Daoyuan Temple in Haicheng city, Liaoning province, has strict and explicit discipline. All the nuns obey the rule of never touching money. The temple has no donation box, nor does any business or trade. All of the nuns sleep for only 4 hours everyday and spend most of their time in meditation. Around Aug 15 in the rural calendar each year, they would go out travelling on foot for half a month, during which time they cannot beg for money, but only food. They cant stay in a hotel or peoples homes or temples but only in the open air.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:00:00 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015