Bat Nha monastery - Bao Loc City

Bat Nha monastery - Bao Loc City, Lam Dong Province is located on a high hill with an area of ​​30 hectares in the village 10, Damb'ri Commune, Bao Loc City, Lam Dong Province. This religious architecture is about 2km from the Damb'ri Ecological Tourism. This monastery was built in 1998 by Most Venerable.Thich Duc Nghi. This work has a unique architectural style of East Asia with the curved ancient roof of  two-floors is combined with natural space, making it more prominent in the immense tea forests, creating a beautiful landscape and romantic.

The campus of this monastery, the pine forest is not only a common tree species of the Central Highlands, it also planted many flowers and other bonsai ... Especially in this season,the yellow Flamboyant flowers  are blooming along two the walkway to the monastery, it is beautiful as the fairy-land. From Bao Loc town, follow the Dambri Tourist Area about 15km, look on the left you will see Bat Nha Monastery, Lam Dong. If you follow the three-door temple gate, visitors will have quiet moments when slowly passing through every moss green stone up to the main hall. Comparing with some ancient pagodas in the South and North of Vietnam, Bat Nha monastery has a strange silent.

The space of pagoda is quiet and calm. It was built in the perfect position on the top of the hill, a sacred place for the people of Lam Dong, one side is the hilltop, the other is a tea hill, the bottom is three waterfalls and a big dam that make a natural landscape like a dream come true, the soul of the people also become more pure and thoughtful. “Bat Nha” is the phonetic name from Prajnâ in Sanskrit language (Ancient India) which means wisdom. Come to this famous pagoda in the South of Vietnam, tourists will feel a quiet, meditative world. If you follow the three-door temple gate, visitors will go to the main hall.

Bat Nha Monastery is divided into two separate areas: one for the monk is called "Phuong Boi Forest", one for the Nun is called "Bep Lua Hong". This is a destination travel of Lam Dong with Asian Style in each design and detail. he most typical example of this architectural model is the high roof, two floors. The monastery is located in the center, surrounded by green pine forests. the leaves hanging swinging thousands of drops of pure water and sparkling that making the space suddenly more bright and limpid.

It is true that the beautiful scene is created from the sky which helps Bat Nha monastery is bearing the style of East Asian architecture with simple lines and harmony. With the classic brick wall tile roof, from the distance guests can clearly see the specific style of the pagoda in Vietnam: two meandering dragons are symmetrical in the two sides, while the four roofs curved downward with the lines of the special design. From the outside, under the pine and eucalyptis forest is the main hall with four wooden columns painted with yellow paint - on which are a lot of parallel sentences with Han script. From the street, step for 10 steps of ladder is a temple yard, the two sides have  porcelain tile pillars inscribed the words of the Buddha teachings. In the middle of the courtyard of the pagoda is a statue of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva standing on the lotus with a design that is both classic and modern, giving the monastery a simple and harmonious beauty.

From the direction of the main hall go to the right, we will encounter a small road leading to the hill in front of pine forest. A statue of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara 350 cm high in the middle of the rockery, the hand hold the vase of water . According to the monks, in the vase that the Bodhisattva is holding containing the water droplets help us wash away the wrong thoughts, soothe the sickness and pain. So many visitors come here often stay rest at the foot of Bodhisattva statue to catch every drop of  precious water falls from the vase. The hill is one of the destinations in Lam Dong to help visitors feel very relaxed. The campus is simply decorated but still close and harmonious with nature. The rockery 10m high is center, nearby there is a cool lake with a small bridge which is surrounded by grasses, flowers. Passing away from the guest house, the pilgrims will be amazed to encounter an artificial waterfall in the center of the monastery. This place has a quiet rocky, incredibly green grass, a murmur of water and peace in mind. In the early morning, visitors can also take part in a meditation session with other students at Bat Nha Monastery. Everyone will slowly walk along the hillside path, along the banks of the stream, keeping restful mind. Fresh air and beautiful nature will bring guests peaceful moments in the soul.

Bat Nha Monastery is a famous landmark, not only the beautiful scenery but also a beautiful cultural belief of Buddhist people of Vietnam. Unlike any place, Bat Nha is a collection of monasteries area attached to the mountains and forests, and became a large landscape with a harmonious architecture between nature and man-made, the creator creativity created this place to have mountains, rivers and then people have blew soul into those wonders, It has become vibrant and colorful, which has created a culture of the nation is the culture of Buddhist beliefs. Perhaps it has been through many centuries, it has been imprinted into the mind of Vietnamese person when they arrived at Bat Nha Monastery, so every year visitors come back here with the desire to light a mind incense. If you want to find the Buddha's land, want the soul is light as a puff of cloud, want to mind drifting by the wind, you should go to Bat Nha monastery once time.

Address: 511 Lý Thái Tổ, xã Damb’ri, Bảo Lộc, Lâm Đồng

Open - Closed: 09:00 – 17:00

Ticket: Free