10,000 Golden Buddhas

There’s something strange about walking up a path towards a monastery that boasts 10,000 golden Buddhas. All along the path are life size statues of golden monks in different poses and expressions. You can’t help but feel that you are being watched and spied upon like some sort of intruder. Yet, walking through the quiet courtyard high up on the hillside, looking back down on the township of Shatin, I felt a calmness and tranquility come over me and the strange stares I felt turned into the sense I was being watched over. All because I saw a sign for the monastery by the Ikea parking lot. See, Ikea is the fount of all things good.