LUMINOSITY

GLASS OIL LAMPS

During my trip to Singapore in 2007 Dec, it was at Singapore Golden Pagoda Buddhist Temple. The temple is also famed as Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, a newly built $60 million one located in Chinatown. I went there to pay homage and donate some cash. I saw these glass oil lamps in 100 Dragons Hall (the ground floor of the temple). The lamps are courteously arranged in lines right in front of Quan Yin image. Hundreds of oil lamps are lighten and being offered to the images all day long. To me, the vivid colors of the flame is simply speechless. I just couldn’t stop myself clicking the camera button. I got quite a lot of shots there.

Steadily growing LIGHT gives a total LIFT to your soul…

A shot with f/14 and 1/10s… I really love the vibrant pulsating color of the flame…

You will see hundreds and hundreds of these glass oil lamps in the temple… the grand ball room of the temple’s ground floor is also chirpy with the light from these lamps.

THE TEMPLE & THE GOVERNOR

The temple is a giant one located in Singapore Chinatown. The precise address is 798, Tampines Road, Singapore. The Venerable Shi Fa Zhao, the abbot of the temple, also recognized as the founder of METTA FOUNDATION, a non-governmental organization aimed to support old (aged) people. The mission is pretty similar to typical HOME FOR AGED however METTA FOUNDATION provides a lot more amenities. Supplementary medical care and annual oversea trips around Asia are major distinctive points of METTA FOUNDATION. The foundation is governed by the Ven. Shi Fa Zhao, abbot of Singapore Golden Pagoda Buddhist Temple, funded and sponsored by successful Chinese businessmen around the world. In addition to this, the Venerable Shi Fa Zhao is CHAIRMAN of Singapore Buddhist Temples Council. In the late 2008, His Majesty King Bumibol of Thailand awarded Ven. Shi Fa Zhao with Honorable Doctorate Degree in Philosophy (Ph.D – Phil) from CHULALONGKONG ROYAL UNIVERSITY.

The grandness of 100 DRAGONS HALL…