Buddhist Meditation Ceremony

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I went to a Buddhist temple for my field activity. I got through the meditation ceremony and I found it really calming relaxing. It emphasize just letting go and being one with yourself. There main message was about world peace and since I’m not in a position to change that I focused on how the actual service itself was conducted. There weren't any interaction between the listeners and the monk general. The sprayer was also prerecorded and play through speakers with the monk general just gave following instructions to the line in the book. The general was dressed in the traditional robe while everybody had on regular casual wear. The need that this type of service provided was allowing inner peace. The environment was so calm you could hear

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