Day 16 was mostly spent at Dharma Drum Mountain, one of the largest Buddhist Monasteries in the world. We spent our day at the attached University doing a variety of activities that included many different types of mediation, two different tea events, lecture events, and a discussion with a Monk and two Nuns. The first part of the day consisted of a long session of meditation. We started with seated meditation like what we had previously practiced with Professor Young in our lecture sessions. I noticed that it gets easier to relax, sit still, and focus on breathing the more […]