Alright! A new thread! I might as well post up the rest of my pictures (or at least another batch, 39 pictures is more that it seems!)
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Remember the Mysterious Path? Well it didn't really lead to the sunny temples (those are a one hour flight to the north!). It really leads to....
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The Khao Sarn Road Temple! (which is partly under repair!). Technically it doesn't "lead to" the temple, it really points in another direction, and the temple and path are already on the same grounds anyway, but I'm trying to create a flow here!
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Buddha's Big Footprint This is an ancient Buddhist symbol. One of the ancient kings who the Buddha was visiting begged him to leave some souvenir to remember Buddha. So Buddha stepped his foot into the river bank, leaving a foot print. Rather clever, it embodies the Buddha's teachings that all things never last and attachment to that which won't last anyway is the source of pain in life. So he left a very temporary foot print as both souvenir, and an example of his teachings:
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Bring Out Your Bells! I would surmise that this is the old bell from the enscafolded bell tower.
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Shhhhh! Someone is Meditating! Here's a dark colored Buddha statue which sits in this personal enclosure. Shhhh!
This is from a different temple a few blocks away from that first one.
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Chinese Style Patio This temple, near the Khao Sarn Road temple, has been having some renovation done. I don't think this Chinese influenced patio was finished two years ago.
Well I think that's it for now. I believe I can squeeze one more presentation out of the roll I took,
8 weeks ago! Wild, it both seems like yesterday, and seems like forever ago.
I'm weighing whether to rush back to Taiwan sooner, or hang out a couple more weeks. If I stay longer in Thailand then I'll spend next week on the little islands in East Thailand, and snap some pics of the natural scenery type stuff. Otherwise I guess the next project will be pictues of Taiwan!
Cheers everyone!
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