Reflection #5: Bongwonsa Temple and Nature Walk

Primarily, I think people devote their lives to religion because religion answers so many things, especially about nature. Nature and creation has so many unanswered questions that man must go to a supernatural thing, in this case, gods or God to answer them. People don't know what happens to them when they die, so in the Bongwonsa Temple, we learn that there are judges who judge you, and phenomenas like the grim reaper to take you to the afterlife. Also, I think people like Buddhists devote their lives and give up all material things because material things are only temporary, whereas nature and happiness is eternal. Also, by getting rid of temporary, material things (in essence, these things are almost useless), then a man can get close to nirvana, which is not only eternal, but the prime state of being, which is, in theory, better than any possible material object. Thus, we may find happiness through a new iPod Touch or a new computer, but that happiness only lasts for a while, whether if you break the device or you just get sick of it. Things like close family and relationship with nature will last until your last reincarnation and when you have reached nirvana.