Korean Temple Stay at Beomeosa Buddhist Temple (범어사) in Busan, South Korea
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ย. 2024
- Come join us for a Korean Temple Stay at Beomeosa Buddhist Temple (범어사) located in a gorgeous mountain setting just outside of Busan, South Korea. For years I had dreamed of experiencing a Korea Temple Stay; however, while living in Korea I always put it off thinking I'll do it next week. Fortunately, on this most recent trip back to South Korea I had a chance to finally do an overnight immersive temple stay.
Our program included Buddhist temple Korean food (dinner and breakfast); lectures on Buddhist practices, rules and history; meditation and bowing; a complete tour of the temple grounds and drumming ceremony. All in all this Korean Temple Stay was a total immersive experience and something I'll never forget. It was such an enlightening and tranquil experience I would honestly do it again if I have the chance.
If you're visiting South Korea and you're looking to do something unique and non-touristy consider doing a temple stay program where you can visit this temple or another one located in various locations across the country. For more information check out this site: eng.templestay...
Thank you to KTO for making this trip possible.
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Korean Temple Stay at Beomeosa Buddhist Temple (범어사) in Busan, South Korea
Hey guys! We are Samuel and Audrey, a vlogging travel couple from Canada. In this travel channel we share our travel and food vlogs while touring the world.
Our most recent trip was to South Korea where I embarked upon a two-week adventure without Audrey. Invited as part of a TH-cam vlogging trip, organized by KTO, I spent the first week traveling with other TH-camrs in Seoul, Busan and Gyeongju. My second week included independent exploration of Korea with my good friend and fellow TH-camr David of DavidsBeenHere.
Having lived and traveled in South Korea, the chance to return to one of my favorite countries was one of the biggest surprises of 2019. On this particular trip, I had an opportunity to do many things I had not previously covered including a visit to the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone between South Korea and North Korea), a Buddhist Temple Stay and a Korean cooking class. It was almost as if the program designed by KTO knew exactly what I had missed out on before.
Obviously, a huge highlight from the two weeks I spent revisiting Korea was the food. I feasted on all of my favorite Korean dishes including Korean barbecue, dolsot bibimbap, haemul pajeon, tteokbokki, bulgogi, kimbap and many others. I can honestly say that Korean food is world-class and is one of my top 5 favorite cuisines in the world. Aside from trying familiar dishes, I had the opportunity to sample raw Korean seafood for the first time.
While visiting Seoul, highlights included going to Gyeongbokgung Palace, Namsan Seoul Tower, Jogyesa Temple and Hongdae. As one of the biggest cities in the world, I barely scratched the surface of things to do in Seoul.
Spending extended time in Busan was my favorite part about the trip with top highlights including a Korean temple stay, fresh fish markets and a Korean baseball game. It was from Busan that we ended up taking a day-trip to Daegu where we enjoyed a traditional Korean market and tried Galbi-Jjim for the first time.
If you want to see more videos from Korea in the future, let us know in the comments what places you'd like us to travel to and what food experiences you'd like to see on this travel channel.
Have you traveled to South Korea before? What was your experience like? Please share your Korea travel tips, advice and experiences in the comments below.
Thanks again for watching our Korea travel and food series! Until next time!
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Your South Korea videos are just brilliant! Hats off to you guys, you're doing a fantastic job! 👌
Thank you very much! This was a fun video to film. It took the most time to edit so far by far from this series.
I had the honor to experience this when I was stationed in Korea. It is truly an enlightening experience to have. To talk with them and learn from them is priceless.
Don't know if it's a trend or what but five years ago all of my friends couldn't stop talking about Japan (as a coveted travel destination) now that same conversation has shifted towards South Korea. The stay at the temple by far seems like the most interesting part, the scenery is spectacular. Great set of videos Sam!
Thank you very much Guillermo! I feel as though Korea is definitely becoming more of a popular destination worldwide. That is great to see because when I lived there it wasn't.
Staying at a Buddhist temple looks like such a cool experience! The 108 bows is so fascinating but also looks like it would be pretty tiring. Love the beads, too! And the food looks outstanding. I love the idea of washing your own dishes after you eat at the temple. Yet another Korean adventure I'd love to take part in someday!
