Việt Nam Tự

Viet Nam Quoc Tu Pagoda

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Be a young monk in the grounds of Viet Nam Quoc Tu Pagoda (244 3 Thang 2 Street, Ho Chi Minh City). Walk the temple, sit on a cushion, make 108 prostrations, count prayer beads, strike the wooden fish, listen to chanting, birds and wind. Visitors who are here at the same time are present together, without chat.

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What is an online temple visit?

Viet Nam Tu rebuilds Vietnamese pagodas in 3D so that anyone far away, unwell or without the chance to go can visit a temple online: walk the grounds, enter the main hall, bow, recite, strike the wooden fish and offer incense.

Buddha recitation: sit on a cushion, count 108 prayer beads with "Namo Amitabha Buddha", keep the rhythm on the wooden fish or listen to chanting.

Prostrations: go to a cushion in the main hall and press Bow to begin 108 full prostrations; a counter keeps your daily total.

This is a simulated space to encourage practice; it does not replace visiting a real temple and learning from monks and nuns.

The architecture is an illustrative model built in code. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Sounds: kevp888 (Freesound, CC BY 4.0); tec_studio, jonopodmore (CC0), BambooBeast (public domain).

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Pick two words for your Dharma name (no free text, to keep the temple peaceful).

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Graphics quality Ambient sound Volume Day and night follow the real clock (off: always daytime) Show FPS and stats (F3) Show colliders (F2)

My practice

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Controls

Left click: Click the ground to walk there. Click a cushion to walk to it and sit down.
W ↑: Walk forward.
S ↓: Walk back.
A ← D →: Turn left or right. The camera follows behind.
Shift: Run (hold with forward).
1 … 5: Palms together · Bow · Wooden fish · Beads · Sit (also on the bar at the bottom). Near a cushion, press Bow to begin 108 prostrations; press again or walk to stop.
6 / E: Offer incense: your monk lights three sticks, bows three times and plants them in the burner. They burn for 30 minutes and everyone in the temple sees them.
Space: With beads or the wooden fish: one bead, one strike. While walking: jump.
Right mouse: Hold and drag to look around. Release and the camera returns behind you.
Mouse wheel: Move the camera closer or farther.
E: Interact: sit on a cushion, read information, open doors, ring the bell. Gold markers can be used.
C: Sit down or stand up.
Esc: Close beads or wooden fish; pause.
F3 F2: Show FPS and stats. Show colliders.

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