Goyosa Notebook: How to Collect All 8 Temple Stamps

Hapjang (합장) is an online temple in your browser, and the Goyosa notebook is a small record book that marks what you have done there with red seal stamps. There are eight stamps: 門 (half bow at the gate), 拜 (three bows), 香 (incense), 誦 (service), 鉢 (bowl meal), 掃 (shared work), 經 (sutra copying) and 鐘 (temple bell), with no set order and no homework. The record is saved only on the device you are using.

Number of stamps: 8 — 門拜香誦鉢掃經鐘
Where to open it: [Goyosa notebook] in the menu
Storage: This device only (no account, not synced to other devices)
Record: The date you first received each stamp

How do you get the eight stamps?

門 Half bow at the gate: make a half bow (or palms together) in front of the One-Pillar Gate or the Heavenly Kings Gate.
拜 Three bows: offer three bows in front of a cushion inside the Main Buddha Hall.
香 One stick of incense: offer incense at any of the four incense burners — in the hall, the courtyard, Quiet Light Grotto or before the cliff Buddha. The notebook guides you to the courtyard burner in front of the Main Buddha Hall.
誦 Service: when the Dharma drum sounds at dawn or in the evening, sit on a cushion in the hall and join the service.
鉢 Bowl meal: in the large room of the monks' quarters, unfold and put away the four bowls of the mindful bowl meal.
掃 Shared work: pick up a broom and sweep leaves in the courtyard as shared work (ullyeok).
經 Sutra copying: at the sutra desk on the west side of the hall, trace the Heart Sutra stroke by stroke in sutra copying.
鐘 Ringing the bell for a wish: at the Bell Pavilion, ring the temple bell once a day.

Why these eight?

Entering through the temple gate with a greeting, bowing to the Buddha, and sharing the service, meals and work are the main thread of a day at a temple stay. There is much more to do on the grounds, but a long list of stamp boxes would feel like a to-do list, so stamps go only to the eight moments that form the backbone of the day. Everything else is remembered quietly without a stamp, so the notebook won't suggest the same thing to you again.

Not sure what to do next?

Open the notebook and it suggests one thing you haven't done yet as your "next step." Tap it and you walk slowly to that spot; when you arrive, it shows just that one action as a button. At night, or when you are outside the temple gate, it first suggests something nearby such as the campfire, the hot spring or hanging a lantern.

What happens when you collect them all?

There are no prizes or points. When you have all eight, a single line remains, telling you that now you can simply stay. The stamps are not a mark of doing well; they are traces of the path you walked.

Try it in Hapjang

Open [Goyosa notebook] from the menu to see the stamps you have, the date you first got each, and one box for the next stamp. When a stamp is added, a red seal briefly appears with a short line of text. The record stays only in this browser, so on another device or browser you start from the beginning.

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Frequently asked questions

How many stamps are in the Hapjang notebook?

Eight: 門 (half bow at the gate), 拜 (three bows), 香 (incense), 誦 (service), 鉢 (bowl meal), 掃 (shared work), 經 (sutra copying) and 鐘 (temple bell). You can collect them in any order.

Can I see my notebook on another device?

No. Hapjang (합장) has no accounts, so the notebook is saved only in the browser on the device you are using. Clearing your browser data may erase it too.

How do I get the service stamp (誦)?

When the Dharma drum sounds at 03:12 or 17:12 Goyosa time, sit on a cushion in the hall and join the service. An invitation to the hall appears when the drum sounds.

I didn't get the bell stamp (鐘).

Ringing the bell for a wish is possible once a day by the real calendar date, and not between 21:00–04:36 or 17:00–18:18 Goyosa time. Try going to the Bell Pavilion outside those hours.

Last updated 2026-11-07