American Buddhist Perspectives
In the mix of ancient cultures of central China outside of Xi’an we find this map: Pulpit one way, Alchemy kiln the other.
The pulpit is actually the remnants of a stupa and little else, allegedly from Nestorian or Syriac Christians. The Alchemy kiln is from the Daoists. It was at this temple that Lao Tzu (Laozi) wrote the Dao De Jing.
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