The Buddhist temple was a very ornate and rich looking building, the Buddha statues covered in gold (not sure if it's real). Occasionally, people were burning incense and saying their prayers. Grace explained that you pick an odd number of incense, light them, then bow to the Buddha as many times as the number of incense sticks you're holding. While you say your prayers or requests, the smoke of the incense will carry them up to the skies.
I'm so thankful that my prayers go straight to the LIVING creator of the universe!
There were male Buddhas and one female Buddha, and a monastary where the buddhist monks live. While it was interesting to see it was also lifeless. A beautiful sight with no meaning to me. I'm excited to know that Nina will have a chance to get to know Jesus, the one who saves!
****Deutsche Version: www.chinagirlswitzerland.blogspot.com Titel: Stadtrundfahrt *****
6 comments:
YES!!! Hallelujah!!! That is such a wonderful thing to know that we get the priviledge of introducing Jesus to these precious children. The one true living God!!!! Thanks for the post!!!
Buffi
I respect all religions and I hope you won't deny bobo of her cultural heritage, which includes buddha, who was also a real living person teaching many of the same things that jesus taught -love, respect, to be immaterial, tolerance. your sweet bobo is beautiful.
Amen, Barb, Amen! May you and Mike be lights for Jesus in a dark world!
When we have learned from and respect the masters and teachings from various traditions, our challenge becomes how to hold them all in wisdom rather than in confusion or conflict...when we see them all as a skillful means for awakening...we stay free of the sectarian divide that has plagued so many spiritual traditions. Judy Combs
Nun musste ich doch wirklich meine Chinafotos heraussuchen und fand promt ein Föteli von diesem "Turm" (oberstes Bild auf dem Blog) - also, wir waren vor 14 Jahren am selben Ort. Und übrigens hatten wir damals eine Nacht im "White Swan" übernachtet, ich fand eine Foto des Innenhofs, aber das rote Sofa sehe ich nicht... das Foto ist soooo schlecht und wahrscheinlich zu alt!
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Hanna
I was so glad to read that you are happy that your daughter gets to know Jesus. I've been so frustrated reading adoption groups, where the prevailing idea is that the children are better off in their own country, in their own culture. I know there is beauty in China, and I hope my future daughter will be proud to be Chinese. But one would never, ever be welcome to say in a public forum, that though we will be immeasurably blessed to be united with our daughter, that bringing her to a Christian, American home from a communist, athiest, sexist country may be a blessing for her as well.
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