Lotus Lantern International Buddhist Meditation Center organize various activities including lectures, workshops, meditation sessions and temple stay etc. I first visited this center in 2003 when a professor with whom I was taking a course "Introduction to Korean Buddhism" asked us to visit this center. This center was located in a Hanok (a traditional Korean house) in Bucheon near Insa-dong at Anguk Station, exit no:3.
It's first director was a Bengali Monk named Buddah Datta aka Ilbo Sunim, who studies Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Korea at the Dongkuk university. He is well-versed in Korean, English, Bengali, Hindi, Tamil and Urdu. A huge number of people used to visit this center on Sunday evenings.
Later on, this center was moved to Ganghwa Island near Icheon and of course, not many people could go there that often. When they offered their first temple stay in 2005 at Ganghwa, I told my friends from Germany and Mexico and they took a 2 nights 3 days trip for 20,000 won only.
Ganghwa Temple Stay is one of the famous temple stay programs in Korea.
If you are visting Korea and want to experience temple stay then go for Ganghwa. For more information about the program, please visit the center's website at http://www.lotuslantern.net/ or call (032) 937-7033.
The fees vary from W20,000 to W50,000. Inquiries can also be made to the Incheon Center for International Cooperation and Exchange by visiting its website (http://www.icice.or.kr) or calling (032) 451-1800.
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