Each visit I learn a little more about Buddhism. Many of the temples have a building housing the instruments that call the world to practice – the dharma drum, the wooden fish drum, the cloud-shaped gong and the large brahma bell. The dharma drum beats to save all beings walking the earth, the wooden fish is for saving the ocean life, the cloud-shaped gong for the beings in the sky and the brahma bell for saving the beings in hell.
The number 108 is sacred in Buddhism, the “rosary” has 108 beads used for devotional mediations. One guide told use that we have 108 earthly difficulties or desires.
This temple sits high in the hills outside Busan. The trees here are beginning to turn, and the Japanese maples are a brilliant red.
Love all the ornately painted ceilings