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Pechino – Vita Notturna

Scritto da Tripluca il 18/01/2008

La vita notturna di Pechino é abbastanza deludente per gli standard occidentali: i locali più raccomandati dalle riviste platinate sono spesso deserti e molto cari (se una coca costa 2Y al supermercato, in uno di questi bar ne costa almeno 40). Questo perchè a differenza della ben più occidentalizzata Shangai, a Pechino é ancora molto esigua la percentuale di giovani locali che passa le serate in bar e discoteche: la maggior parte passa la serata al ristorante conversando o andando al Karaoke.

LIRSIS – Alda Aldanna: contacts

Scritto da Tripluca il 13/09/2007

EXTRAORDINARY PARTICIPANTS OR AUDITORS

Besides the ordinary, accepted participants, the Dean may grant the condition of auditor, with special or partial participation, obligations, fees. etc., to a maximum of 5 people attending all or part of the program at a given time. There is no application for the condition of auditor. It is offered or granted facultatively by the Dean for special reasons. Only applications for full participation are accepted. The nature of this extraordinary participation as auditor is, however, well regulated, but it seems unnecessary to inform ordinary prospective students extensively about it prior to the start of the terms, since applying directly for the condition is impossible.

TEMPORAL VALIDITY OF THIS INFORMATION

The program will work as described in this information during the years 2007 and 2008. We reserve ourselves the possibility to introduce changes later on.

ADDRESS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND APPLICATION

Please contact us by email at:

alda_aldanna@yahoo.com (applications, practical enquiries and general information)

Lirsis_Asia@yahoo.com (questions about our ideas or goals and personalized contact)

A web page is under construction. It may be found at www.lirsis.org from middle or late 2007 on, but this is not sure as the name or domain may become unavailable. In that case, please check in ordinary search engines for “Lirsis” and “Alda Aldanna” to find the right address, or email us. At present, some friends (however external to us and not necessarily sharing or fully sharing our ideas and goals) are hosting independently various information in their own web sites about our program, including the longer first version of this booklet.

First contacts and enquiries may happen only through email. Confidentiality and no other use of your email address for unwanted mails, publicity etc. are guaranteed. A physical address in Yunnan may be provided as well upon request.

APPENDIX :

EXAMPLE OF A POSSIBLE SYLLABUS OF THE FIRST COMPONENT (KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRADITIONS OF THE WORLD)

The texts in bold are likely to be dealt with during the first, innitial term, though some exchanges with the prospective students will occur before a final decision is taken. The texts not in bold would be dealt with at later terms or levels.

The texts will be read in English translation (but if need be there are translations of many of them into other languages). Short selections are frequently made and used as the original text are often enormous. Different weight will be laid on some texts and on others: One text will be chosen as core text of each tradition. The likely choice of core texts for a first level is in cursive. Relatively small traditions (Hermetism, Hasidism) may or may not be dealt with according to time and possibilities.

Taoism:

Lao Tse : Tao Te Ching (With later Chinese Taoist commentaries).

Chuang Tzu. (Selections).

The “Scripture of Western Ascension”.

General (Indian) Buddhism (with weight on Mahayana):

The questions of Milinda. (Selections).

Majjimanikaya. (Selections).

Prajnaparamita literature. (Selections). Include the Diamond Sutra, Heart Sutra etc.

Prasannapada of Chandrakirti (commentary of the Karika of Nagarjuna). (Selections).

Lankavatara Sutra. (Selections).

Vasubandhu, Sthiramati : Madhyanta-vibhanga. (Selections).

Ch’an/Zen:

The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch.

Huang Po : On the transmission of mind.

Lin Chi. (Selections).

Hui Hai. (Selections).

” The transmission of the lamp ” and other early Ch’an collections. (Selections).

Mumonkan.

Selected koans from the Pi Yen Lu (Hekiganroku, Blue Cliff Record).

Yuan Wu: Zen Letters. (Selections).

Dogen. (Selections).

Indian Mysticism:

Bhagavad gita.

Samkara. (Selections).

Suresvara. (Selections).

Dattatreya : Advadhuta Gita.

Kabir : Songs.

