Transformative Yoga Retreat: Kenting Feb. 11-12

health and wellbeing

January 24, 2012January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 1 Comment Kaohsiung Yogi, kenting, Lisa Furtado, Meditation classes, Reiki healing, spiritual retreats in Taiwan, yoga groups

Wild East staff The ‘Transformative Yoga Retreat’ will take place on the beautiful south coast of Kenting, Taiwan, with Hatha/ Kundalini/Ashtanga certified yoga teachers and Reiki masters: Lisa Furtado, Mayna Chien and Emily Anjali O’Sheehan, the weekend of February 11 and 12, 2012. Kaohsiung Yogi is hosting a weekend retreat

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Day in the Life of a Temple Sister

Religion and Spirituality

January 20, 2012January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 1 Comment entering the monastery, Foguang Shan Temple, Kaohsiung Foguang Buddhist Monastery, spiritual retreats in Taiwan, Taiwan Buddhist temples, Taiwan tourism, what to see in Taiwan

Trista di Genova, The Wild East During a recent visit to the Foguang Shan Buddhist Monastery in southern Taiwan, the Ven. Miao Tan shared her story of entering the monastery. After “having doubts about life”, she came from Singapore to live and practice Buddhism, and learn “the value of life.”

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New Buddha Memorial opens in Kaohsiung, thanks to ‘a million well-wishers’

Religion and Spirituality

January 15, 2012January 15, 2015 Trista di Genova 0 Comment Buddha tooth relic, Buddhist monastery in Taiwan, Fo Guang Shan monastery, Grand Master Hsing Yun, Hsing Yun, Kaohsiung Foguang Buddhist Monastery, retreats in Taiwan, southern taiwan sightseeing, spiritual retreats in Taiwan, Taiwan Tourism Bureau, Venerable Master Hsing Yun

By Trista di Genova, The Wild East The Fo Guang Shan (‘Buddha Light Mountain’) Monastery in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan opened to the public this month its new memorial to the Enlightened One, an 108m-high, 1,780-ton copper statue that is the largest of its kind in Asia. The monumental effort entailed

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