Buddhism

I was a Christian. Now, I do not have any religions. This time, I chose Buddhism and went to a Buddhist temple called ‘Jiming temple’. I did not want to change my religion (I still believe god) but the reason I chose Buddhism is that I wanted to experience many religions. I thought I know the Christian religion and Catholicism very well because I was in Christian middle school and my brother; Martin was in Catholic middle school in Korea.
In April 29, I went there with my mother and brother. Jiming temple is located in Beijing east road and I chose this place because it is very near from my house. But the main reason why I chose this religion is that I wanted to experience different religions. I went there at about 11 a.m.
At first, we bought the tickets to go into the temple. I thought the temple was very small when I saw that in outside but actually, it was really big. After we went into the temple, we got three incenses in free charge. After that, we climbed and climbed. And finally, we got the place which make incenses burn and do religious things with incenses. Then, we saw many people throw the coins in to an iron statue. They believe that if the coin is thrown into the statue, they will be happy and lucky everyday. But it is not easy and I also failed though I threw coins several times. After that, Martin and I wanted to interview a Buddhist monk. We tried to find monks and finally we found. But one person who is a spokesperson of monks stopped us because he was doing devotions. So we asked spokesperson several questions and one of the most important questions from them is the differences between the Chinese Buddhism and foreign Buddhism. She told us that there are many differences like the appearance of Buddhist statue and images if Buddha. There are many differences between India Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism. And also, she told us that the way of worship is also little different.
I think it was great experience. I like it because I realized that there are many differences between many different Buddhism in different countries. It was interesting because I understood that there are also differences between Korea and China though they are very near. I hope I will visit other religious temple like Islam etc if I have chance.