About a Temple Stay

What is the temple stay?

A Temple stay is chance to learn by direct and actual experience of Buddhist temple culture program. It is not simple to introduce of temple life. You can take not only experience the Korea Buddhist culture but also spiritual respite through it. This program was beginning in the 2002 Korea and Japan World Cup. It is given a favorable reception to offer opportunity understanding Korea traditional culture from natives and foreigners. It offers to chance self-reflection. Now Beomeosa only have temple stay in Busan. Temple stays usually hold two days and one night. There are different schedules but it ordinarily operates 2 to 4 times every month. There are just sample

Schedules

* first day
13:00 - Check In - room assign
16:00 - Orientation - Brief mention about temple stay
17:00 - Dinner
18:00 - YeBul - The evening worship
19:00 - Free time & Special Program (Tea manner,Zen meditation,make tradition lamp)
21:00 - Bedtime

* second day
04:00 - wake up call, Chanting and sutra reading(if you want)
05:00 - Zen Meditation, Sunmudo(Zen Martial arts)
06:00 - Breakfast
07:00 - Free time & Walking and looking around the temple place
10:00 - Special Program (Tea manner,Zen meditation,make tradition lamp )
12:00 - Exercise (meal manner) - How to do the balwoogongyang
13:00 - Check Out

How to apply for temple stays?

Anyone can participate in this program. If you want to entry for this program go to http://www.beomeosa.co.kr/ and fill application for admission temple stay or call 051-508-3122. There are entry fee about 40,000won. Before you join it you have to remove greed and negative minds. Then you can return yourself and take great experience through temple stay. If you want to see English website go to http://eng.templestay.com/. This site introduces temple stay. Also it has information about not only Beomeosa but also many temple of temple stay.

This is a palace for temple stay in Beomeosa.