In the morning, we went to the botanical gardens before heading to 松山慈惠堂. Yet another huge temple with life-size statues of 金母娘娘 and 玉皇大帝. And everyone there was vegetarian! So the entire group had to join me and Mrs. Xie in eating vegetarian today! Muahahz.
Following that, we went to probably the biggest temple in Taipei – 指南宮. It was a long climb up the mountain before we reached the top. Many of the elders had difficulties climbing but they persisted on and made it up to the castle in the sky!
At the top, there are 3 great halls, dedicated to Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. The air up there is definitely different. And the spiritual energy feels pretty strong. Really really nice. We had dinner here and I made a new friend – Xie Yu Han! The son of my thai vegetarian friend. He basically talked to me for the entire hour over dinner and even shared his homework with me! Lolz – It was to copy out the Vajra Sutra. He asked me how many friends I have in Taiwan, and i said about 9 or so, and he said, since he's only half my age, he'll be the half and so I have 9 and a half friends in Taiwan now! Lolz. Went to 淡水夜市 at night before returning to the hotel.
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