Byodo-In Temple
April 6th, 2009 by 
tinakamo
We went on a field trip to Byodo-In Temple today. Write about your experience. What did you enjoy? What did you notice? How did you feel in the meditation area?
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April 6th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
My favorite part about this feild trip was geting to see such a big swan.
one of the experiences I have had during this feild trip is geting to have a real bird eat out of my hand
April 6th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I really liked feeding the fish and the birds.I never had a bird eat out of my hand.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Tanner, did you mean that you didn’t get to have a bird eat out of your hand this time or did you mean that this was your first time having a bird eat out of your hand?
April 6th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
I think I have been there be for, WAIT I HAVE BEEN THERE LAST MONTH! Mrs. nakamoto have you been there?
April 6th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
The best part of the temple was when we got to wack the 5 toun bell and it was loud like DING DONG DING DONG!!! I like seeng the nine foot bauda!!! i wish I could go there agan!!!I wounder how they got all the koa?
April 6th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
The best part of the field trip
was when we got to feed the
koi(Because the fish were all gathered in one corner.)
April 6th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
I think that the best part was when we got to feed the fish and birds because the fish wouldn’t stop SPLASHING!And it was fun to watch the fish fight for the food. I thought the Boodah was HUMUNGUS!!! I wonder how many fish they have? Probably over 100!!
April 6th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
I had a good experience at the Byodo in temple. When I was feeding the Koi fish. A swan-duck came by and ate a peace of fish/bird food. I WONDER what will happend to the swan/duck?
April 6th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
I agree with you Taner I did like feeding and looking at the fish and birds. I also liked ring the bell to Jacob all tho I ranig the bell softer than eny one els in the class. In the maditation room I felt calm and peacefull too. How did you feel mrs. Nakamoto?
The bell was like the sin, because the ring of the bell lasted long and the paper said that if you ring the bell you wolud have a long lasing life.
April 6th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
I liked when I was feeding the birds and the fish.I though it wa kind of scary when the birds came and ate from my hand.up in the meditation room it was kind of cold.I also liked when we got to ring the big bell.That bellwas HUGE! And the Budha was also really big.
April 6th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
I liked ringing the bell,because
I wanted to live longer.
I notice that there was lots of
fish in the pound but in one
place.
April 7th, 2009 at 5:44 am
My favorite part of the fieldtrip was ringing the bell and going inside the temple.I liked ringing it because I can live longer.And I liked going inside the temple because we got to see a replica of the buddah.It was really BIG.I also liked feeding the fish and the birds.I wanted to feed the birds off of my hand but I was scared and Kristin said that birds can carry diseses and my mom said that I cant touch birds.
April 7th, 2009 at 9:39 am
My favorite part at the temple was when we fed the birds and fishes. Once a bird flew on to my hand and took a pellet. The first time it landed on my hand I got scared. But then after a while I wanted A LOT of birds to come on my hand. In the meditation room I didn’t really expect it to have no wall! I noticed that there was a lot of decoration on the bell that we rang! The bell was actually bigger than I thought! When we went inside the temple I saw the buddha. It was actually SMALLER than I thought!!
April 7th, 2009 at 9:41 am
I saw Koi fish and we got to feed it. There was a BIG BELL that we got
to ring 2 times.
April 7th, 2009 at 9:45 am
My favorite part was when we fed the fish and the birds. It was the first time a bird ate out of my hand.
The koi was huge! The swans and the duck could not eat it but they kept on trying to eat. And the bell was HUGE. We had to use a log to ring it! But the buddha was HUGER! The weight was 3 tons! The meditation room was really quiet and small.I also saw a peacock on the second floor.
April 7th, 2009 at 9:45 am
My favorite part was when we went into the temple. When I saw the buddha I was SHOCKED at how tall it was.When everybody rang the bell it was very loud.
April 7th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
WOW!
Lots of pepole are talking about the Koi and the bell. Not much pepole talked about the meditation room and inside the temple with HUGE buddha and small mirrors and sighns on the walls of the tempel.
April 7th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
I saw some really big koi.The buda was a little bigger than I thought.I thought the bell was going to be a little bit bigger.
I wonder if this is as big as the temple in japan?I wonder how the peekcocks got onto the roof.
April 7th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Jacob,
I think you meant koi, right?
April 7th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
The feild trip was so fun.And my favorite part was feeding Koifish,wicth were very big.I also liked ringing the bell that was very loud!
April 7th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Tanner,
instead of bigger I thought the bell would be smaller!
April 7th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I liked ringing the bell also Kalai.It sounded so cool.I wonder how long I’ll live now?
April 7th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
At Byodo-In Temple I could kind of see what Japan looks like and it made me feel like I was in Japan but the bell made me dizzy. I felt very calm in the meditation room and the design on the floor was cool. Then we went in the temple and we had to take off our shoes before we saw the buddah. There where lots of mirrors on the roof and symbols on the walls.
April 7th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
I enjoyed the koi ponds and feeding the koi. But mostly I liked feeding he birds, one stepped on my hand. I liked sketching the whole Byodo-In Temple and ringing the bell.
April 8th, 2009 at 6:38 am
I had a really good experience at the Byoto In temple.When we saw the Peacock I wanted to see it open up it’s wings and see all the nice colors.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Kaiya, this was my first time going to Byodo-In. I was so surprised by the number of people there. I had no idea that it was such a popular place to visit.
Kiana, I really enjoyed this visit and I agree with you about the meditation room. It was very calm and peaceful. I actually felt relaxed for the rest of the day after just a couple of moments in such a quiet natural setting.