a thing in 15 photos in 2016 temple showing 2016 only · show all years We started around 11am and the blessing finished just after 3pm! Here's Kevin and I emerging into the bright sun four hours later. The only place I could hold the camera to not squint! ;D After he walked by and greeted every single person, we all filed in to the empowerment. The gates to the temple were open. Before heading out, I hiked all the way up to the top of this lovely Seven Story Pagoda! There are so many depictions! This variation is called "Sahasrabhuja Sahasranetra," which means "Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed" Avalokitesvara The next temple I went into, was the opposite of the last; totally empty except for a single, intricate statue of Avalokitesvara , the buddha of loving kindness, who they might call Guanyin (because I think it's a Chinese place) Three sides of the large hall were filled with statues of 500 different arhats Each different Arhat has a wooden name-plaque and a dish for coin offerings. I spent a good thirty minutes alone in the room feeling not alone. ...the 500 Arhat Hall! Burned a few for my homeys... ...and then headed into the temple to sit for a bit. (It was like a Chinese future spaceship made out of wood inside!) Left the main hall and set out to see if any of the other buildings were open. I parked the RV and set out on foot to see if any of the buildings were open. 
