Saturday, 20 July 2013

Hwaeomsa Temple Stay: Day 1 (Friday, July 19)

A group of 41 from DKU travelled to this buddhist temple to partake in an overnight temple stay.  The journey was about 3 hours and we stopped for lunch on the way.


Bibimbap ("mixed rice")  is a popular and famous dish in Korea.  The dish consists of a mixture of vegetable on top of rice with gochujang (red pepper paste).   Yum!

All temple stay participants are given clothes to wear.


I am just outside the room I shared with 3 other women; we slept on mats on the floor.

The day included a temple tour, orientation to temple etiquette, dinner (vegetarian), evening chanting ceremony, making lotus lanterns and meditation.  Bed time is 9:00pm.


Before the chanting ceremony four monks drum followed by bell gonging.

A view of the temple grounds.

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