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Monkey’s name, Wake-to Vacuity (Wukong) is given to him by the immortal name Patriarch Subodhi at the end of chapter one. His name Wake-to Vacuity can be loosely translated to acknowledgement of emptiness. The meaning of his name can be linked with … Continue reading →

Poem 25 talks about something great and the person speaking doesn’t know it’s name, so he/she calls it by the name of “Tao”. When examined this Tao being can be compared to the God of Christianity. Everything in the first stanza … Continue reading →