CLUB MASTER HOANG: POST 724 30August2025 - Anti-aging exercise - The Sacred Seal / 18 Stances/ Various items and pictures

Thursday, August 28, 2025

POST 724 30August2025 - Anti-aging exercise - The Sacred Seal / 18 Stances/ Various items and pictures

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POST 724 30August2025

- Anti-aging exercise

-18 Stances

- The Sacred Seal

- Various items and pictures

POST 2025

Linda’s Thursday Quotation

Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment. Sometimes it is one foot which is put forward first, sometimes the other, but continuous progress is only made by the use of both.

Robert Andrews Millikan

THE ORCHID

Extract from

VISION and ACTION / The Sacred Seal Story

By Charles Phan Hoang

(Amazon Publishing, ISBN 9798338428948)

POST 724

13 – THE ORCHID

POST 724

13 – THE ORCHID

The wife of Master Dinh-Mai, a smiling woman with a keen and intelligent eye, welcomed the arrival of Clara and Thu-Lan. She directed them into the living room. On the left of the entrance, upon a sideboard made of lacquered wood finely inlaid with mother of pearl, there was the altar of the master’s ancestors. In front of the altar, Thu-Lan and Clara bowed respectfully. According to tradition, a fruit dish containing five kinds of fruit was placed in front of the portraits that Clara watched attentively. It was the portrait of a stately man in the traditional Dignitary costume, wearing the very characteristic winged hat that impressed her the most.

The master's wife asked them to sit down: “Please, sit. I am going to make tea and the master will join you shortly”.

Before going down to join his guests, master Dinh-Mai read again a message he had received that morning. He had asked to a master he knew in the United States, information about Clara, a disciple of Master Steve Hogan. The answer he received was clear and concise: “Clara Ikube: Chan-Cung disciple - 28.”

The scent of lotus tea maintained a peaceful and friendly atmosphere. The master, turning to Clara, asked: “Is the tradition of the name of a disciple, vo-danh, maintained in your school in America?”

Clara: “Are you talking about the tradition that the master assigns a disciple name in Vietnamese to his students?”

Master Dinh-Mai: “That's right”, and he looked towards Thu-Lan who understood that she had to say her name.

Thu-Lan: “My disciple name is Chan-Ban”

Clara could not suppress an exclamation of surprise: “Oh! It's amazing because my disciple name is Chan-Cung”

Master Dinh-Mai said nothing, but seemed very pleased to have been able to verify that Clara was indeed Chan-Cung. According to the message, if Clara was Chan-Cung, the number 28 indicated that Clara deserved trust. For her part, Clara soon realized that it was no coincidence that her disciple name and the disciple name of Thu-Lan had a common root “Chan”, which means true. She asked the master: “Is there a system for assigning names based on certain criteria?”

Master Dinh-Mai: “Yes, it is the tradition. There is a book called Code of Names, which is used by some traditional schools. The master assigns a name to his disciples after consulting this book”.

Clara said nothing but understood the importance of this tradition. This suggested that her school and the school of Master Dinh-Mai were among those using this book of names for their disciples.

(to be continued)