Ling Jiou Mountain- Celestial Eye Gate

 Ling Jiou Mountain. This is still in Taiwan at the northeast coast. Ling Jiou Mountain here as quoted " 靈  鷲  山, the Chinese translation of the Sanskrit Gṛdhrakūṭa "Vulture Peak". Up high in the mountain at 384 meters above sea-level where there is a Wusheng Monastery, a place for Buddhist practice but also open to public. It actually started off with the Fahua Cave and slowly the place monastery expanded to the whole entire mountain.

When I reached, I had no hint it was a monastery because at the entrance, a pair of eyes will be looking at you. lo-ol. Wow! these pair of eyes really did scare me when I first saw it. The first thing that came to my mind was, maybe it’s a place for some extra-terrestrial connection point just like those documentary shows I watch on television on Ancient Aliens. On the pillars of the eyes, it is the totem poles, it was encrypted with some ancient pictorial message

Alright, done with the guessing game. Let us get real about this pair of eyes. There was a stone title below stating about this pair of eyes. This pair of eyes is called the “Celestial Eye Gate”: The Celestial Eye Gate has the ancient totems of several main world religions inscribed on it. They signify all kinds of inquiries into the universal and natural phenomena by human beings..

If you continue to visit, there will be a super huge 12 meters high bronze Goddess of Mercy Sculpture with a dark face facing north. From up the hill you could see a Pagoda Building, Stupa Area which looks like a pagoda but round shapes. You will be able to view a calm scenery of nature, feel the cold breeze of the Pacific Ocean on top of the hill. Not forgetting the never ending sea view and on the left is the Shuangxi River. If you are from a busy buzzing city, this place would be your peace of mind. The Zen.

Temperature was a little chill probably about 20Degrees

 

 The Zen View 

Along the way in the monastery, there was another warrior sculpture, I have no idea what is the name of this sculpture but it was painted super silver. Must be some guardian warrior or something. Even at such a high place, I still had a chance to get a cup of ice cream as a snack. I guess I just can’t get enough on food. Taste was not really sweet for an ice-cream. But it is my Chilling Dessert at the 20Deg weather. Not very creamy, neither fully Sorbet.

 So if you are looking for some breezy Zen and want to learn more about Buddhist, you know where to go now.

The Warrior Sculpture