Taking my first photographs with the camera.....

Oops!

Yup! almost there......

There you go, me!!!

One foggy morning in May.....

All geared up for the cold foggy dawn.....

Travelling along Alexandra Parade, where's the city?
......the skyscrapers, the trees and the Yarra River?

Fog descended on the Botanic Gardens and the Yarra....

it's 7 degrees!!!

Along Lorimer Street, the buildings flanking the road are not visible

...... And it is still not yet winter!!!

Celebrating Mother's Day at Yun Yang Temple

Today's is Mother's Day. Wish all Mothers a happy mother's day, take a well-deserved break from your daily chores and let the fathers and the children do the house work, and also spare us kids and grant us a truce from all nagging and what-to-do-and-not-to-do morals......

Mama getting her cake and goodies with me also getting a piece of the action

Posing with the Abbot Reverend Ru Sun and all the blessed mothers

See Mama receive blessing from the Reverend

Yun Yang Buddhist Temple Main Shrine Opening Ceremony

This was an important occasion in the calendar of Yun Yang Buddhist Temple - the opening ceremony of the Main Shrine Hall. I have never seen so many people in the temple till now - devotees, patrons, visitors et al.

Here's a guide map of the Temple compound, located amidst farm steads and horse ranches

The Heavenly Kings Hall flanked by a Tea House and a yet to be completed Multicultural Hall (er....both out of sight......please refer to the last photograph!!!)

Bathing the Buddha ritual as the first passage through the temple

Budai Louhan, the Laughing Buddha, sitting majestically inside the Heavenly Kings Hall

The Main Shrine perched at the top of the landscape

The Main Shrine.
It consists of 2 levels, the ground floor reception hall and Dharma Hall, and the Buddha Hall is on the upper level.


A little bit excited, I am......

......it was a beautiful sunny day!!!

Visiting monks from other Melbourne temples and also overseas, and VIPs from local councils

Devotees and visitors congregated outside the Main Shrine to catch a glimpse of ceremonial rituals and prayer procession inside the Buddha Hall

Lord Shakyamuni Buddha and his two disciples, Ananda and Mahakasyapa

Outside the Buddha Hall of the Main Shrine....where's the crowd?

The huge bronze bell commemorating the opening ceremony of the Main Shrine

The Jewel Casket Stupa

The Tablet commemorating the Jewel Casket Stupa

Behind is the rolling pasture of the cultivated farming landscape with homesteads

The 5 Elements Stupa

Elephant statue and Eucalyptus trees

The Very Venerable 9th Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche giving sermon at the reception hall

Time for a break and quick snack.....

.....and not forgetting play time!!!

Looking back from the Main Shrine along the central axis towards the Heavenly Kings Hall

Yun Yang Temple Australia Branch

6-10 Reservoir Rd Narre Warren North Vic 3804

Zen (Ch'an) Buddhism and Pureland Practice

http://www.yunyangtemple.org.au/