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Between multi-story buildings, a colorful dome awkwardly sticks out. The entrance is between regular residential townhouses with bunches of black wires over the head.

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In a dark yard, there is a door with dragons and red lanterns, hinting you are on the right way.

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Semi-dark staircases lead from floor to floor.

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There is an elevator in the building too.

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Almost no people there which is a large contrast to overcrowded noisy streets.

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This clears the mind soon and returns you the ability to use your senses other than eyesight.

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Every floor has an altar, with colorful lights, flowers, fruits, and burning sticks.

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This is also a place of remembrance for the dead.

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These are rows of plates with images of people and Chinese characters (names and surnames?).

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I came alone and had nobody to explain the meaning of the things I was looking at.

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But you don't need a guide to feel

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and to see that people come into this world, do their best, and leave this world.

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**Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple** (Chùa Vạn Phật) was founded 65 years ago, <a href="https://phatgiao.org.vn/chua-van-phat-giua-long-sai-gon-d42858.html">in 1959</a> as a center of Chinese Buddhism. It acquired its modern appearance after restoration in 1998-2008 supervised by a native of Guangdong province (China) who was and is the abbot of the temple as [phatgiao.org.vn](https://phatgiao.org.vn/chua-van-phat-giua-long-sai-gon-d42858.html) states.

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Vases in cupboards.

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These are ashes of people.

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There are more below:

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Authors often compared human life to the candle. But this is not quite close to me; for me, a candle is when there is no electricity. I would say otherwise: life is a burst of energy from an organic star; when the energy ends, the star fades and eventually turns into ash.

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On the top floor, you find out why they call the place Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.

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These squares on the walls are rows of statues.

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Good work, much wood carving.

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Cute yellow plates are present, with the number of the Buddha statue.

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A monk performed a small concert for me and a couple of other visitors, coincidentally. It was a moment of great atmosphere.

I found another door and quickly sneaked into it not knowing if it was allowed and unwilling someone stopped me. Two floors above, I found a garden.

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I found that the tower you can see from outside stood on that rooftop. There are more Buddhas inside the tower:

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I couldn't help thinking this temple is a model of the world.

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From the world of suffering with the faces of the deceased to the teaching of thousands of Buddhas ever existed; from the teaching to the beautiful open-air garden of nirvana.

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Between residential multi-story buildings, a colorful dome awkwardly sticks out. That's Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, a special place worth entering.

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*I took these images with a Nikkor 50mm on a full-frame DSLR Nikon D750 on June 3, 2024, at Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple (Chùa Vạn Phật) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.*

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