The Buddhist Monk-Dog

This is a pretty cool news story out of S. Korea:

SEOUL (Reuters) - The newest acolyte at a temple on an outlying South Korea island is a dog who has learned to sit, stay and perform Buddhist prayer rituals alongside the monks.

Monks at Buljang Temple on Chindo island off the southwest coast said the stray called “Hama” now joined them at prayer.

Hama — Korean for hippopotamus — follows monks into the temple and bows in the same manner for prayer, a temple official said. Some local Buddhists, who believe in reincarnation, are wondering what Hama may have been in a past life.

Good old dogs. You can’t beat ‘em.


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This entry was written by happy thanksgiving, y'all!, posted on September 17, 2005 at 7:12 pm.

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2 Comments

  1. Dan
    Posted September 17, 2005 at 8:07 pm | Permalink

    Wasn’t there an article about a monkey doing the same thing a few months back?

  2. Nenad Ristic
    Posted September 19, 2005 at 2:55 am | Permalink

    I am still of the opinion that dogs have a couple of things to teach us about SZen and living in the moment…. I think that more religions should include animals in their rituals (and no, I do not mean as sacrifices)

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