buddhist temple reflection paper 2 1

My first experience in a Buddhist temple was quite different than anything I have experienced religion-wise. I visited the Quan Am Monastery (Vietnamese-American Buddhist) at 3500 South Goodlet. I got to experience first-hand how meditation in a Buddhist temple actually works. I was very intrigued to find out how someone outside of the Christian faith, worshipped. As one might expect, the atmosphere was very tranquil. My group members and I called ahead a few days earlier and a man answered the phone and it was very hard to understand what he saying but I know I heard him say “come on Friday so that’s what we did. When we arrived we stepped outside the vehicle we took a look around and there were two buildings outside. One that had which resembled a house and the other one looked like a temple. We took a look around and the scenery was very beautiful. We walked around taking pictures and admiring the statues and fountains. Some members of the temple walked up and greeted us and we told them why we were there. They were so sweet and welcoming. We went on the night they had the informational and we got there a little early so they allowed us to ask questions about their religion and the history behind the temples. One of the members (which was a man) told us about he became Buddhist and how his family felt about it. The informational started at 6:30 so we went inside the temple that looked like a house. We had to take our shoes off before we went inside the temple. When we walked inside the house there flowers everywhere, like big bouquets of flowers. I was taking a look around and it was so clean not a dust spot anywhere. We began to sit down and cut our phones off so there wouldn’t be any type of interruptions that would distract us from meditating. We were allowed to choose if we wanted to sit on a mat in Indian style or in a chair with our feet planted on the ground. Those whom have back problems sat in the chairs and one of those people was me. The guy that