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"Buddhism in a Nutshell" Part XIX covers topics on the First Council and the Second Council. "Zen Story" continues with the tenth story, "A Monk Named Water-drop". In the section on Buddhist Sutra, we present an Introduction on the Lotus Sutra. The section on Buddhist Art is resumed in this issue.

Acknowledgement for the sources of some contents: The drawings in the Buddhist Art section are taken from "The Lotus of the Wonderful Law or the Lotus Gospel" by W.E. Soothill, published by Curzon Press. The article "Cultivation is to shun the evil and follow the good" is taken from "Gold Buddha Sagely Monastery Newsletter" published by the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association.

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