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Title: The Monastery at the End of the World Parts 1 & 2
Post by: Seraphina on February 22, 2024, 01:14:53 AM
I found this interesting and well done.


https://youtube.com/watch?v=V1A8ABTbYHY&si=RV9xwtml5qUTrwNX

https://youtube.com/watch?v=38eMVy1eHJk&si=MGNIvNgHWLlcdtDB
Title: Re: The Monastery at the End of the World Parts 1 & 2
Post by: Confiteor Deo on February 22, 2024, 02:51:45 AM
Fascinating. Very well and respectfully filmed. 

The communion at 5 minutes in is a little strange as the priest takes communion in the hand from what seems to be another monk, or maybe he's a another priest as he also takes communion wine. I don't really understand that moment. 
Title: Re: The Monastery at the End of the World Parts 1 & 2
Post by: Yeti on February 22, 2024, 09:07:03 AM
When I think of the monastery at the end of the world, I tend to think of this one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katskhi_pillar):

(https://i.huffpost.com/gen/1360607/images/o-2-facebook.jpg)
Title: Re: The Monastery at the End of the World Parts 1 & 2
Post by: Yeti on February 22, 2024, 09:09:31 AM
There is only one monk who lives there. (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2384040/Maxime-Meet-monk-lives-life-virtual-solitude-131ft-pillar.html) I think he is schismatic anyway.

(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/09/06/article-2384040-1BA3F5CB000005DC-552_964x672.jpg)
Title: Re: The Monastery at the End of the World Parts 1 & 2
Post by: Yeti on February 22, 2024, 09:11:21 AM
Or this monastery (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Temple), but that one is Buddhist:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/2404/1580403892_458f03001f_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The Monastery at the End of the World Parts 1 & 2
Post by: Ladislaus on February 22, 2024, 09:52:02 AM
Or this monastery (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Temple), but that one is Buddhist:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/2404/1580403892_458f03001f_b.jpg)

How in the world did they build this thing?  And how many people died during the construction?
Title: Re: The Monastery at the End of the World Parts 1 & 2
Post by: Yeti on February 22, 2024, 10:34:44 AM
How in the world did they build this thing?  And how many people died during the construction?
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From Wikipedia:

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Built more than 1,500 years ago, this temple is notable not only for its location on a sheer precipice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff) but also because as a Buddhist (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism) temple it also contains references to the other two of the three Chinese traditional philosophies or religions (三教): Taoism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism), and Confucianism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism). The structure is kept in place with oak crossbeams fitted into holes chiseled into the cliffs. The main supportive structure is hidden inside the bedrock.[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Temple#cite_note-1) The monastery is located in the small canyon basin, and the body of the building hangs from the middle of the cliff under the prominent summit, protecting the temple from rain erosion and sunlight bake.

Title: Re: The Monastery at the End of the World Parts 1 & 2
Post by: ElwinRansom1970 on February 22, 2024, 11:27:01 AM
Or this monastery (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Temple), but that one is Buddhist:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/2404/1580403892_458f03001f_b.jpg)
Now who have me thinking about one of my all-time, favourite films to watch on a rainy Saturday afternoon:  Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (1974)

https://youtu.be/lugrE3ej8iA?feature=shared
Title: Re: The Monastery at the End of the World Parts 1 & 2
Post by: Nadir on February 23, 2024, 05:09:27 AM
When I think of the monastery at the end of the world, I tend to think of this one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katskhi_pillar):

(https://i.huffpost.com/gen/1360607/images/o-2-facebook.jpg)
He wasn’t at the end of the world, but this hermitage put me in mind of St Simeom the Stylite who lived on top of a pillar in Syria and died there after 37 years