Sentence examples for mazu from inspiring English sources

For much of the past half-century, the Taiwanese military presence on Mazu has been a deterrent to mainland poachers.

That summer, a group of Taiwanese twitchers were on an islet just off the Fujian coast, part of the disputed Mazu archipelago that has been controlled by Taiwan since the end of China's civil war in 1949.

It is not clear whether the breeding population around the Zhoushan islands mixes with the one on Mazu.

The chief offshore islands are Quemoy (Jinmen; under the control of the government on Taiwan), Xiamen, and Dongshan in the south; and Haitan and Matsu (Mazu; also under the control of Taiwan) in the north.

Chinese temples are seeking help from their Taiwanese counterparts on how to revive Mazu festivals.

Some folk customs — such as the worship of Mazu, the sea goddess — thrive here in ways they no longer do on the mainland.

The company said that it planned to incorporate technologies developed by three companies -- Asta Networks, Mazu Networks and Arbor Networks -- to fight off or prevent distributed attacks.

The monk then asked, "So what do you say when the tears have dried up?" Mazu answered, "It is neither mind nor Buddha".

In an iconic encounter between Mazu and his teacher, Nanyue Huairang (677 744), Mazu has an awakening after pointing out to Huairang that he cannot make a mirror by rubbing together a stone and a clay roofing tile, only to be asked why he then thinks it is possible to make himself into a Buddha by sitting on a meditation cushion.

How do you teach them?" Mazu said, "Then I tell them that it's not a thing".

But Mayor Matías Mazu said chances of the other miners getting out alive were "almost nil" because of carbon monoxide emitted by the fire that caused the collapse.