A Buddhist Monk In Korea Summary

A Day in the Life of a Buddhist Monk in Korea, This girl wrote an article how she went a day with the Buddhist at the Beomeosa Temple in Busan, South Korea. When she got there around 1 pm with other foreigners, all of them immediately changed into their monk clothes. Consisted of a vest and baggy sweats designed specially for sitting “Indian style” when they will do meditation time. Had to learn few “temple manners,” like proper way to bow, whom to bow to, where to bow, how many times to bow, etc. The Monastic Dinner, the Buddhist did an early “traditional monastic dinner.” Around 6pm monks use the same 4 bowls for their entire lives and eat in a very organized manner on the floor. The monks methodically fill one bowl with water (cleaning bowl), one with rice, one with soup, and one with vegetables of some sort. They would eat in silence, while eating monks suppose to lift each bowls to their face, …show more content…
Around 6am would eat breakfast as like the dinner then after breakfast visitors and monks go on a hike to a little temple up on a mountain. At the temple the monks chants and bow before heading back down to their main hall. The last activity as the tea ceremony, the visitors learn a proper way to prepare the “perfect tea” (temperature, timing, amount of tea leaves, etc.) After reading this article it is truly amazing about Buddhism I would love to go to the Buddha temple and be with them for a day to experience it myself. I wouldn’t practice Buddhism but there is some practice I would like to try, meditation is the main thing I would like to try. It is hard to sit still in silence for a long time. Buddhism is an interesting but dedicated religion I have learned so