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Musang Am is a small
temple of dhyana(from the sanskrit word 'meditation'; Soen in Korean,
Ch'an in Chinese and Zen in Japanese) meditation and Buddhist studies,
situated in a beautiful place on the Eastern Riviera, a few km from the
"Gulf of Poets" and ten km from La Spezia town.
The abbot Tae Hye sunim (Pali name: Mahapanna bhikkhu) has received
both Theravada and Korean Mahayana monk ordinations. The vice abbot is
Tae Ri sunim. Tae Hye sunim and Tae Ri sunim are disciples of Ilgak
sunim, meditation master of Songgwangsa Monastery. Musang Am has
spiritual connections with Korean Buddhist Chogye Order, Chinese
Buddhism in Taiwan and Theravada school.
Musang Am is the headquarter of the association "Comunità
Bodhidharma". Comunità Bodhidharma is a member of Italian
Buddhist Union, which is recognized by the State as the representative
of 40 centers and groups belonging to various Buddhist traditions.
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With the daily practice our own
mind learns living being aware of every moment. The motivation of
giving benefit to other through our spiritual development is the base
of practice and is said Bodhicitta (compassionate mind of awakening).
The guests should follow the five precepts of mindfulness and eat only vegetarian food.
The daily program generally consists of sitting and walking
meditations, working meditation, studies, silent meals and recitation
ceremonies.
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The temple can accomodate a few
persons, the general living conditions being quite simple. If you plane
to come to Musang Am for a long period please contact us a few weeks
before.
Please take with you confortable dresses to seat(pants and stockings
are requested to enter the meditation hall) and for doing some little
works during working-meditation, sheet or sleeping bag and accessories
for the personal hygiene. The temple is situated on a hill and
surronded by a forest; if you plane to move from the temple in the
early morning or after the sunset take with you an electric torch.
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Addres of the temple:
Musang Am
Monti San Lorenzo, 26
19032 Lerici (SP), Italy
By car: take the highway until Sarzana, then follow the road
towards Lerici, and after 6 km turn to the small road of "Monti San
Lorenzo".
By train: you
can get off either at the station of La Spezia or at the station of
Sarzana, then take the bus S (La Spezia - Lerici - Sarzana) and get off
at "Guercio”. Walking about 700 meters to Monti San Lorenzo you
reach the temple.
The nearest airports: Pisa (70 km), Genova (100 km), Florence (160 km), Milano (250 km), Roma (400 km).
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Activities program
Activities at the temple in Lerici and oder events in italy
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Instructions for laymen visiting the temple
Short "regulations" and every day program of meditation
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Invitation to Korean Buddhism
Temples, nature, tradition and culture of Sòn(Zen) Korean Buddhism.
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