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Office workers' monkhood life in temples
(chinanews.cn)
Updated: 2006-08-02 09:36





Recently office workers in Chongqing find new places to relax themselves:
temples. They are not followers of Buddha, but believe they can find
relaxation by staying in temples.

"Daily routines at work have made our life dry and dull, but fortunately
we still have such a quiet place in the din of city life, " said a staff
member of a company. He often visits Arhat Temple with his relatives and
friends at weekends, enjoying the leisurely and placid life there.

Arhat Temple in Chongqing's downtown area fascinates many office workers.
Ms. Zeng, wearing fashionable costume, was praying before figures of
Buddha in the temple. A company manager, she admitted that her pressure
was huge, but she still believed visit temples regularly could help her
handle complicated matters in the company.

Like Zeng, many other young office workers also frequent temples, but
they seldom pray like Buddhists. They just stroll around the temple
halls, watch figures of Buddha and listen to monks chanting scriptures.

Abbots of Huayan Temple accept some office workers as "temporary monks"
in their temple, where they lead a daily life the same as the temple's
monks, following the simplest possible life style of the latter.

In the temple, morning prayer starts at 5 a.m. Monks chant scriptures in
the daytime. At dawn, while at night they go to sleep at the beating of
drums, indicated these "temporary monks" have no intention of standing
aloof from worldly affairs, only hoping to find a carefree mood in the
temple, said the abbots.
















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