[Beijing] I remember I was searching for a former Prince’s mansion while exploring the Xisi (西四) district in Beijing when I came across the Beijing Bu...
[Beijing] I remember I was searching for a former Prince’s mansion while exploring the Xisi (西四) district in Beijing when I came across the Beijing Buddhist Lodge or the Beijing Buddhist Jushilin (居士林). I was shocked because I used to be close with the Singapore Buddhist Lodge (SBL) when its former President late Mr Lee Bock Guan (李木源林长) was alive, he gave me guidance, supported me in publishing a poetry book and gave me exclusive interviews and stories when I was still with the press.
After he passed away in 2015, I gradually stop going to the SBL and memories of the meetings with late Mr Lee are refreshed when I saw this Buddhist organisation in Beijing, I was surprised that there is another temple with the same name here! I went in immediately without much thought and found out that it was built in 1924. As most of the devotees and the staffs were in a midst of a prayer, I did not bother them further.
After that I texted the resident monk in SBL and I was told that there are at least 3 Buddhist Lodges in the world and they are in talks with one another. A Buddhist Lodge is unlike a traditional temple built for monks, but for laymen or devotees (also known as ju shi, 居士) that were not practising and learning Buddhism through monkhood, they would come here to do chanting and a resident monk will usually be living here to provide religious guidance.🙏 📍Beijing, China. 中国北京。🇨🇳
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