The elaborately decorated altar inside the main hall at Eunhaesa Temple in Yeongcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Hello Again Everyone!! Eunhaesa Temple had been a temple that I had long heard of, but had never travelled to. And with an extra day of travel set aside, my wife and I decided to head up to the Daegu area and visit Eunhaesa Temple. Eunhaesa Temple (은해사), wh ...

The Lotus Lantern Festival is held annually in Insadong, Seoul. The purpose of the festival is to not only honour Buddha and his birthday which falls on the 10th of May, but also to symbolize lighting up the parts of the world, and ourselves, that are suffering or in darkness. It is essentially for the enlightenment of us all. Thus, on Sunday, I headed off to join in the festivities namely that o ...