Hometown:?Hebei, China
Education:?Digital Entertainment Technology Diploma, Nanyang Polytechnic in Singapore and?Msc in Intelligent and Adaptive Systems,?University of Sussex
What was I doing before 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ?
Just finished my study at the University of Sussex, on consciousness
Influential class I¡¯ve taken
Comparative Hermeneutics (both 1 and 2)
Influential book I¡¯ve read
Too many to list here ? Almost all the books that we have gone through in our classes have been influential in different ways. Fine, if I have to pick one out¡ªmaybe the?Lotus Sutra.
Concept that blew my mind
Concepts are helpful and totally useless at the same time; the finger pointing at the moon is helpful, but the finger is definitely not the moon! However, then the moon has always been (t)here¡ªever-present but cannot be gotten. Go figure!
Challenge(s) I faced
Know myself, live authentically
How has 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ changed me??
Opened my eyes and mind, connected me to a group of like-minded friends and trustworthy teachers.
What surprised me about 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ?
How each of us are encouraged to understand ourselves and just be ourselves in the truest form. It often is a difficult process, but there is so much care and support from everyone.
Title of senior essay/a recent paper:
Who?
What is it about??
Trying to trace Heidegger¡¯s analysis of Being and Time to the practice of the Investigation of Chan.
What is it really about?
My own trip to attempt to get a clue of what is going on with the Chan huatou (topic of meditation), ¡°Who?¡±
What¡¯s your service scholarship (work study) job??
Working with the super awesome Campus Life team, mainly on organizing activities and dining services
Do you have a daily practice¡ª if so, what is it??
Sit, recite, be mindful
What do you do for fun??
Hanging out with friends – anything is fun with great people! I recently picked up gardening; that has been a great source of fun.
How has financial aid played a role in your being here??
Thank goodness that it exists. Thank you to all who made it available and possible. I wouldn¡¯t be able to do the program without it.
How does what you¡¯re learning here carry out into the world?
Haha, is this a trick question? Am I out of the world now? Is there really an ¡°in and out¡±? Is there ¨C Isn¡¯t there ¨C is there?
