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Hai Inn Temple 

The Hai Inn Temple is located across the road from our HDB Flat in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore. It is positioned to the south of Choa Chu Kang in Bricklands Road. Here are the directions to the temple. It is quite a beautiful temple, like all Buddhist temples come to think of it. The Hai Inn Temple follows the Pureland Buddhist tradition which I really do not quite understand. The temple has its own web site which you can explore here.

Most of the photographs below were taken during Vesak Day celebrations in Singapore. Singaporeans celebrate Vesak Day on the2nd June. Vesak day celebrates Lord Buddha's entry into Nirvana after attaining spiritual enlightenment. In Singapore Vesak Day begins with monks chanting Sutras. Afterwards small animals or caged birds are released, as an act of generosity, symbolic of generating good karma. The act also symbolises the Buddha's compassion for all things. The day concludes with candlelit processions through the streets.

 
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