The Buddhist Life is not for me lol
On Saturday our group decided to participate in a temple stay program, in Myogaksa temple.And to be honest i was not really looking forward to it, but that all changed .This temple was located a couple blocks from Dongmyo station (line 1). The temple was built on a very fascinating area, as it looked over the outskirts of Seoul, we learned that the temple placed there for fung shui purposes. when hearing temple i assumed that it was going to be somewhere up in the mountain haha. Right as we entered we were given clothes to wear during our stay there, and then the program started we were sent down to a room, where we first participated in a 20 min mediation session. During this mediation session, i was lowkey tired, but the monk explained to us that the two big rules during mediation, is not to sleep and not to move a lot (and if you do, do it quietly) and that was kind of hard for me. For a person who has to be constantly on the move, this was a difficulty situation for me.
As someone who has been an avid christian all my life, getting into things was a little difficult, i honestly didnt agree with everything that they were saying a but some things i could relate, after about 15 minutes of mediation my mind started to feel at ease a bit. As someone who cant completely relate to the buddhist religion somethings i feel like Buddhist and christian have some ideas that they relate to, and soon enough i soon began to figure that out.
The cuisine that was presented to us during our stay was ( if i had to put it in one word )......healthy. As we were served multiple types of vegetables, a totally different lifestyle compared to to what im used to at home. But overall it was a very humbling experience
oh yeah i got to be a tea-master for a day lol
