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We needed to walk for a while to get to the Donghaksa Temple past the portal.
By the road, I could see the pagodas which were made for the monks when they were passed away. The Buddhist funeral is cremation. When monks were dead, their body was burned to ashes. The pagodas were built for the ashes.
There were so many pagodas, new and old, big and small.
The name of owner was carved in front of the pagoda.
But I could not read carved name in the old pagodas due to the wind and the rain.
The names were erased with the flow of time
In the corner of the place where the pagodas were set up, I could find the humble monuments. This monument means that the ashes of monk were scattered in someplace.
These stone pagodas and the monuments made me think about the meaning of life.
Walking around the pagodas, I had a conversation with mom when it comes to what the life is and how to live my life.
I thought I should've enjoyed my picnic in this world until returning back to other world where I was belonged. There is nothing that has no end.
My mom told me her sincere wish in her last moment. She told me that she want to leave this world without bothering her children.
You could see the names on the new pagoda, but this will be erased with time being flowed.
We will be dead in some time. There is no exception.
How many lives would've lived before us ?
I know I can't deviate from the fate that people who had lived before me walked through.
Past the pagodas finally mom and I got to the temple.
Before entering the temple, we took a rest for a minute. Mom was somewhat tired.
There was a spring.
We quenched our thirst with water from the spring.
Water was sweet.
You said it right mate, there is nothing that has no end! Wish everyone has a little thought on this and do their best to leave back a better world when they leave this earth. World will be just wonderful.
Thanks for your lovely post again.
Thank you so much
You are most welcome sir! I really appreciate that you came to my post earlier today!
Thanks so much!
Well... what do you know...
Amazing place! Japanese culture...
Haha Korea and Japan look like similar each other
Their face is not so? Because i can determine the japanese and korean. Hehehe... but their culture? No idea, except the japanese... hehehe....
I've never seen such a place in Korea before. I was greatly impressed.
Thank you for the good writing.
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Amazing adventure friend.. I was thinking of going to the isha foundation ashram temple, yoga center these days to volunteer and develop my kundalini transformation but I found out that the plane tickets cost way too much.. You are lucky to have such places nearby friend :)
Namaste
Thank you
Memento mori, @slowwalker. "Remember you must die." A cautionary proverb that reminds us that all philosophy and religion is about death and dying and the vanity of earthly wishes.
The photos of the weathered urns are a grim reminder that a man's memory can barely outlast his life. And if we knew the names on the urns, what would it profit us? They would be mere names, of no significance to us.
You had a pleasant afternoon, @slowwalker, a conversation with your mother and a cool drink of sweet spring water.
You celebrated being alive, and this was not without significance because communication between mortals is immortal.
When you put these thoughts into your post and put them on the blockchain they will be here as long as our virtual reality endures, and your thoughts will live on in the ether.
So console yourself with this, my friend, that future generations will know your soul
Oh it was urns in English, thank you, I couldn't find exact word.
It's hard to be expert in two languages, @slowwalker. You do very well
Pagoda has 1 meaning. The pagoda has a meaning in the noun or noun class so that the pagoda can declare the name of a person, place, or all objects and all that is required.
Great post @slowwalker
Thank you so much
You are welcome.^^
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The quality and arrangements of photos is what made this post upvotable. However, adding 20170829 on the top is a whole new level. Loved it. :)
Me too noticed that. Only an artist can write it that way. I haven't seen any other post at Steemit with date added on it. @slowwalker might have been writing diaries, I can tell you for sure. Great post!
Hello @slowwalker
Thanks for this wonderful post.
After reading this i got a bit confused about this pagoda,
I've seen a lot about that in movies . especially chinese😃.
But the custom of burning bodies, is it still practiced?
It is not just a custom, but a religious ceremony.
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this beautiful life in this world the existence of a couple before the earth died, extraordinary, a cultivation for me, tentingnya life partner, thanks for the post, greetings from @amre.
Thank you so much
good post. i hope you had a nice trip
Thank you
Beautiful Post 👍🏻
Looks very peaceful 😍
Thank you
Thank you
Life is short and that's so sad 🙁🙁🙁 we should spend every moment wisely.
I agree with you
Oh lord this is something else! The pagodas looks pure and beautiful. Korea is rich in its architectures I must say. I guess you have a wonderful time seeing all these majestic statues. Thanks for bringing to us like i always says.
Thank you for reading
Very beautiful photos and an interesting story! In Ukraine, we call this place "columbarium". Thanks for the great story. I wish you and your loved ones clear skies and good weather))))
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I like how you depict life. We are all tiny parts from the whole timeline of human history and even insignificant comparing to the birth of Earth. Thinking back what our ancestors had laid for us and looking forward to see what we can do for the future generation. Guess that's what keeps our civilization alive and improving.
Yes we are a dot of long line
everything will be erased with time being flowed. god bless everyone ! thanks for your sharing !
Thank you for reading
All of us will going to die, so while we live, we do good deeds so other will remember and see us based on what good we do not on the old tombstone with faded names.
Worship is how we express our love, adoration, admiration, and wonder at God’s presence :)
Life is beautiful
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Wow, this is truly amazing! Realy nice to see some more cultural and historical posts! Thank you for the post! @slowwalker
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Very nice....it is always breathtaking when you see a place that is so powerful spiritually.
Beautiful pictures and interesting article. Thank you.
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Very nice and insightful post. I like your Mom's comment that when she leaves this world she would like not to have to bother her children. I, too, feel that way as I am sure many others do. Thanks for this post and the beautiful pictures.
Past the pagodas finally mom and I got to the temple.
Before entering the temple, we took a rest for a minute. Mom was somewhat tired.
The Donghaksa Temple look very peaceful and beautiful, thanks for sharing.
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You can never doubt the peace of their souls when you look at it.
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Your way seems very exciting and full of interesting things! I'm very happy for you
It is so sad to see the gravestones of some of the dead but at least it takes us back into reality. The reality that we can't run away from death forever and in our attempt to run the only thing we are doing is going closer to death.
Great Photographs @slowwalker
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Interesting place, and nice photography. The statue of the girl is amazing! Too bad about the names, but nothing lasts forever.
Nice shots.
Very nice post and great pictures, i hope someday i will get to visit such places.
Peace.
all will die and the most important is when you in the world try to do good and someday our good deeds repaid god if we are dead later, maybe with the reply of heaven or other good things... Good day @slowwalker
The pagodas are so beautiful! Amazing place and great photos! :)
Nice Place,
Nice photography
thanks for sharing
I am very glad you travelled to the Donghaksa Temple,
because I visited the temple many times when I was young.
The temple is not far from my hometown, Gongju, Chungnam.
Please have a nice time with the beautiful temple~^^
I love visiting temples too. It's a holy place.
Thank you for sharing this. Now I want to go to this one.
regards,
Mike
Lovely photos, gave a real sense of the history of the place. Are you based in Japan?
The holy water? :)
I think I would like to visit here. I just get a vision of feeling at peace if you go here in person!
Thanks for sharing.
thats some awesome photographs
#til about Korean pagodas
they're very lovely! thanks you for taking us there!
it looks summery in Korea
@slowwalker nim, you drank from the dipper?
hmmm.. is it clean?
what if someone sick drank on it?
Reading this post makes you think of life and how you live, awesome