Sufism:

Sathiyat as cited in Ernst, C. W. : Words of ecstasy in Sufism.

Attar : The conference of the birds.

Rumi: Selected poems and fragments from the Diwan-i Shams-i Tabriz and the Masnavi.

Balyani : Treatise on the unity of being.

Ibnul Arabi : Short selections as in Sells, M. A. : Mystical languages of unsaying.

Fakhruddin Iraqi : Divine flashes.

Persian poetry as in Wilson, P. L. : The drunken universe.

Shabistari : The Garden of Mystery.

Various selections as in Murata, The Tao of Islam.

Jewish mysticism (Hasidism):

Selected Hasidic tales; and commentary of Elior on Habad Hasidism, The paradoxical ascent to God.

Ancient Mediterranean mysticism:

Corpus Hermeticum. Libellus XIII. Selections from other writings.

Selections from the Middle- and Neoplatonists (including Plotin).

Christianity:

Pseudo-Dionysios: Mystical theology. On the divine names.

(with the commentary of Maximos Confessor if a translation into English is found here).

Selected sermons of Meister Eckhart. = (J. Quint-)nr.: 2, 6, 26, 31, 32, 35, 42, 55, 59.

Margarete Porete: Mirror of Simple Souls. (Selections).

The Sister Catherine treatise and Granum Sinapis.

The Cloud of Unknowing.

Nicholas of Cusa : The vision of God.

Jakob Boehme : Of the supersensual life and the life which is above sense. 2 dialogues. Other selections from Jakob Boehme.

Angelus Silesius : The cherubic wanderer. (Selected poems).

Schelling : Vom Ich als Prinzip der Philosophie.

Merton, Thomas : Seeds of contemplation.

Non-traditional forms of mysticism (mystical expressions from primeval peoples, mysticism in literature and art, non-written forms of mysticism, mysticism and children, mysticism and death, etc.) will be dealt with by means of various short selections and readings.

“¦ and

“¦ and we wish you the best in the admiration of your inner beauty and, if you decide to come, in its exploration with us in some of the most inspirational landscapes of all Asia.

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Written in Lige, Lugu Hu, Yunnan, China, the 28^th – 29^th of November, 2006.

Corrected in Lijiang and Kunming, Yunnan, China, December 2006.

First printed in Kunming, 1. 1. 2007.

Revised, shortened and second printing in Kunming, 8. – 15. 7. 2007.

Trip-Editoriale Numero 6, Cina

Scritto da Tripluca il 8/08/2007

Se Aristotele fosse vivo e online, direbbe che il TripMagazine é in divenire.
Continua infatti a sfuggire alle definizioni.
E’ come un contenitore che continua a cambiare forma e materiale, influendo anche sul contenuto.
Il Numero 6, per esempio, è un ribollire di informazioni dettagliate, in gran parte prodotte da un Claudio impazzito in giro per l’Asia:
in poche settimane ha scritto più lui che Confucio in 40 anni.

Il contenitore in questione permette infatti l’inserimento facile e immediato del contenuto, che si trova subito in prima fila nella giungla dei motori di ricerca e ti dà  perfino il contentino economico grazie al Dio Google.
Una formula apparentemente vincente tanto che siamo arrivati a un record di 476 visite giornaliere, con una media di 10.000 al mese.
In poche settimane.
Se continuiamo così tra qualche anno faremo tremare anche Beppe Grillo.

Ma, a parte le solite autoglorificazioni, cosa trovate nel Numero 6?
91 pezzi:
Un gran numero di articoli informativi in stile Trip-Guida sulla Cina e in particolare su Pechino.
Una serie di articoli “classici” sulla Cina.
Informazioni sul costo della vita (e del viaggio) in Thailandia, Laos e Brasile.
Informazioni e articoli sul Burkina Faso, l’Oktoberfest di Monaco e Doha.
Altri articoli misti: musica, Ipod, come aprire un Blog eccetera eccetera.
Ce n’è davvero per tutti i gusti e in tale quantità  che vi conviene iniziare subito se volete leggere tutto.

Lo lanciamo oggi, 8 Agosto 2007, a un anno esatto dalle Olimpiadi di Pechino, lo dedichiamo alla Cina, e ci mettiamo già  al lavoro per il prossimo!
E come sempre…siete tutti invitati a scrivere!