Thanks Brandon! It ended up being quite the workout. The supporting monk was a great host and teacher. We left the experience feeling really informed.
This is something I'll have to look into if I can get to Korea next year. Looks fascinating.
Thanks! Would highly recommend it if you have time in your itinerary. They have these stays all over the country.
What an interesting experience. Everything is so formal. There are so many traditions and details in this video. I loved learning about it all!
Thank you very much Anne! I wanted to try and capture the moments where our host Monk was explaining things in detail. He was a great host.
Another great video 👍 felt like i was there
Thank you very much! It was a great experience.
Haha, David finally learnt to eat without spilling! And Sam, Buddha's concept is universally accepted! Proud that Siddhartha belonged to us and Gautama Buddha to the world! Love from India.
Thanks Dhanu! We sure enjoyed this experience.
I'm not a Buddhist, although I have to say that of all religions, it's the one that appeals to me the most. Calm, dignified, focussing on self--liberation. Hard not to notice that you and Dave went along totally with the experience. Fantastic video and thanks! Keith (Brit in Berlin).
Yet another amazing video!! Thanks so much for sharing! 🇨🇦👍
Thanks for watching Morris!
Wow that temple is fantastic, so beautiful 😍😍
Thanks Angie! We had a great time there.
Nice experience showing the Buddhist life. Good job guys.
Thank you! It was fascinating to experience this.
Was gonna skip Busan on my trip but now I'm gonna have to rethink it. Great vid. I appreciate that you are respectful of the places you visit. This is RULE #1 in travel and you show that.
Thank you Antonia! That is great to hear and we have more content from Busan coming out soon.
What a beautiful temple ! Amazing video and excellent experience, thanks for sharing, greetings from Peru.
Thank you very much!
Very interesting!!
Thanks for sharing
Thanks, Michael!
Samuel that looked amazing!!! If you've ever watched kungfu the legend continues. I guess that you've earned the nickname grasshopper. Great video guys.
Thank you Kim! Hahahaha :)
Por primera vez llego más temprano a ver el video. Saludos Samuel y David. Se convirtieron en muy buenos amigos y excelentes youtubers. Saludos desde Oaxaca México.
Muchas gracias Marlene! Espero tener a David en nuestro canal de español algún día. Habla español con fluidez.
Wow, I graduated from a middle school run by Beomeosa buddist temple, The school is under the mountain
Thank you for video 😁😁👍
Wow! That is so cool to hear! What a beautiful place to live. Is that area you grew up in considered as a part of Busan or another town?
@@samuelandaudrey Yse it was such of great place.
Yeah, I lived there for almost 20years
I live Newzealand now🙂
Sam, you need to keep the Wolverine hair style, looks cool on you! lol. Oh man that 108 bow looks intense, I saw you towards the end when your head dropped but quicker than expected, I am guessing you were getting tired? I don’t blame you but that looked like it hurt, when I saw your head hit the floor at the end I actually said out loud “ouch”!!
Hahaha...thanks! Argh, that is my morning hairstyle ;) Yeah, we were all getting quite tired near the end and I totally lost count so I had no idea when we'd be ending.
What an awesome experience. You can see how disciplined the monk's are. I can see why both of you had a hard time keeping quiet for so long as your job is talking and intertaining us.😂😉
Thanks Cheryl! Our host monk was such a good host. He made us feel really welcome and explained things so clearly.
The temples of Korea have so much vibrant colors in its roof and architecture.
Indeed! They are very impressive.
Great Video
Thanks Erik!
Thanks for sharing this experience! Many people that travel to Korea aren't informed about the temples ! ~ I think it would be good for vegetarians to stay here as well ! Personally I'd be worried about waking up with everyone else. I sleep through loud noises and even through lights turned on. The no talking and silence thing about the temple is really nice. (Easy for me since I'm very quiet!)
Thank you. It was truly a great experience. I wish more visitors to Korea would take the time to try something like this. It is a nice contrast with the modern cities and lifestyle.
