Modern Religious Experience: Reflection #5: Bongwonsa Temple and Nature Walk

Modern Religious Experience: Reflection #5: Bongwonsa Temple and Nature Walk: "After visiting the Zen Buddhist Temple, Bongwonsa and attempting to see nature as a Taoist, answer this question: What is it about creation,..."

While I was walking to Bongwonsa temple with my friends, I realized that people could possibly seek out religions to find truth and faith of their lives. Even though science in nowadays are largely advanced and many things can be proven by science or historical facts, there are still some factors that even science or historical facts cannot establish like, “what is a spirit, and how do you know if you have a good spirit or not?” As people initiate asking these kinds of questions, they try to find out the answer by spending their lives seeking and practicing regions instead of science. For example, Buddhism is an eastern religion that teaches the understanding of meaning of life and having a proper spirit. The meaning of a spirit by Buddhism is the part of a person that includes their mind, feelings and character rather than their body.  Buddhism states that people should set their minds, feelings, and characters correctly if they want to have a good spirit.  As a result, believers start adapting the teachings and practice them by accepting the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. People sit down and meditate to feel their spirits and enlighten themselves by emptying their minds.  Having a positive thinking is also their one of ways to clear their spirits and attain Nirvana.  Their ultimate goal is to serve well until they reach Nirvana, where people believe that they will reincarnate into a better status. Just like this, religions sometime provide concepts and ideas of having a good spirit and serving as a better person.