Lamrim: Bow, Walk, Meditate

Lamrim is a quiet Korean mountain temple on your phone. "Lam rim" is a Tibetan Buddhist term for the stages of the path to awakening. On screen, you bow, walk a forest path, and sit and breathe. You simply watch yourself practice. THREE PRACTICES • Bowing: full bows, one after another, in a Dharma hall built from photographs of a Korean temple, with its Buddha, altar and painted flower ceiling. The app counts your bows. A moktak sounds as the forehead touches the floor, and the temple bell rings every 108 bows. You can also bow one at a time yourself, and watch from behind, from the side or from the front. • Walking: walk slowly along an endless forest path with wildflowers, butterflies, squirrels and hares. The app shows how long and how far you have walked. • Meditation: sit in the hall, or in an empty inner space where everything else fades away, and watch yourself breathe. The jukbi…