La luce della Cina

Scritto da Tripluca il 5/08/2007

Sono stato varie volte in Cina, dallo Yunnan a Shanghai, da Xiamen a Hong Kong, ma non avevo mai veramente capito cos’era che mi colpiva…solo che c’era..qualcosa.

Ho dovuto rivedere le fotografie, tornarci, e guardare.
Poi ho capito: la luce.

In Cina c’e', forse, una luce diversa. Si manifesta nelle giornate fredde, quando il cielo e’ blu e l’aria frizzate, di solito la mattina.
E’ di una tonalita’ e intensita’ tutta particolare, che non credo di aver mai visto in nessun altro paese.
E’ come se fosse piu’ chiara.

Non so se sia semplice suggestione e sia un fenomeno misurabile, ma sono sicuro che la mia percezione e’ costante. In altre parole: in ogni viaggio vedo almeno una volta quella luce che mi resta impressa come la cosa piu’ importante del viaggio.
E’ assurdo, ma la sensazione e’ molto vera.

Qui vi presento alcune fotografie che tentano, riuscendoci vagamente, a farvela vedere

Questo articolo non vi servira’ forse a niente, vi sono piu’ domande che notizie, pero’ se andate in Cina, fermatevi un attimo a cercare quella luce.
Forse troverete le parole che non sono riuscito a trovare io!

(altre mie foto dalla Cina: Xiamen e Shanghai)

Tripluca

Pechino – Dove mangiare

Scritto da Tripluca il 1/08/2007

I migliori ristoranti di Pechino secondo i Pechinesi. Questa selezione é opera di Chang Liu, che ha cercato di combinare i suoi gusti locali con quelli affinati nel periodo in cui ha vissuto a Londra.

Anatra pechinese ““ Beijing kaoya:

Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant (100-200RMB/persona)

Se volete provare la famosa anatra pechinese, il ristorante pù famoso per questa specialità  é é Quanjude.

n 32 Qianmen Dajie, Xicheng District

Aperto: 11am-1.30pm; 4.30pm-8.30pm

n 14 Qianmen Xidajie, Xuanwu District

Aperto: 10.30am-2pm; 4.30pm-9pm

n Shuaifuyuan Lu, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District

Aperto: 11am-2pm; 4.30pm-9pm

BianYi Fang Roast Duck Restaurant (100-200RMB/persona)

Un po’ costoso, ma serve é un ottima anatra pechinese

2A Chong Wen Wai Dajie

Aperto: 11am-11pm

Dadong Roast Duck Restaurant (50-100RMB/persona)

Economico e molto popolare

n Building 3, Tuanjiehu Beikou, Chaoyang District

Aperto:11am-9.30pm

n 1-2/F, Nanxincang International Plaza, 22A Dongsishitiao, Dongcheng District

Aperto:11am-9.30pm

Cucina Pechinese:

Li Jia Cai (Over 200 RMB/person)

11 Yangfang Hutong, Deshengmennei Dajie

Casa con giardino ben nascosta nel centro di un Hutong, talmente popolare che bisogna riservare con 3 giorni dìanticipo!

Fang Shan Restaurant (100-200RMB/person)

Si trova dentro il parco di Beihai.

Propone cucina di stile imperiale

Aperto: 11am-1.3opm; 5pm-8pm

Sichuan:

Chuan Ban (Si Chuan Ban Shi Chu) (under 50RMB/person)

Ha la fama di essere il miglior ristorante che offer cucina dello Sichuan (che é la più piccante tra quelle cinesi) e con prezzi molto economic Le code cominciano alle 5pm.

