"Adrienne's visit"

Adrienne was here last weekend for her friend's wedding. Lots of food feasting, but here are some pics of one of Penang's most famous attractions: Kek Lok Si.






Cool view of Komtar in the distance...

Kuan Yin statue.. still waiting for the shelter to be completed. Kuan Yin is the Chinese name for the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (in Sanskrit) and is one of the most revered bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism. I often use his mantra, Om Mani Padme Hum in my meditation.



The lotus plant. In the Dzogchen teachings, every person is said to have innate Buddha-nature, you just have to recognize it. The lotus is the symbol of this teaching: some people are still deep in the mud, some are halfway through it, and there are those who are truly fully bloomed; living in the mud but unaffected by it. Yet all are lotus, as all of us are Buddhas within.



Huge fishes. Check out the gold one; Adrienne was fascinated by it :P