The final instalment in my Vietnamese Buddhist pilgrimage this year, was to Bái Đính Pagoda (Chùa Bái Đính, 沛嵿寺) a complex of Buddhist temples on Bái Đính Mountain in Ninh Bình Province, Vietnam. The compound consists of the original old temple and a newly created larger temple. It is considered the largest complex of Buddhist… Continue reading MOUNTAIN WALLS, RIVER ROADS AND CAVE PALACES: VISITING BAI DINH PAGODA AND TRANG AN: 500 Arhats corridor, Thousand-armed and eyed Mother of Compassion, Largest Shakyamuni Buddha statue, and the stunning craggy mountains, caves and riverways of Trang An and Mua Mountain (Vietnam pilgrimage V)