It's amazing how a structure is made to bring peace and harmony to its people. Phap Van temple is centrally located in the bustling city of Ho Chi Minh City. While here, I practiced mindfulness, meditation and stretching exercises (yoga). This is the same temple dharma teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, held his first demonstration to protest the Vietnam War. This is the same temple where five of his followers were shot and killed by the South Vietnam Army. The South Vietnam Army thought Hanh and his followers were communists. The Viet Cong thought Hanh was an American puppet. Eventually, Hanh was exiled. Just recently, he has been able to visit his homeland again in 2004.
Morning exercise. And no, that is not a shower curtain pole.
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