Day 541 - Buddhism in Bordeaux - https://golifelog.com/posts/buddhism-in-bordeaux-1656114573250
I wrote this travelogue article for a local newspaper The Straits Times on 25 Sep 2007, describing my life-changing experience staying in 2 monasteries in France over 4 months practising meditation. I was 28 then. This story represents a pivotal moment in my life where nothing was the same again after. Sometimes people ask me about it, so I’m reproducing it here for onward sharing. I originally titled it “Inner Sanctums” but obviously too cryptic so the editor changed it to “Buddhism in Bordeaux”......