Buddhism And Worship Of Buddha In Shanghai Temple:Young Boys' Initiation Into Buddhism. Nuns Prepare Vegetarian Meal. Young Monk Sits Serenely In Corner Bathed In Sunlight.
10th February, 2001.
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Buddhism plays a big part in the lives of many Chinese people.
 Buddhism was severely criticised during the Cultural Revolution, but Buddhism remained in the minds of the Buddhists in China. Chinese people now openly worship at Buddhist Temples and the children are being introduced to the rituals. The Jade Buddha Temple at Shanghai is famous, but there are smaller temples in other towns, perhaps not as well known, but equally revered by the local people. In Guilin, I was taken to a Buddhist Temple where the Nuns prepared a meal for us of Vegetarian Dishes, a feast fit for an Emperor, attractively presented, of different textures and flavours, and all cooked on an open wood fire on the floor in the kitchen area.
 For some families, having a son who is a Buddhist Monk, is considered to be a great honour so quite often young boys are taken to the temples and left to start their induction to the Buddhist faith. They are far away from their families and friends and some do not adjust to their new environment very easily becoming homesick and sad and are returned to their homes.
Others, with different personalities, adapt very quickly to their new life style and in later years achieve an enviable aura of peacefulness now rarely seen in this modern age of materialism and possessiveness. In one Buddhist Temple, I observed a young Monk sitting serenely in a corner bathed in a shaft of sunlight coming through a window. His physical body may have been in the Temple, but from the kind contented expression on his face, I would say that his mind was in another dimension.
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