Sam another great video you are doing a great job
I need to experience this program. Universe plz listen to me! Send me to this journey to Busan soon. So be it! Om mane padme hum!
I love your spectacles
Thank you! Audrey isn't fond of them...hahaha
@@samuelandaudrey oh surely she is just jealous!!
Thanks for sharing this experience. You guys convinced me to experience this and now it's in my bucket list.
Just brilliant!
Thanks Joe!
Your stay at the temple looks therapeutic! I would also like to stay in a temple when visiting South Korea!
Great 👍
Wow ! I liked this trip guys :)
Thank you very much Bajlandia! We had a great day.
What a cool experience! And the temple and area is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Yoli! We had a great time there.
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Very nice experience. Well done
Really cute. I'm glad you got this experience. Saying that you got an "experiencing of what it is like to be a monk here," is a vast over statement. Sorry. You have no idea. Yet: I'm glad you got a taste of Jogye Buddhism. It is an amazing tradition. Try it more.
Thanks Roy. I can see your point of view.
Can I modify Korean subtitle of this video? Most of videos in this channel has Korean subtitle but it's pretty naive and seems like came from Google translator, I tried to replace it but TH-cam says I can't overwrite it.
Wow! Thank you very much! We so appreciate that. If you submit the revision I can approve it manually as a community contribution. Here is how you can do this exactly: support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en
Lol Samuel, you put banchan (side dishes ) into the wrong bowl (soup bowl). Danmugee (yellow radish piece ) gose to inside of rice bowl wall and banchans go to empty one which you put danmugee into. Anyhow hopefully you guys enjoyed temple stay
Thanks for letting us know Christie! My mistake with that.
The range of vegetables at 11:01-11:17 looks similar to my experience eating dinner at a Korean restaurant in Springfield, Missouri, with a college friend. With our main courses came bowls of different side vegetables that are part of traditional Korean cuisine. Even so, the restaurant was really peaceful and quiet; in fact, we were literally the ONLY TWO customers dining there at the time!
This is the best South Korea video.
Thank you very much Amit!
Wow! The supporting monk is really impressive. He very fluently speaks in English. Sonds quite secular. Lol!
Thanks Jessy! He spent quite a bit of time in the US. He really explained things clearly during our stay.
Take, for example, the columns of temples in countries without history. I am grateful for nature, respect for nature, and learn from nature. There is no passage or break in the pillars of the temples of a country with a history from such a religious view. It starts with raising trees thousands of years ago. Just looking at one of the pillars will make it possible to find differences from a country with history.
It is great to experience more of rural Korea.
Hi Samuel, I am interested doing this while traveling to South Korea as a solo female traveler.
Two questions:
1) are there any other temples you recommend staying in? Why did you choose this one?
2) where do you keep your luggage? When being in a temple?
Thank you so much!
Thank you! That is exciting to hear. To be honest this was organized as part of our group trip. You can experience temple stays all over Korea. If you're interested in a more secluded area you can find places even outside of cities. The luggage was stored in an area just behind where we slept. Kind of like a giant hidden closet.
Love this video how long are you going to be south Korea and you should do a recting to your old travel videos
Thanks Santiago! We have over 20 videos left in the series. Ah, that would be funny...lol
범어사 스님 영어 잘 하시네요. 그렇죠?
미국에서 살았던 분이신듯요 ㅋㅋ
i ate in a
korean temple as a child and I remember from the monks that you do not waste a grain of rice. They poured water in the bowl to drink the last grains
Kyoung Wan Sa. Federal way, WA
21:06-21:11 Breathing isn't just one of the most BASIC methods of meditation. It's also the MAIN way I meditate when I do. I listen to either music from Enya, a world-famous Irish new age musician and singer; but most often a guided meditation from TH-cam or the app "Let's Meditate". Meditating has been a hobby of mine since my graduation from high school, five years ago. It was the subject of a school friend's Senior Project. I attended most of his after-school meditation sessions and absolutely enjoyed them. We would listen to a certain guided meditation from TH-cam and breathe in and out repeatedly, seated or laying on the floor. And I finished each and every session feeling plenty relaxed, as I have done sometimes since then.
wow
감사합니다 ^^
고맙습니다!
