Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Temple Stay... Longest day of my life...


I am so exhausted from going to the temple stay last night. We arrived at the temple at about 7pm and went to sleep around 10pm. We slept on the floor on mats and sleeping bags and were scheduled to wake up at 2:50am. Of course, nobody went to sleep right at 10 so everyone was exhausted. Not to mention stiff.

Wait, back up... so when we got there we changed into our temple uniforms which were very modest loose shirts and MC Hammer pants. The girls got orange and the guys got green. We proceeded to make lotus lanterns out of paper which I thoroughly enjoyed... of course I like that crafty stuff... After making the lanterns we put them on a shrine of Buddha and then bowed and made a wish. It was really nice, and the lanterns turned out beautifully. You can see the lantern I made in the picture...

The monks were so adorable, I don't know if its appropriate to say that, but they were. And there were helpers who work at the temple who were very sweet. Our tour guide was the cutest, he looked like a little oompa loompa, I don't think he was a monk, but he was so precious... and I mean that in the nicest way possible.

A rundown of the things we did would be... learning how to bow, making prayer bead necklaces thingys, doing some exercises and meditation type stuff, going on a tour, eating breakfast and lunch and going to some tombs. It was an interesting experience but I have to admit that I was cranky all day because I was so tired. The area where the temple is is a beautiful and peaceful place and I really enjoyed the fresh air.

So as I was sleeping in this temple, I was hoping that I would have some dreams of Buddha or some sort of calling or something. Nothing. No dream, no visions, nothing. What's up with that?

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