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Bo-Kwan and our Korean-American translator. |
Our trip to Beopjusa Temple was quite the enlightening experience. Our guide for the stay was a Buddhist nun who had been with this particular temple for four years. She became a nun in 1992 and was extremely knowledgeable about the teachings of the Buddha and was happy to answer all of our questions, no matter how silly they may have been. When we first arrived we walked from the bus stop to the temple which was about a mile or so. Upon arrival we were shown our main hall and we got our first meal of the stay: lunch. Lunch was vegatarian korean style food. Rice, spicy bean sprouts, kimchi, radishes, sesame sauce, etc. We ate sitting on the floor inside a large hall. After lunch we got our room assignments and changed into our fake monk and nun clothing (pictured below). We were taken by our American-Korean guide through a tour of the temple area and he interpreted what our Korean guide said about the different structures and statues.