Site Visit The Site that I visited was Dawn Mountain Tibetan Buddhist temple on Sunday the 27th at 11:00 a.m. I choose to go to Dawn Mountain because I like the fact that Buddhism doesn’t really have a god, and it’s more of a Philosophy. Also I like to meditate, it’s very tranquil and relaxing. I didn’t have many expectations going in just because I didn’t really know what was going to happen during the service. All I expect was it would contain focus breathing a lot of silences. I didn’t show up with anyone but other people from my class were there so I had some people to talk, like Grant Goodman, about the experience with during the break. When I got there people in the front told me to head to the back and take a seat on the floor, and
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Other participants were dressed informal, the dress code ranged from jeans and a plan bottom down to yoga pants and a t-shirt. No one wore shoe and some wore socks because during mediation wearing shoes was not culturally correct. The meditation leader worn robes like a monk/ nun would were also with no shoe or socks. The service ended with the meditation leader was talking about mission trip the were offering and asking for donation, which I understand why they asked for donation but it really killed the chill vibe of the service before everyone left which I did not like. After the talked about donation is when the mediation leader read off the name everyone that showed up wrote down in a book for specific prayers for them. I briefly talk to the mediation leader after the service thanking her for inviting EHS students to Dawn Mountain, and I asked why did we chant “Om” during the service. Om or also pronounce Aum is the one eternal syllable of which all that exists is but the development. The past, the present, and the future are all included in this one sound, and all that exists beyond the three forms of time is also implied in it. This information was useful to me because I wasn’t sure why we were chanting it during the
Other participants were dressed informal, the dress code ranged from jeans and a plan bottom down to yoga pants and a t-shirt. No one wore shoe and some wore socks because during mediation wearing shoes was not culturally correct. The meditation leader worn robes like a monk/ nun would were also with no shoe or socks. The service ended with the meditation leader was talking about mission trip the were offering and asking for donation, which I understand why they asked for donation but it really killed the chill vibe of the service before everyone left which I did not like. After the talked about donation is when the mediation leader read off the name everyone that showed up wrote down in a book for specific prayers for them. I briefly talk to the mediation leader after the service thanking her for inviting EHS students to Dawn Mountain, and I asked why did we chant “Om” during the service. Om or also pronounce Aum is the one eternal syllable of which all that exists is but the development. The past, the present, and the future are all included in this one sound, and all that exists beyond the three forms of time is also implied in it. This information was useful to me because I wasn’t sure why we were chanting it during the