I-Fernwood Hotel and Conference Centre e-Pennsylvania, e-USA isiguqulwe yaba 'Isikhungo Sokuthula Somhlaba' samaBuddha. Abanikazi abasha bafuna lokhu kube indawo umphakathi ongaphinde uyijabulele.
Ithempeli laseJinyin lizoba nomcimbi walo wokuqala womkhuleko womphakathi lapho ngoMgqibelo. Abanikazi abasha banethemba lokusabalalisa ububele nomusa ngenkathi bejulisa ubungane phakathi kwamaShayina namaMelika.
Isithombe esisha esicwebezelayo sikaBuddha sibingelela abashayeli kuMilford Road; uphawu lwethempeli likaJinyin leSino Esoteric Buddhism livuliwe.
Ngaphakathi, uzothola izithombe eziqoshiwe ezingamamitha angu-20 ezinesisindo esingamathani amathathu ngasinye. I-Prayer Hall ihlotshiswe ngezithombe eziwubukhazikhazi ezithunyelwa zisuka phesheya kwezilwandle.
“Umgomo wethu lapha uwukwakha ithempeli, kufanele ngisho, ukuthandazela ukuthula emhlabeni,” kuchaza uJack Wang, isikhulu sezokwakha. Ithempeli elikhulu lamaJinyin liseShayina, futhi lena yindawo yokuqala eMelika.
Abaholi bethempeli bavakashela ezinye izindawo ezingase zibe khona, okuhlanganisa neCalifornia, kodwa ekugcineni banquma ukwakha lapha ngoba kuzoba inselele.
“Sihlala sakha i-mandala noma ithempeli lethu endaweni engathuthukisiwe. Ngingathi indawo engathuthukisiwe kwezomnotho,” kusho uWang.
Umdwebo oyinhloko wale ndawo, owake wasebenza njengesikhungo semicimbi yaseFernwood, ushile ehlobo eledlule. Abanikazi abasha balahlekelwe yizinto zobuciko eziyigugu emlilweni, kodwa bafunga ukuthi bazoqhubeka.
“Kuyasibuyisela emuva kodwa ngeke kusivimbe,” kwengeza uWang.
Kamuva kulo nyaka bahlela ukuqala ukunikeza amakilasi omphakathi afana nokuzindla, i-yoga, i-calligraphy ne-kung fu. Lokhu kuhloswe ukuba kube indawo yokuthi amasiko nezinkolo ezahlukene zihlangane zibe yinto eyodwa.
“Sivulekele abantu bendawo, sifuna nokufunda kubo,” uyamamatheka u-Wang.
Inkosi nabanye abafundi basuka eShayina ukuze babe lapha.
"Eminyakeni embalwa lokhu kuzoba yizibuthe kwezokuvakasha," kucabanga uWang.
Umcimbi wangoMgqibelo uqala ngokungena ngemvume kusukela ngo-1-2 ntambama. Usuku luqhubeka ngobuciko nomthandazo, bese lugoqwa ngesidlo sakusihlwa kusukela ngo-5:30-6:30 pm.
Abapristi, amavolontiya kanye nabasebenzi bezokunakekelwa kwempilo bahlala esizeni emagumbini angaphambili ehhotela.
UMTHOMBO: IIPT
