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Sunday, June 1st, 2025

Day 12: Lecture, hotpot lunch, Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum

We Started the day out with class time where we learned some more religion specific things about Buddhism in preparation for the day ahead to Fo Guang Shan. We also went into deeper discussion and writing into the relationship between business and religion. We read a few related articles about the economic practices of Buddhist monks/organizations as well as possible Buddhist economics that could help address current economic problems and inequality. We also went over the scale, mix and make up of religious practices throughout Taiwan. This was pretty interesting because the mix and make up has been stable over […]

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Sunday, June 1st, 2025

Day 11: Dragon and Tiger pagodas, Guan Yu statue, Mazu Temple, and the beach

We started our day out with visits to a couple different temples and attractions around the Zuoying district of Gaoxiong. The first was the Dragon and Tiger pagodas as pictured below. No matter what temple we go to you seem to learn something new every time. Here there was zig-zag bridge and apparently the reason for this is that it is believed that ghosts only can walk in straight lines so the zig-zag stops ghosts from entering the temple. The entrance and exist of the pagodas was the same as any temple. Enter through the dragon and exit through the […]

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Sunday, June 1st, 2025

Day 5, Taipei – Taipei National University of the Arts, Jade Market

Today we went on a tour of the Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA) campus. We were guided by two students, Daniel and David, who are both theater majors. The first thing I noticed was how great their sense of fashion is! That’s something I’ve been seeing a lot, especially in busy city areas like Ximenting where young adults usually flock to. Though, Daniel and David are art students so it makes sense that they’d have style regardless of being Taiwanese. The grounds of TNUA are so beautiful, much like many other parts of Taiwan. One thing that was […]

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