Unexpected things on the road to the unexpected temple

in #travel7 years ago

It was my last weekend in my office. I need to move from my office to my home.
My office is near Daegeon. I have been in Daejeon for three years in the institute.

I’d like to look around my office instead of coming home.
So I googled and found unknown name of buddhist temple. It was the Gwang Desk Sa.

It was strange that I didn’t notice Gwang Deok Sa. For 3 years, I have looked around the temples and traditional architectures in this area, but I didn’t hear the name of Gwang Deok Sa.

So I made up my mind to go over Gwang Deok Sa.
I took about I hour or more to get there by car.

When I arrived at there, the scenery was interesting, it pulled my attention.

The road to the temple was looked like as same as a scene of a film.

The road was old and quiet. There was not so much people near the temple and on the road.

So I could enjoy the solitude of the philosopher on the way to the temple.

At the entrance I saw a stone monument on which the word ‘이뭣고’ was carved.

The 이뭣고 I Meot Go is a very important topic in Buddhism. In Korean Buddhism, the Zen is very important in cultivating themselves. The topic plays key role in cultivating themselves.

Buddhist monks are seizing the topic to attain the Nirvana for the rest of all their lives.

I thought the reason why they carved the Zen topic was stress not to forget the topic.

Just before the stone monument, I found out a small round stone on the wide stone.

It seemed to have a some buddhist meaning in them. In my guess, the round stone seems to mean the way to the Nirvana.

Could you tell me What your interpretation is ?

As passing the monument, there was a wall of stones.
At first, it was interesting that the cats were sitting and looking at me. They were gazing at me.

It seemed that they asked me "What brought you hear?"

They didn’t run away as I went closer to them.

So I took some photos of the cats.
Sometimes, the cats and the dogs near the Buddhist temple shows extraordinary behaviors.
I heard some dogs guide the strangers to the temple from the entrance far from the temple.

While taking the photos of cats, some strange looking stone was taking my attention.
It looked like an old man.

At first I didn’t notice the oldman shaping stone.
As I looked it in detail, it was as same as an oldman bold with beard.

Next time I will post on Gwang Deok Sa, but definitely the way to the temple was more interesting for me.

The desolate road to the temple reminded me of what the life was.

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Hhhh I thought it was a horror story ..
Please complete the story and know the mystery of that place or you are afraid only Hhhh

Thank you for posting @slowwalker these quiet moments of solitude.

These photographs are lovely....bringing even more queries to mind.

The stone face resembling a bearded face of a man is intriguing and sure to cause one to pause....just as you say...and the cats...what lovely felines indeed.

May you find what you are looking for.....

Kind Regards,

bleujay.

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you are right...

Its amazing

That ginger cat is looking down on you like he is Lord of everything. It was so fortunate that when you did it gave you the opportunity for the old man to catch your eye! I like the twirly moustache he has atop the beard.

Thank you so much for your comment
Yes, it was amazing thing to find the cats and the old man

Your welcome! The photos really are smashing. I have a soft spot for cats lol

I think the temple is very beautiful

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Great post and interesting story

Those cats looked like they were guardians of the place. Most furry felines will scamper away even if it's was their own place, especially when faced with unknown people. But they stood their ground, that is something...

Yes that was something fascinating

you live in Daegeon?
I'm aware its huge but I have two Korean friends who live there
one ajushi and his son though the later moved in Seoul to study and work at the same time
I didn't know that you've been showing us Daegeon all the while
nice cat pis btw

As a traveller, my ultimate goal is to visit Japan and of course KOREA! I have always been suggesting to travel to Korea one day but, due to work and weather, I have always been struggling to make it happen! Your article definitely inspires me to visit Korea even more and hopefully it's going to happen soon in 2018!

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Thank you so much

As I was reading your post, I thought in "the Way", the Spanish Camino of Santiago. There was a beautiful text written in a wall that said:

"Santiago is only the end of your first etappe, not the end of your camino. Keep on walking, you are not alone"

Definitely with that faces in the wall, the cats and the curious stones you weren't.
And most surely, arriving to the temple will not be the end.

Regards!