Did you attend a retreat?
Practice meditation?
Walk in the Garden?
Burn down the temple?
Take the staff of the head monk?
What was it like!
Super curious to hear about anyones experiences~
I'll throw in my own experience for example and good measure.
I once was basically in the middle of nowhere and came across this Vietnamese style temple. I'm pretty sure it was Thién tradition!
Anyway I get there basically just stopped there at the hopes of resting for a night and getting some food. In ther middle of rural Arizona I believe although not sure.
So I get there and am greeted by some lay people, I called ahead before arriving.
Having arrived I was quite tired and exhausted. The head monk is this old Vietnamese gentleman and he offers me some food etc. Had a very intense gaze. I sat down to eat and asked about if I would be able to stay for a night.
He said no I couldnt stay because I wasn't a monk and than offered to train me to be a monk if I was interested and than I could stay. It was weird. This was a number of years ago so the memory is a bit hazy.
I left shortly after.
Okay that's it.
Looking forward to seeing what kind of experiences the community has had at Zen temples
Submitted June 12, 2020 at 04:11AM by Heretical_Shavepate https://ift.tt/3hlVf0r
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