Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery
Hilltop Buddhist monastery reached by over four hundred steps, housing nearly thirteen thousand golden statues and a gold-leafed preserved founder.
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This guide to Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery in Hong Kong opens with an unusual act: eight years after Venerable Yuet Kai died in 1965, his disciples dug up his body and found it undecayed. It traces how the monk built this hilltop monastery by hand from 1949, and the debate that followed his disciples covering him in gold leaf, proof to some, embalming to others. Climb the four hundred steps flanked by gold-painted arhats to see the main hall for yourself.
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