the sound of Buddhist monks chanting from one of the more recent halls pervaded the grounds, while a set of staircases behind the hall led me to a calm terrace suitable for meditation.
The viharns (living space for monks and the meditation space) and ordination hall are built in the classic Lanna style of several tiered roofs. Wat Saen Muang Ma Luang in Chiang Mai © World Travel Connector 15. MARBLE MOUNTAINS, DA NANG, VIETNAM ...
Many temples containshukubo(Temple Lodging), and provide a wonderful opportunity to stay in an incredibly atmospheric setting, eat deliciousshojin ryori(vegetarian food for monks) and watch or even participate in esoteric religious rituals or meditation. There are famous shukubo all over Japan, but ...
The temple also participates in the popularTemple Stayprogram which allows tourists looking to experience Zen meditation and asceticism to spend, for a fee, two or three days living the typical temple life of a Korean Buddhist monk, doing activities such asbaru gongyang(communal Buddhist meal serv...
During the temple stay at Beomeosa, I got to chat for hours with Korean monks, learn how to do Korean Buddhist meditation and prostrations, go on a temple tour led by a monk, witness an incredible drum performance, and more. I’ve stayed in temples in other countries, such asEko-In ...
After a period of study with Huìsī, Zhìyǐ spent some time working in the southern capital of Jinling, after which he retired to Tiāntái mountain for intensive study and practice with a group of disciples, adapting the Indian meditation practice of zhǐguān 止觀 into his system. A ...
focus mainly on meditation.Like many other temples, Wat Yai Chai Mongkol is a deeply quiet place, not just in sounds you hear while you are there, but it feels like the earth and ancient Buddhas lining the perimeter of the chedi, or stupah, are in deep meditation when you are visiting...
For this tour program, we select the 3 best local temples to represent aspects from 35,000 Thai monasteries all over the country by the paths of Aranyavasi (Forest Temple: The Individual Meditation Practicing Purpose) and Kamavasi (Urban temple : Social Servicing Purpose) Read more Lowes...
“People shouldn’t really be touching it, or going anywhere near it,” she said. Burnham’s fund received almost $1 million last month from the State Department for a project to stabilize the eastern side of Phnom Bakheng, the temple’s most endangered section. ...
but Franklin said Tukaram’s force and other things that had happened at and around his tomb had faded. Franklin told me a bit of Tukharam’s history. He never stayed home to help around the house, but each day he walked to a near-by hill and spent the day in meditation on that hi...