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01 12 2007

Buddhist Monastery Attractions

Posted by: admin in Cultural, Village Farming Tour & Homestay, Malaysia, tags: , , , , ,

Temple Visit in Jenjarom, Selangor

Though Malaysia is an Islamic country, you should be able to see mosques but you may also see some churches, Buddhist and Hinduism temples around due to its multi-racial and cultural lifestyle. Dong Zen Fu Guang Shan (FGS) is located at Jenjarom, Kuala Langat. (Jenjarom, which is about 100km west of Kuala Lumpur, is situated in Kuala Langat district.) It takes about an hour to reach I paid a visit to this temple during the Chinese New year and it was amazing. The floral landscaping and the lotus pond around the temple are certainly amazing. This has certainly provided another opportunity for the travelers to understand the culture of Malaysia.

Dong Zen FGS means "a tranquil mind in the East", is also a cultural and educational centre. It houses a Buddhist college, one of 16 in the world set up by FGS. Here, students learn the fundamentals of the Dharma (Buddha’s teachings) for a year, after which they can opt to further their Dharma studies in colleges in Taiwan or Hong Kong. 

Visitors come to Dong Zen not just for prayer and meditation but they are also people who come for tai qi practice, and to jog.  It is certainly nice to jog around the garden next to the temple. You can see some of the sculptures like Kuan Yin and Buddha are surrounded by different type of flower plantings. There is a lotus pond where you can see green and pinkish lotus flowers were blooming in the pond. It has certainly make the visitor feel like visiting a small temple in China. Besides that, there are also some non-Chinese who visited the temple due to its serene and picturesque settings.

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Have you been to this place? What do you think about it? Please share your experience with me. I wish this temple allow visitors to have a short stay in such a nice place. Have anyone heard of Temple Stay? Have anyone experience it before? How does it different from staying in a hotel???

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