The Monk by the Sea [SEP] creator
The Monk by the Sea
The Monk by the Sea () is an oil painting by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich. It was painted between 1808 and 1810 in Dresden and was first shown together with the painting "The Abbey in the Oakwood" ("Abtei im Eichwald") in the Berlin Academy exhibition of 1810. On Friedrich's request "The Monk by the Sea" was hung above "The Abbey in the Oakwood". After the exhibition both pictures were bought by king Frederick Wilhelm III
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Dec 2012: Monk & Blog, a compilation of 100 sets of microblog posts, was published.
Sep 2015: A Series of Teachings by Ven. Master Xuecheng was released on CD ROM and flash drive. The 18-series set includes 297 lectures.
Oct 2015: Robot Monk Xian'er was born.
Oct 2015: Collated and Explained Nanshan Vinaya was published with 8 sets and 32 books.
Dec 2015: Longquan Monastery's first overseas monastery, the Longquan Great Compassion Monastery, was opened.