It’s been 3 weeks since the retreat. What do you think is the biggest difference about you? Post 1 Jianan Duan One of the questions I was trying to answer during the retreat is the meaning of my existence. Life and death, that's what religions all trying to answer. Searching through all sources, I found myself here at Hsi Lai Temple. Standing in front of the Path to Boddhahood, I have mixed feelings. After two years, I'm at the same place, time passes by so quick before I not

Member's Q & A: YQ: Yuchen Qian QJ: Qianjun Wang JD: Jianan Duan SC: Selene Chew Question 1: Why did you want to attend the short term monastic retreat? YQ: In the first place, Venerable Miao Zhong suggested that I should sign up for the retreat, and she said people who participated in the past had significant transformations. Back then I had no idea what it was, and the word “monastic” actually sounded a little scary to me. However, since I’ve been volunteering at the temp