5 Gongyuan Toutiao, Jianguomennei Dajie, Dongcheng District

Ba Guo Bu Yi (50-100RMB/person)

No. 89-3 Di’anmen Dongdajie, Xicheng District

Aperto: 11am-2.30pm, 5pm-9pm

Yunnan

Yunnan Guoqiao Mixian (50-100RMB/person)

15 Dongzhemennei Dajie, Dongcheng District

Aperto: 9.30-4pm

Baoqin Daiwei Restaurant (under 50 RMB/person)

16 Minzu Daxue Beilu, Haidian District

Cucina leggera, dovete assolutamemte provare il vino di riso fatto in casa e il riso con ananas

South Silk Road

n 3/F Building, SOHO New Town, No. 88 Jianguo Lu

n Shichahai Qianhaixiyan, Beijing

Ambientazion straordinaria, originalissimi menu e cibo interessante

Aperto: 10.30am-10.30 pm

Giapponese:

Matsuko(50-100RMB/person)

Baijiazhuang Dongsanhuan, Chaoyang District

Ampia scelta a prezzi ragionevoli. A pranzo buffet tra le 11 e le

Aperto: 11.30-2pm; 5am-10.30pm

Kanauko(50-100RMB/person)

55A, Xingfu Yicun, Chaoyang District

Aperto: 11am-2pm; 5pm-9.30pm

Guida di Pechino: torna all’indice

Where to eat in Beijing

Scritto da Tripluca il 1/08/2007

The best restaurants in Beijing according to Beijiners and Beginners of Chinese flavours. This selection has been made by Chang Liu, a Beijners who has been lived in London for a while and know what westeners like.

Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant (100-200RMB/person)

Mentioning Peking roast duck, the most famous restaurant got to be Quanjude.

n 32 Qianmen Dajie, Xicheng District

Opens: 11am-1.30pm; 4.30pm-8.30pm

n 14 Qianmen Xidajie, Xuanwu District

Opens: 10.30am-2pm; 4.30pm-9pm

n Shuaifuyuan Lu, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District

Opens: 11am-2pm; 4.30pm-9pm

BianYi Fang Roast Duck Restaurant (100-200RMB/person)

Serving good quality Peking roast duck but a bit pricey.

2A Chong Wen Wai Dajie

Opens: 11am-11pm

Dadong Roast Duck Restaurant (50-100RMB/person)

Very popular and cheap.

n Building 3, Tuanjiehu Beikou, Chaoyang District

Opens:11am-9.30pm

n 1-2/F, Nanxincang International Plaza, 22A Dongsishitiao, Dongcheng District

Opens:11am-9.30pm

Beijing cuisine -Beijing Cai(4):

Li Jia Cai (Over 200 RMB/person)

11 Yangfang Hutong, Deshengmennei Dajie

Locates deep inside Hutong within a courtyard house. Very traditional dishes and setting inside. Reserve 3 days in advance.

Fang Shan Restaurant (100-200RMB/person)

Locates inside Beihai park.

Serving imperial style cuisine.

Opens: 11am-1.3opm; 5pm-8pm

Si(4)chuan(1):

Chuan Ban (Si Chuan Ban Shi Chu) (under 50RMB/person)

Known to be the best Sichuan style restaurant with very cheap price!

Queues starts from about 5pm.

5 Gongyuan Toutiao, Jianguomennei Dajie, Dongcheng District

Ba Guo Bu Yi (50-100RMB/person)

No. 89-3 Di’anmen Dongdajie, Xicheng District

Opens: 11am-2.30pm, 5pm-9pm

Yun(2)nan(2):

Yunnan Guoqiao Mixian (50-100RMB/person)

15 Dongzhemennei Dajie, Dongcheng District

Opens: 9.30-4pm

Baoqin Daiwei Restaurant (under 50 RMB/person)

16 Minzu Daxue Beilu, Haidian District

Light taste Yunnan cuisine, must try their home-made rice wine and pineapple rice.

South Silk Road

n 3/F Building, SOHO New Town, No. 88 Jianguo Lu

n Shichahai Qianhaixiyan, Beijing

Striking dècor, beautiful menus and interesting food

Opens: 10.30am-10.30 pm

Japanese:

Matsuko(50-100RMB/person)

Baijiazhuang Dongsanhuan, Chaoyang District

Wide range of varieties with reasonable price, lunch buffet starts from 11 am till 2 pm.

Opens: 11.30-2pm; 5am-10.30pm

Kanauko(50-100RMB/person)

55A, Xingfu Yicun, Chaoyang District

Opens: 11am-2pm; 5pm-9.30pm