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Several people recognized the most recent Mystery Photo. Among them was Steve Ogilvie, Lawrenceville: “It’s the Hui Tz Tao Temple, which is a Taoist temple located at 1225 Satellite Boulevard in Suwanee. Never heard of Taoism before, but it made an interesting read this morning.”
Stewart Woodard of Lawrenceville: “I believe this is the Hui Tz Tao Temple on Satellite Boulevard. It is Gwinnett county’s first Tao Temple. And, Hui Tzi means ‘wisdom and mercy.’”
Allan Peel reports: “Today’s mystery photo is of the Hui Tz Tao Temple. Construction was started in 2007, and was built mostly by volunteers. The roof is made up of over 60,000 terra cotta tiles imported from Taiwan. There are two main floors of worship area inside the temple, and there is another section of the temple where Sunday school classes for children are held and where Tai Chi and Chinese painting techniques are taught.
“So what is Tao (which is pronounced ‘Dao’)? The general foreman of the construction site, Min Nan Sze, explains that ‘Tao is not to be confused with Taoism; Tao is for everyone with a conscience, and is not a religion. Tao is the basic truth of all teachings, and it includes all religions. If they drink the water and breathe the air, they belong to God, even if they don’t believe in God. Everybody has Tao’”
Also recognizing it were Lindsay Borenstein, Atlanta; Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; and Tim Sullivan, Buford.
The photo was made by George Graf of Palmyra, Va., during a recent visit.
(Editor’s note: there may have been others, but a computer glitch lost their names.—eeb)
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