What is mean of that
@@dinujayachamodh3564 Mean thank you
Wow, I live near 범어사 ! I glad you came to Busan.
Thanks! So cool to hear! We spend more time in Busan on this trip twice. We loved it there.
I have been studying English for a long time. I heard that English gets better quickly when I see and listen to English contents a lot about my favorite field.
Then I accidentally found your TH-cam. Because I love traveling. I do not know exactly when, but I have been watching your TH-cam since then. Thank you. I can’t wait next video. :)
I wish I could meet anywhere in Busan. :)
I hope you will enjoy in Busan!
Thank you very much and best wishes with your English studies! Learning a new language is difficult but so rewarding.
We are coming to visit this temple in two weeks time. Very excited.
dude you guys are mackin it !
We had so much fun with this experience.
This was awesome. I swear I always wanted the kind of shirt that monk is wearing (to feel like Bruce Lee!) It looks like the kind of place where I could learn to do pushups and handstands on just 1 finger! As a kid always dreamt of joining a Shaolin Temple. Reminded me of that after many years.
And now I can't manage more than 3 normal pushups 😂😂😂🍻
Thank you! It is incredible how certain things trigger memories like that.
Hahaha... I hear you!
Samuel and Audrey - Travel and Food Videos I was surprised I had forgotten hours of watching Discovery Channel as a kid. It felt awesome though. Like Inception. Like a half remembered dream. ❤🍻
You shouldn’t put the side dishes into a bowl of soup.
That bowl is only for soup....
Anyways you seem to enjoy special experience :)
Thanks for letting us know! It was a great experience.
WOW relaxing and lovely spot.. Sammy Audi
Thanks, Pradeep! It was a great experience.
love this ep!
Thank you!
19:20-19:23 I don't blame you, Samuel. Did you enjoy your coffee?
You see here, I myself am a coffee addict, and I really love coffee shops!
헉,,, 국에다가 반찬을 넣었네 ㅋㅋㅋ
고맙습니다!
good!!!!
thanks!
👏👏👏😀
Thank you!
🙏🙏
Thanks Wojak!
Samuel, you put banchan into the soup!! Korean don't do like that!! 🙂🤗
My mistake with that!
@@samuelandaudrey hahaha it must has been very salty!
Why not? Lol I am Korean.
@@yeeryoungjeon 왜냐면 맛이 다 섞이고 제대로된 음식맛을 즐길 수가 없을 뿐더러
나트륨이 집중되어서 건강에도 안좋기 때문입니다.
잘못된게 있으면 제대로 방법을 가르쳐 주는게 맞는거지.
그놈의 why not이 다 관대하거나 좋은것만은 아닙니다.
다 안 다음에 본인이 먹고싶은대로 먹는거라면 why not이 가능해도
몰라서 잘못된 방식으로 먹는거는 why not이 오히려 독인겁니다. 본인도 제대로 가르쳐주기를 바랄 테구요.
똥된장 구분합시다.
7:46 dunno about that power rating on the air-con Buddha
1 like for every second !
Thank you very much!
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This is so cool. I'm thinking of a temple stay in Japan. Do you get enough sleep hours? Or do you have to wake up early and do chores?
Thanks! You usually go to bed early and wake up early. I think 6-7 hours is what you can expect to get.
Was it a worthy experience?
Oh my God the hair that hair that hair was the best part of the video LOL
Hahahaha...thanks Laura! My typical morning ;)
You’re supposed to put side dishes in a bowl that has radish in it.
Thanks for letting us know.
Samuel, where can I get that t-shirt!!???
You can get it from the cooking school we visited. I think maybe it was our third video in this series.
6:27 노동 조합 지부가 가지고 있었던 전설 ㅋㅋㅋ
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I'd like to do a temple stay...I'm travelling with my mom who neither understands English or Korean. Would it be too awkward doing the activities without understanding?
스님이 영어하시는거 첨본다...나무아미타불
예, 그의 영어는 훌륭했습니다. 그는 미국에 살면서 시간을 보냈습니다.
love watching u guys! we're new youtubers looking for feedback, anything is appreciated!
