1. The document describes 10 important religious sites around Asia, including Tiger's Nest Monastery in Bhutan, Wat Rong Khun temple in Thailand, and Prambanan temple in Indonesia. 2. It also mentions Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar, Temple of Heaven in Beijing, Chion-in Temple in Japan, Borobudur temple complex in Indonesia, Golden Temple in India, Temple of Srirangam in India, and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. 3. Throughout the document, short poems and sayings about peace, wisdom, and cultivating the mind are included with each site description.

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1 - Tiger's Nest
Monastery,
perched
precariously on
the edge of a
3,000-feet-high
cliff in Paro
Valley, is one of
the holiest
places in Bhutan

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1 - Tiger's Nest Monastery, Bhutan
The restless mind
cannot be at peace.
Be mindful
and this hindrance
will come to cease.

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2 - Wat Rong Khun in Chiang Mai, Thailand is
unlike any Buddhist temples in the world.

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A peaceful mind is a true treasure that is priceless.
Cultivate your mind to attain peace and happiness.
2 - Wat Rong Khun in
Chiang Mai, Thailand

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3 - Prambanan is a Hindu temple in Central Java,
Indonesia. The temple was built in 850 CE, and is
composed of 8 main shrines and 250 surrounding
smaller ones

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3 - Prambanan is a Hindu temple in Indonesia.
Greed and anger rob the mind of peace.
With these defilements, you have DIS-EASE.

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4 - Shwedagon
Paya (or Pagoda)
in Myanmar -
legend has it that
it is 2,500 years
old though
archaeologists
estimate that it
was built between
the 6th and 10th
century.

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4 - Shwedagon Paya (or Pagoda) in Myanmar
With Right View, Right
Concentration and Right
Mindfulness,
you’re on the Path
to ultimate peace
and happiness.

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5 - Temple of Heaven is a Taoist temple in Beijing,
China. The temple was constructed in 14th century
by Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty

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5 - Temple of Heaven is
a Taoist temple in Beijing, China.
When Wisdom rules the mind,
Peace comes most of the time.

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6 - Chion-in Temple in Japan, was built in 1234
CE to honor the founder of Jodo (Pure Land)
Buddhism, a priest named Honen, who fasted to
death in the very spot..

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True Peace lies within the mind.
You can find
this Truth Sublime.
6 - Chion-in Temple
in Japan,

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7 - The complex of Borobudur, Indonesia, is a gigantic
structure built with nearly 2 million cubic feet (55,000
m³) of stones. The temple has nearly 2,700 relief panels
and 504 Buddha statues.

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7 - The complex of Borobudur,
Indonesia
We know that true peace is much needed.
When will words of wisdom be heeded?

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8 - The Harmandir Sahib (meaning The Abode of God )
or simply the Golden Temple in Punjab, India is the
most sacred shrine of Sikhism.

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8 Golden Temple in Punjab, India
When we have Virtue and Mindfulness
then we will get Peace and Happiness

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9 - The Temple of Srirangam ( Sri Ranganathaswamy
Temple ) , in the Indian city of Tiruchirapalli (or Trichy), is
the largest functioning Hindu temple in the world

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9 - The Temple of Srirangam, India
Wisdom arises through Awakening.
Peace and Freedom come through
Seeing.

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10 – Ankor Wat, Cambodia, the largest temple in history
and the inspiration to countless
novels and action movies of Hollywood

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10 – Ankor Wat,
Cambodia
When the mind is truly wise and clear,
supreme happiness and peace is near.

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The End
Solitude is a need for the mind
to have peace of the sublime kind.
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin