The Art of Impression is the title of the "heavy" book that HT Thich Quang Thanh has released on the last night of Sunday January 21, 2007 at Anaheim's Sea Food Palace.

           Literally, the book has only 160 pages but "quite heavy" because the whole book is printed with thick, thick, and large sizes.

With the figurative meaning, the author of the Art Mark has reduced the worlds of art subjects such as Photography, Poetry, Music, Painting, Plants ... v ... v ... into a convergence point bearing the common name of the Seal Indian Art.

          By itself, each art discipline has been an immense horizon, because art is the exploitation of every second, every minute in the relationship of sensory sensitivity between objects. No one can truly feel like anyone, even living together, breathing in the same environment. However, Venerable Thich Quang Thanh - also called by the artists in Thanh Tri Cao - has carefully selected each subject in the Art Mark to have a genuine voice and express solid features. Enemy, great.

          With many subjects condensed in the book, I am not surprised that the work first introduced is the poem Mother As Buddha, musician Vo Ta Han popularized into songs. The most beautiful image in humanity is the image of the Mother, so for me, as a monk from a young age, in my mind, Mother is Buddha.

          Cautiously turning to the next page is the painting of Bodhidharma, black and white, Thay illustrates in 1989. Every Buddhist who goes to the temple at least once sees the portrait of this Patriarch and no one knows that the power is great. coming out of his deep eyes can make our body and mind vibrate. The illustration is simple but dancing, has transported the silent strength of the nine-year-old Zen master.

          The gentle vibrations followed the writings of scholars and practitioners, translated into English for the book to be widely introduced. After the article, readers re-enjoy the artistic images, when they are colorful, when they are gentle and gentle.

The photo titled "Welcoming Sunny" is a picture of a rose lotus rising, some dew still standing on the petals, proving that the sun has not risen yet, the lotus has bloomed and is ready to catch the sun to bring the space of pollution, smoke This dust a little high, clean, pure taste.

          Looking at this lotus picture, I suddenly remembered the time, very coincidentally, to see the teacher "grasp the time". That is when we are worried about the weekly offerings, super prayers for our mother. In July, two small lotus ponds in the back garden had lotus buds rising out of the water. We secretly hope to keep up with the early lotus flowers to worship the Buddha and offer Mother in the weekly retreat. Flowers did not please people so a ceremony, I cherished the pink lotus to the temple, plugged on the Buddha's table, plugged into the table of Mother's Spirit.

Before the ceremony, Thay often went to control everything to see if there was anything missing. Unexpectedly, Thay saw the lotus vase. The surprised look of the Master then told me that he was secretly asking, "Is the real flower or a fake flower?" He looked at us and asked:

          - Can I borrow a vase of flowers?

          We did not know how he borrowed a flower vase for "Da". It was not time for the ceremony yet, so I was curious as he went to the yard.

In addition to the yard, he also planted lotus but no cotton! He called ĐĐ Nhuận Hùng quickly to go upstairs to hold the umbrella and his camera set down here. Meanwhile, Thay quickly took the lotus out of the glass vase, tilted his head to look for the position and then plugged it into the lake, beside the green lotus leaves. With the ingenuity of an artisan, the lotus flower has just sprung up, blooming in the middle of the lake. Great! Mr. Nhuan Hung is an effective assistant (he must have been used to such unexpected work) so he quickly opened the umbrella (the type of photographer used to adjust the light, not even the Buddhists cover it) Where is the rain? Then Mr. Quang Thanh opened the camera, the lens was so real. The teacher stood, the kneeling teacher, the teacher tilted to the right, tilted to the left, sometimes, he was almost lying on the tile floor to get the most beautiful edges of the lotus. Just aiming the lens, He just reminded Mr. Nhuan Hung to adjust the umbrella to get the best light: "Raise a little high! This party! Left there! Oh, okay! Now lower to the corner of the lake! There! There! keep listening 

          The sound of the machine clicked, constantly, less than fifteen minutes, he announced: "Finished, it will be beautiful."

          After saying that, he took the lotus flower out of the lake again by hand, plugged it back into the jar, brought it to the table and respectfully left the old place.

          Later, I had the opportunity to read the article of Truc Lam magazine about how the photographic art known to the "catch time" is important to the person holding the camera, because only in the sun, light The other scene will reach the art standard. So, the mastery and patience of the person holding the camera is the time of "hunting", when and where the scenery and sympathetic space are. It is in the Art Imprint.

He shared that Thay had been waiting for a whole day to have a picture of a dragonfly parked on the dewy lotus petals, and the dragonflies kept flying around the giant tree, he sent them to the lotus pond and they flew to giant trees. He waited forever, to the point that he had to cry, "Flying forever and not tired, are those dragonflies? As for me, I must give up because I'm ... tired! "

          Seven images of Lotus in the book are seven specific nuances of flowers that represent the high bar of Enlightenment. From the "Welcoming Sunny" to the "Lac Kiep" sheet full of art when the context is a lotus wing that has just fallen; but the next one "Continued" with the big lotus flower on the bud has just emerged from the surface of the water that has carried the selfless cause, this is in the other, this one destroys the other, so it is destroyed kill, like yellow leaves fall back into soil to plant trees to re-create flowers, thousands of leaves.

Two lotus mirror shots, for me, are also unique! The "Symbol" is the strong, green, lotus mirror on which can see how many sweet lotus seeds are hidden inside. But looking through the page is the "Lien Hoa Tam" sheet, the lotus mirror has withered away, the lotus seeds have been removed to enjoy the time. The place where the lotus seed was housed before, is now deep as the eye of the skull!

