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Chung Tai Chan Monastery

There's an enormous buddhist temple in the middle of Taiwan. It seems unusually glamorous for a buddhist thing. My grandmother was hauled back inside the "shop" and was virtually forced to buy trinkets. Somehow, that seems wrong.


Chung Tai Chan Monastery

Chung Tai Chan Monastery

Wendy


Amazing tree in monastery

View from monastery

Buddhas inside monastery

Monks, outside

Monks, outside

Li-chia

Candles