Buddhist Temple
Traveling
is all about getting to know new things and enjoying diversity. Adriel and I
had heard about a Buddhist Temple here in São Paulo and planned to go. We invited
a group of our friends to come with us. Unfortunately, due to miscommunication,
everyone thought the trip was cancelled. I tried to rescue it and straighten
out the misunderstanding, but it was too late. So Adriel and I made the trip by
ourselves.
We left
around early-afternoon and took a bus to a nearby town. To give you the
details, a nearby town to São Paulo is still about an hour away by bus because
the city’s huge. After a little over an hour, we made it too our stop and
hopped off the bus. Our bus only took us near to the entrance of the temple and
so our next task was to find out where the temple was. We asked a number of
people and after a 30 minute walk, we were at the temple.
It was
a serene place with beautiful statues and buildings. I walked past my favorite
statues on my way up to the temple. They were a line of old men each with different
gestures and expressions ranging from freaky to pensive. Approaching the
temple, there is a giant urn that you burn incenses in that symbolize prayer. I
burned one and grabbed a scripture from the Dharma. Adriel and I then visited
the small lake and starting taking random pictures. All in all, it was a good
trip and interesting way to reflect on different religions.
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