Is this image terrifying? Probably not, for those who have contemplated the four great bodies, these are just inevitable changes of what is not true. Looking at the withered image of the lotus, we must see all the way that it has devoted the whole flavor to life, to the lotus seeds that are also the last sweet gift, she has gladly given the note to only receive it again. the most pure title "The Heart Heart - The Pure Heart"

          Just like that, the reader slowly turned each page of the book to stray into the forest of art with the portrait of the Venerable Venerable who still worked hard to find the sutra classics to learn, the "Single Moisture" plate made viewers look like See the aroma of scented tea.

          Through the art of ornamental plants, "Waterfall falls" pots are majestic. Only an old pine tree was born in a small pot but decided to express the great nature through the images of fragrant green leaves branching towards one side like a waterfall, different from the soft-edged "Boat of Life" basin, That branch of the other branch is like a human life, if you bring Tam Tu, you will live together happily.

The pot of "Golden Golden Forest" is a great work of art. Only in a small Bonsai pot that the spectator sees as standing in front of the old pine forest! Then "Van Nhan" pots, "Mau Tu" pots, "Exhilarating Poets", pots "Remember the Ancient People" each take advantage of art and techniques to shape ornamental plants to create unique works. . The pot of "Poisoned Poets" is easier to understand because there is only one dried, old tree in the pot, but the trunk still reaches and reaches high, then it is necessary to stab, sprout leaves at the top.

I chuckled, admiring because this unique poet was not only a poet but also a mighty new hero, determined to go alone on such a gravel road. But the pot "Remembers the Ancient Man" I watched for a while to realize the meaning. The pot displayed an old, very old pomegranate root, a stumpy body, roots rising from the ground. Yet the original, the ideal is no longer able to produce the fruit that is nourishing the flowers that are about to bloom, the ripe fruits. Special points are the flowers, those fruits are bent down to look at the root, as the descendants' gratitude to the predecessors. Is it so that the potted plant is named "Remember the Ancient Man"?

          Great!

          With the artist's hand on such ornamental potted plants, we will not be surprised when he taught a lot of flower arrangements. A rose placed on a log with a hand shape is a work of "Miraculous Hand", borrowed scenes to express the meaning, what, though simple and ordinary, but we know how to cherish and return magic.

The flower vase called "Tao Force" plugs a peach branch whose peaches are in the lower part, non-flowering branches and leaves that continue to rise high in all directions, making me remember the "Means" in the Lotus Sutra. The "Spring Wing Spring" pot is different, seeing the spring of joyful colors of green architecture, purple flowers and yellow flowers, there is no need to think but immediately feel your heart throbbing.

          Entering the subject of painting, if viewed in a hurry, this color world will lead viewers to fall in love. Why? Because the color of Master is very strong. From the "Artistic Portrait", "On the Heart of Life" to "Chan Tam", "Human Life", "Impression" all takes contrasting colors to express the theme.

          Xen and color are the sounds of Poetry and Music. The book introduces selected poems and is popularized by musicians Vo Ta Han, Nam Hung, Hoang Quang Hue and some music has been made into CDs.

          Throughout the Book of Art Impressions, readers are continuously "exchanged", meaning, when reading poetry, they are invited to watch paintings, invite tea, guide to the garden to watch ornamental plants, when tired legs, please tired, and the sound of Music Poetry will grow up .... I didn't write anything anymore. Please borrow 4 verses from Thay Quang Thanh-Thanh Tri Cao to finish this article:

          “Please stop, please stop!

          Any shore on the wild peak

          The one who came here once was happy

          A laugh laughs at the thunderstorm "

          Please find a book of Art Mark by Quang Thanh-Thanh Tri Cao to have a good time with the art world.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

                                                                                 

                                                              TN Hue Tran  .

                            

                 

Namo Amitabha Buddha, we, we have just been told by the writer Vinh Hao that Venerable Thich Quang Thanh, the Master Institute of Bao Quang Pagoda is seriously ill and reverently invites the Venerable Ton Duc and Buddhists near and far. prayer for the Venerable Master to recover soon. We personally visited him in 2016, he looks very healthy and is building a museum right on the campus of Bao Quang Temple and was taken to visit places in the temple, especially a building full of dishes. the priceless antiques " Buddha, Buddha ..." that he collected over the past 30 years in southern California, USA, 

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Venerable Thich Quang Thanh, head of Bao Quang Pagoda, whose real name is Duong Thanh Tung, born in Thanh Luong, Binh Thuan. 
In the field of religion, served as the Chief Minister of Hoang Phap Viet Nam Buddhism in the World, founded and chairman of the Vietnamese-American Buddhist Center for Social Services in Orange County, the Secretary General of the editorial office. Truc Lam. 
In the field of culture, Venerable Thich Quang Thanh is also a famous poet named Thanh Tri Cao, a member of the International Association of Poets, has published many poems like Sleeping Moon in the Clouds, On the Field of Death. Born, Taste of the Mind, the Winter Snow Flower and the Vacuum Coat etc. 
In the field of art, Venerable is also a talented painter, with many works of artistic oil paintings with spiritual meanings, displayed and exhibited in many places. 
The Venerable is also an excellent photographer who has won many gold medals in international photographic exams. 
In addition, Venerable is a researcher and architect of various types of young and large animals with various nuances.
The Bao Quang Cultural Center has many valuable artworks exhibited many times to offer guests a chance to enjoy. 
Since July 19, 2009, Venerable Thich Quang Thanh has been appointed to the position of Chief of Foreign Affairs, cum Chief of the Central Office of the Prime Minister of the Vietnam Buddhist Church in the World by the Venerable Thich Tam Chau signed. END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.16/6/2019.