Located in a quiet, peaceful environment overlooking Mount Keira & Mount Kembla. "Nan Tien" in Chinese, literally means "Paradise of the South". This is the biggest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere and is one of the branch temples of Fo Guang Shan, founded by Master Hsing Yun.
What do you expect to see and do at the temple?
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Nan Tien Temple - Excursion on Thursday
Located in a quiet, peaceful environment overlooking Mount Keira & Mount Kembla. "Nan Tien" in Chinese, literally means "Paradise of the South". This is the biggest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere and is one of the branch temples of Fo Guang Shan, founded by Master Hsing Yun.
What do you expect to see and do at the temple?
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ReplyDeleteVery good blog Shadae
DeleteI think it will be to Shadae
DeleteSo am I !!
DeleteThis is so EXCITING!!!
ReplyDeleteI`m so exited and I hope we have lots of fun and learn a lot.
ReplyDeleteI'm so exited to go on the exurtion on Thursday.
ReplyDeleteI would expect to see some special buildings and some paintings of special things and i would expect to do a walk around the block and find ancient statues and paintings.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait , i'm so EXCITED I hope we will learn lots more about themselves and there culture.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe the excursion is this Thursday, I'M SO EXCITED!
ReplyDeleteI think it will be fun.
I am excited to learn about the culture in Indonesia.
ReplyDeleteI think so too
DeleteIt will be very interesting to compare the Indonesian culture to ours here in Australia. We'll have a great day!
DeleteI am very excited to go to the Nan Tien Temple because i can't wait to see the cultural things from Indonesia.
ReplyDeleteme to jaread
Deletei am excited and i am expecting a really quiet and peacful place to relax and meditate and also very nice food too.
ReplyDeleteyeah me to i think it is going to be peaceful and quite
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ReplyDeleteI can't think of anything to say; I'm so excited about Thursday because I have never been to a temple before.
ReplyDeleteIt is a very beautiful temple. Peaceful and very interesting. Well have a great day!
Deletewow miss i am excited but still wondering what we are going to do there.
DeleteI think its going to be an AWESOME exertion and we are going to learn allot of interesting things.
ReplyDeleteIt is exciting but it is boring waiting for it.
ReplyDeleteI am so exited I have never been to the Nan Tien Temple
ReplyDeleteI think it is exiting.
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ReplyDeleteI can't wait to go on the excursion to the nan temple can't wait what they talk about it will be really interesting.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait!
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be the First time I been to the Nan Tien Temple!!!!!!!
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I can't believe we are going going there tommorrow !!
ReplyDeleteHope you are all asleep now, looking forward for this morning's excursion. Im sure I'll learn lots about their culture and religion. Ill take lots of photos to post on blog and site. See you soon
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the Temple today.It was the best excursion so far.My favorite thing was the big gong. :-)
ReplyDeleteI loved the temple yesterday is was so fun.I liked the part when we went to the museum because we saw the that big block of wood being cut into statues.
ReplyDeleteI hope you all had a great day!
ReplyDeleteYes miss blair I think everyone had a good time at the nan tien temple it was really cool their.
ReplyDeleteDear Year 4 and other students,
ReplyDeleteI hope you had great day at the temple. What did you do there ? What activities did you do ? What was your favourite part ?
Did you know The temple is one of the largest Buddhist temples in the southern hemisphere ?
Did you know Nan Tien is a Chinese term which means "southern paradise"
Luka
Dear Everyone,
ReplyDeleteI heard about the Nan Tien Temple.The Nan Tien Temple is a Buddhist temple complex located in the industrial suburb of Berkeley, on the southern outskirts of the Australian city of Wollongong, around 80 km south of Sydney.Hoped use had fun.
From Riley STM
Dear Mrs Ayad and Year 4,
ReplyDeleteHow much did you like the temple? Did you find anything interesting from this excursion? Did you learn about the Indonesian culture? Did you do any mediating while you were at the Nan Tien Temple and did you see and touch any of the statues.
From Anthony St Mary's Georges Hall Year 6 Mrs Stelmach's class
Dear year 4,
ReplyDeleteI hope you had fun at the temple .
I found out that it is a very popular Buddhist temple and it is one of the most popular Chinese attractions.
This temple by the sounds is a very calm peaceful place you must be relaxed.
From eve
Dear Year 4,
ReplyDeleteI wonder what you did there?
Did you know that Nan Tien temple was a Chinese word for southern paradise?
The Nan Tien temple was completed in 1995.The temple is also one of the largest temples in the southern hemisphere.
By Brendon (STM)
Dear Year 4
ReplyDeleteWhat was the best part of the trip?
What did you find interesting?
Did you Know that it is the largest Buddhist temple in the southern Hemisphere.
Did you know the temple was founded in 1967 by Hisng Yun
Hi my name is Jared.We had a lot of fun at the Nan Tien temple. The best part of the trip was when we had lunch because the food was really delicious.I found the art gallery because the sculptures and the paintings were interesting as well. There was even a 100 Yr old log and someone carved it into the Buddha and some other important people including the queen ''Kuan Lin''. And thanks for the information that i didn't know.(:
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DeleteDear Year 4,
ReplyDeleteIts sounds like you had a great day and I hope you enjoyed it.
What did you enjoy most?
What was the most interesting thing you found out?
How long did you stay at the temple and what did you do?
The pictures of the temple that I have seen look amazing and I wish I could go there myself.
From Liv
We loved it there, the most enjoyable and interesting part was hearing about there saint Main Lin and how she wanted to help everyone in the world. We stayed there for 5 hours and we had lots of fun.
DeleteDear Year 4 and other students,
ReplyDeleteI hope you had great day at the temple. What did you do there ? What activities did you do ? What was your favourite part ?
Did you know The temple is one of the largest Buddhist temples in the southern hemisphere ?
Hi Luke my name is Peter.We had such a beautiful time at the nan tien temple.My favorite part about the temple was when we did tai chi.Thank you for the information I didn't know that the temple is one of the largest Buddhist temples in the southern hemisphere.(;
DeleteDear Year 4,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you had a fantastic time at the Nan Tien Temple.
What was your favorite part of the excursion?
What was something interesting that you found out?
What did you do?
Did you know that it is the largest temple in the southern Hemisphere?
From Christopher(STM)
I loved the excursion, my favorite part was ringing the gong and learning about the Indonesian culture.
ReplyDeleteI loved the excursion , it was great I liked when we rang the gong and the food was great. I hope we can learn more in class about the Indonesian culture. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI loved the excursion it was a great opportunity. I learnt allot too. It was fun and the temple was very pretty inside and out I can't possibly think of a reason of why not to go there again.
ReplyDeleteShadae
I loved the Tai Chi,it was very fun
ReplyDeleteI liked how calm and peaceful it was there, I also liked the vegetarian foods.
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ReplyDeleteIt was beautiful and calm and we learned a lot about Indonesian religion.
ReplyDeleteI agree Anna, it was very peaceful.
DeleteI really enjoyed the excursion to the temple. It was interesting to see a different culture's religion.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the excursion to the temple.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of the day was when we done Tai Chi.
ReplyDeleteIt was mine as well Emma!
DeleteI really liked it when we walked up the hill so we could ring the bell.
ReplyDeleteI really like when we rang the bell and it was the best excursion ever.
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