U Zina Pagoda and the 5-Act Travel Challenge (Mawlamyine, Myanmar)

TIME STAMPS
0:19 What do I know about the U Zina Pagoda?
3:14 Walkway to Pagoda (Chinthe and puppies!)
14:26 View toward the train station
18:55 Act #1 - Bathing of the Buddha
23:05 Act #2 - Ringing the Gong
24:58 Act #3 - Ringing the Bell
27:16 Act #4 - A Donation
27:42 Act #5 - Bead Meditation
31:46 Statues representing human suffering
33:49 5-Fact Challenge
35:51 5-Act Challenge
37:09 Post Credits Clip 1 - Encounter
37:27 Post Credits Clip 2 - Interview

The U Zina Pagoda is one of several beautiful pagodas set along the ridge running through Mawlamyine. While I was there enjoying the beauty of the setting and the scenery, I felt like I wanted to do more than just be an observer. While visiting pagodas, I often have the urge to take part in the life I see around me, but I always resist that urge. I feel that it isn't my place perhaps, and I'm more comfortable in the role of an observer than a participant.

But the U Zina Pagoda was almost completely empty, since it was the hottest part of the day, and I felt more comfortable with the thought of doing things, such as ringing one of the gongs and ringing one of the bells. I asked an attendant at the pagoda if it was okay for me, as a foreign visitor, to do this, and they said it was fine. So, the 5-Act Travel Challenge was born - a challenge to myself to stop being a passive observer and take part and perform 5 appropriate acts.

Cheers,

Douglas (AKA The Cycling Canadian)

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