Praying at Wat Traimit

When people pray, they bring three things to offer, a lotus bud , a stick of incense and a candle.

A happy cat at Wat Trimitr

I have found a cat which looks like our kittie on the temple ground. People leave pets knowing they will be taken care of.

Bells at Wat Trimitr

They hung bells under the eve of a roof. The sound of bell tell people where a temple is.

A Buddha covered with gold leaf at Wat Trimitr

Visitors bring gold leaf and put it on a place they want to be cured. Students put gold leaf on the head of Buddha to become more smart.

Wat Trimitr ( Golden Buddha Temple )

This is the first temple which our city bus tour http://www.travelconnecxion.com/sightseeing/index.php?trip_id=113 stopped by. They have the world's largest solid gold Buddha.

Sala at Wat Po

Buddha was believed to be born under a Sala tree like this. If you want to know more about how Buddha was born, you can go to the following link. http://www.watmiami.iirt.net/html/buddhist_02.html

Yoga Statue at Wat Po

This is one of the statues which show how to do self massage. People used to practice self massage by looking at series of statues. Is this a dove pause?

A Stupa at Wat Po

One of the gate at Wat Po

The temple has a great Chinese influence. I first thought this was a Chinese temple. Two statues represent foreigners. They reminded me of statues I bought in Korea.

Wat Po, the temple of the Reclining Buddha

The Reclining Buddha was very huge. It was imposible to take a picture of his whole body. Along the pass 108 bowls were being hung and visitors put one coin in each of them. This could be fun for children.

Cemeteries at the Marble Temple

This temple had many Buddha statues from many different Buddhist countries. Their faces are very different according to the origin of countires and the time of creation.

Plates behind the statue show whoes ashes were placed behind the wall. Usually ashes were placed at the nearby temple of one's hometown. Family members visit temple many times a year.

A body stays at the temple for five days and then get cremated. Funeral takes place only after cremation.

Monks at the marble temple

We saw a group of monks coming out the service commemorating the anniversary of somebody's death. Later I saw them eating lunch under a tent.

That was their last meal for that day. Monks don't eat after mid-day. They have to eat anything offered, so they eat not only vegitables but also fish or meat.

At the age of twenty, many men stay at a temple for any period of time. This is a great way to earn merit which enables one's mother to go to the heaven. The present king stayed at a temple for 15 days. Boys can become a novice monk (http://www.gorsworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=54) at the age of seven, but thier commandments are fewer and simpler. Girls can not become a monk, because male monks are not allowed to touch them.

Temple and City Tour: Wat Benchamabopit ( the marble temple)

This is our last stop of our temple tour. The marble used to build this temple was brought from Italy.