Thank you! Great to hear you have a channel. My biggest tip would be to pick a publishing schedule and stick to it. Consistency is key to growing your channel.
18:08 rising sun tattoo wtf
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@@samuelandaudrey Rising Sun Flag of Japan = Hakenkreuz of Nazism
I'm curious how the monks cover their expenses. Do you know offhand?
They walk around every morning and get donations. They did it Thailand and cambodia anyways. :)
They are provided a small salary in Korea to cover basics from what our Monk explained.
I noticed that as well in SE Asia but in Korea I believe they have a different system.
Also they get alms or take donation from all those lanterns.
have no muslim
11:10 it's totally wrong~! You shouldn't mix them up. Lol
11:59 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 완전 다 틀려놓고
Oh, my bad! Thanks for explaining.
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Okay I need to know if it's terrible that I think that monk is really hot?
;) He sure made us feel comfortable during our stay there.
you said you are comfy and I dont know why but, thought wouldnt Audrey freak out and YOU shaved your head like many monks do? OMG
I once had my head shaven by accident getting a haircut in Cambodia. They didn't understand I wanted it short and just shaved my head...lol
I'll pass😂
Too many bows?
11:22 밥에 넣어야지 ㅠㅠ
욱일기 타투는 정말 실망스럽군요.. 그 타투하고 한국 돌아다니지 마세요..Your tattoo is really disappointing. what do you mean tatoo? Rising sun flag~
Can you please not Google Translate your video's title..?
even the subtitle!
11:22 ...??? 이렇게먹는거맞아...??ㅋㅋㅋ
Bet you two cookie monsters packed heaps of extra food in case monk food was too spartan for you!
Hahaha...we actually didn't and the portions allowed us to feel full for both meals. Maybe we were still digesting our big meals from the previous days
. .감사합니다 🔔
인간은 지은 업대로 저장 색 빛의 광과 강도로 반영된 영혼체가 윤회를 합니다 2600년 만에 붓다의 출세로 밝혀진 인간의 윤회 경로와 업소멸 로 붓다가 되는 과정~ 사후에 많이 가는곳 [지옥아귀축생고혼] 검정색 [하늘천인] 흰색 [윤회를넘은아라한] 은백색 [보살] 금색 [붓다] 무량광 [우주모든빛의본원광] 최초불이시고 모든 붓다님들의 스승이신 석가모니 부처님 법통 제자 [가섭아난] [법화경수기대로] 광명불** 출세 현지사 유투브 [참고][경천동지할법문] 업은 수행으로 정화는 되나 소멸은 무량광 [업소멸하는빛] 을 자재 할수있고 보살 [해탈신] [붓다]를 낼수있는 부처님 [정법] 이어받은 [불력] 으로만 가능합니다 중생구제 왜곡되고 왜소화된 불교 이르키는 [부처님교단] 현지사 인연법 입니다🙏
I had a realization
Buddhism is nothing more or less like Islam
It is the same form of crap of 'praying' to a possibly vampire like demonic entity
Budhhist don't pray to budhha, they show respect to budhha. In asian countries bowing down is not praying but a form of showing respect. Buddha himself never said to pray to him, but buddhist bow down to him to show respect they towards budhha.
Disappointing. You really shouldn't film the monks. I know it'd make a boring video, but it's just a small kindness towards their belief that goes a long way.... I guess some people just don't really care about respect.
Under normal circumstances I agree with you; however, for this program the temple was hosting YTers so they were well aware we would be filming and were happy to have us doing that, so it wasn't a problem at all. I found our host monk was very articulate and relaxed considering how many people were filming the experience.
Americans don't bow.
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잘보다가 욱일기 보고 소름 으..
😶
You guys looked like prisoners
The uniforms were actually quite comfy.
Yo know the rising sun tattoo does have the same meaning as the Nazi flag.
Imaging what would happen when you travel to Europe with the Nazi flag.
Same in Korea or Asian countries.
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긍정적으로 봐줄수도있지만 .... 난 니들하는짓 가소롭다... 잘배우고가라 ...
귀하의 의견을 이해하지 못합니다.