Temples
Can we find the profound in the mundane? I had the opportunity to visit the Golden Buddha temple in Bangkok, smack-bang in the middle of the bustling city, surrounded by run-down buildings, polluting traffic and bus-loads of noisy tourists. Yet in the midst of the chaos was order: devotees praying, monks working. As I opened my eyes, I saw that the messy melting pot of daily life was the real temple: the animated talking of old women in the backstreet, the young boys kicking a ball in the parking lot. The sacred is in the profane, the extraordinary is in the ordinary.
— Wayne Visser
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