"We want to share our joy in unexpectedly recovering a religious statute that was part of our founding but has been missing for [possibly] forty years."
That was by way of invitation to an Eye-Opening Ceremony for said missing statue, whose name is Kwon Yun and is an embodiment of the Buddha. The story of the Korean Buddhist temple in Carmel Valley and the statue's journey from being lost to finding its way back to its home there, has just been published in the print Weekly today, as well as online here. Start there.
The photos here elaborate on the background, the ceremony, and the special and secluded retreat called the Carmel Sambosa Buddhist Center and Temple.
Here is an audio clip of what part of the ceremony sounded like.
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