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Poem: Song for China

2005-04-24

Come sing this songfor the children,for every innocent heart.Lift your voices now,awaken the worldto brighter skieswhere clouds depart.

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A Song of Gratitude - Celebrating Ten Years of Falun Dafa in Sweden

2005-04-23

Sweden was one of the first countries where Falun Gong was established. Sweden is in fact the first country outside China where Master Li personally taught the exercises and gave lectures in a seven-day seminar. This happened in April 1995, ten years ago.This happened in April 1995, ten years ago. A practice group was started after the course in a quiet park on a hill in Eastern Gothenburg, where practitioners have gathered every Sunday since then to do the Falun Gong exercises together. Today Falun Gong has spread to sixty countries. To celebrate this, I want to give this song to you today - a song of gratitude, encouragement and joy.

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Poem: The Buddha Sculpture

2005-04-23

The Buddha sculptureThe divine artistCarve the image of saviors out of stoneThe most blessed sculpture of all the world

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Poem: Light of Day

2005-04-22

Above the tides of tears,Compassion shining no moreSoon the skies to awakenBrighter than ever before.

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Photography: Beautiful Lotus Flower

2005-04-21

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Painting: Landscape Scene

2005-04-20

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Five Out of Five Researchers Agree: Earth's Solar System Special

2005-04-20

Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, moderated the informal discussion. At issue was whether our solar system is special, why it looks the way it does, and how others thus far detected differ. The debate took place between theoretical and observational scientists on the different aspects of detecting and categorising alien solar systems. About 700 people attended the event.

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Music: The Carefree Song

2005-04-19

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X-Ray Vision of Violence in Interacting Galaxies

2005-04-19

Using the world's most powerful X-ray space observatory, the team is unravelling the complex interactions that take place in the "traffic pile-ups" that occur as clusters containing hundreds of galaxies and trillions of solar masses of gas and dark matter interact and merge.

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Poem: The Maze

2005-04-18

A climb of mountains,One’s descent into valleys,Winding through the maze.

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Poem: Of Light and Form

2005-04-17

This forge of diamond,An indomitable heartUnfolding worlds resplendent.

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Instrumental Music: Rising Above Everything

2005-04-16

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Poem: My Heart

2005-04-15

Seven years the journey yet,How far have I come,How deep has my heart awakened?

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Reborn Star Surprises Astronomers

2005-04-15

According to a report from Space.com on April 7, 2005, the rebirth of an old star named V4334 SGR in the constellation Sagittarius, which was observed by using National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope, has surprised researchers by flying through the process 100 times faster than predicted. The surprising rebirth forced researchers to produce new models of how such an old, white dwarf star could re-ignite its nuclear furnace for one final blast of energy.

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A Chinese Story: A Virtuous Deed Extends a Man’s Life

2005-04-14

On Lan Sun’s wedding night, Liu Hongjing had a dream where a man in civilian clothes carrying a scroll knelt down to him from a distance. The man said with tears, “I am Lan Sun’s father. I wanted to thank you for your good deed, but I had nothing to offer. I heard you have a short life span, so I decided that I must go see the King of Heaven and ask him to consider extending your life span. I am here to tell you that I am going to see the King of Heaven.”

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