The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[Stonetree]

The Yōnghé gōng 雍和宮 (Yonghe Temple, aka Yonghe Lamasery, aka Lama Temple) left a mark when I visited it recently in Beijing. I would like to go back and spend a few hours there just thinking

In what way did it leave a mark?

 

[Wu Wei]

In what way did it leave a mark?

It got me thinking about my views of religion. And made me think I would like to just sit there for a few hours thinking about things.
I have been to a few Buddhist temples and a few Taoist temples, all are impressive, but that was the first time I had the feeling I needed to stay and think. Not even sure what I'd think about..... Also got me thinking about Buddhist in my life... also surprised me, although it probably shouldn't have, how much my wife knew about what needed to be done; bowing, burning incense, prayer, etc. My mother-in-law and father-in-law were Pureland Buddhist, and my brother-in-law, I jsut found out, was a rather devout Buddhist as well

Should also add, I later also went to the Hongluo Temple (Pureland Buddhist) looked at it differently than I think I would have if I went there before Yonghe

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[Stonetree]

There's one an hour south I'd like to see someday. It has a big golden Buddha statue in front; not a common thing for small town Iowa.

a friend asked me to accompany her to a Muslim place of worship in the evening when no one was in attendance. It was in Philadelphia, Pa......It was eerie.....silent,dusty .....she went behind a partition to retrieve a book......I was waiting for Scooby do to show up

 

[Kathryn]

What struck me was how many people are searching for spirituality.

 

[Kathryn]

Was it crowded or just a few visitors?

It was actually pretty crowded.

 

[Stonetree]

It got me thinking about my views of religion. And made me think I would like to just sit there for a few hours thinking about things.
I have been to a few Buddhist temples and a few Taoist temples, all are impressive, but that was the first time I had the feeling I needed to stay and think. Not even sure what I'd think about..... Also got me thinking about Buddhist in my life... also surprised me, although it probably shouldn't have, how much my wife knew about what needed to be done; bowing, burning incense, prayer, etc. My mother-in-law and father-in-law were Pureland Buddhist, and my brother-in-law, I jsut found out, was a rather devout Buddhist as well

Should also add, I later also went to the Hongluo Temple (Pureland Buddhist) looked at it differently than I think I would have if I went there before Yonghe

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I found that sitting in Church when at times no one else was there to be very enjoyable compared to times when services were conducted

 

[Stonetree]

It was actually pretty crowded.

It is part of us,spirituality, I mean.

 

[Wu Wei]

I found that sitting in Church when at times no one else was there to be very enjoyable compared to times when services were conducted

I've done that as well...but the closest I got to a similar feeling was in Notre-Dame Basilica of Montréal. But it was similar, not the same. The only time I can remember having the same feeling I had a Yonghe was at the Fjærlandsfjord, Bøyabreen Glacier in Norway

 

[Stevicus]

 

[Wu Wei]

BLASPHEMY!!!!! well almost.....

I brought Mrs Wu's homemade dumplings for lunch today...and I forgot chopsticks... and you just CAN'T eat dumplings without chopsticks...its just wrong..... its BLASPHEMOUS!!!!

But luckily.... I had a disposable pair in one of my desk drawers...so the world is once again saved from the apocalypse

 

[Stevicus]

 

[Stonetree]

I've done that as well...but the closest I got to a similar feeling was in Notre-Dame Basilica of Montréal. But it was similar, not the same. The only time I can remember having the same feeling I had a Yonghe was at the Fjærlandsfjord, Bøyabreen Glacier in Norway

I'd like to visit Norway.

 

[Wu Wei]

I'd like to visit Norway.

Visited Oslo and Bergen. Took the glacier tour out of Bergen to Balestrand and the Fjærlandsfjord, and Bøyabreen Glacier. If I were young and single I think I'd have moved there and lived for a few years

 

[Wu Wei]

What struck me was how many people are searching for spirituality.

I'm not searching, but I think it may have slapped me in the face a Yonghe

 

[Stonetree]

I'm not searching, but I think it may have slapped me in the face a Yonghe

My son married into a family of doctors. His mother-in-law was an eye doc and his father-in-law was an eye surgeon. The father-in-law was of Norwegian extraction(deceased). He and my daughter-in-law have been to Norway more than once.

 

[Wu Wei]

My son married into a family of doctors. His mother-in-law was an eye doc and his father-in-law was an eye surgeon. The father-in-law was of Norwegian extraction(deceased). He and my daughter-in-law have been to Norway more than once.

I married a doctor too.... but she's not from Norway.... nor was any of her family and I think it is pretty safe to say, none of her ancestors are from there either...although I have a few from there.....bloody vikings (Monty Python Spam song should start now )

 

[sun rise]

I was about to make a religious comment and then the thread degenerated. So who am I to fight against this but I will note that there are sites that have what in traditional sufism is called baraka, spiritual presence, that the location carries based on the presence of elevated figures from the past and from those who have focused their lives on spiritual principles.

 

[sun rise]

Now, of course, I have to confess that I'm just an ordinary sinner like this person

 

[JustGeorge]

Now, of course, I have to confess that I'm just an ordinary sinner like this person

You're the one that tore up the cactus?

 

[Kathryn]

I have to say that the place I've seen the most spam is actually in Guam of all places. They have tons of the stuff!