Visited the Wenfeng Temple in Lijiang County a few days ago. It features several photos of Karmapa (Ogyen Trinley Dorje ཨོ་རྒྱན་འཕྲིན་ལས་རྡོ་རྗེ།) including a very large one outside the main gate. The temple was pretty much devoid of visitors, very peaceful and beautiful and in quite good repair. The monks seemed delighted to meet my son, Geoffrey and his 4 year-old girl cousin and took turns holding them very tenderly. The younger monks are enthusiastic basketball players. I managed to make it up to the top of the mountain where there is a meditation hall, a sacred cave with spring, the cells where the nuns live and a spectacular view including of a golf course in the valley below.
It was an afternoon that will always rest in my memory.
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