On Tuesday the whole of p1/7 went to samye ling in eskdalemuir. We left at 9 :00 and came back at 3:20.
The Buddhist retreat is good to stay for a day, a week, a month or even years. Our tour guide Peter gave us lots of amazing facts about the statues and the temple as well as the Stupa .
The most interesting part was the meditation hall, it was made out of mostly painted gold and some pieces are gold leaf. It has a Buddha with lots of teachings and we sat on pillows, the teachers sat on chairs .
All of it was amazing especially the stupa with lots of polished stones. There was a hall of prayer wheels which on the other walls contained ashes of the dead which was a little spooky walking through it but it was fun spinning the prayer wheels .
We had lunch at something past 12 or 1 I didn’t know but after lunch we saw the statues of a lady Buddha called Tara. Another sat on a cobra which represented fear and after that we went to a in-progress herbal medicine farm and also we could see the accommodation for the monks and nuns but could not go in. We saw them through windows it was really interesting.
by Paul and Elliot
It sounds like a very interesting trip. I’m glad you all had a great time.
Mrs Storey
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