT area.…
Culture
Fr. Barry Martinson on his new novel, ‘Ghost Friends’
Review: Trista di Genova, The Wild East [Edit: Links and images to Bangkok Books no longer works 2015/1/15] This deeply metaphysical adventure…
Culture
Death and Dying in Taiwan
A foreigner explains the traditions, beliefs and practices involved in coordinating funeral arrangements for his Taiwanese wife’s family Story and photo by…
Culture
Silent Retreat @ Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Monastery
Silence is a wonderful way to reconnect with one’s true self. When you take the time to be fully present in an…