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Rinzai said it best: "Friends, I tell you this: there is no Buddha, no spiritual path to follow, no training and no realization. What are you so feverishly running after? Putting a head on top of your own head, you blind idiots? Your head is right where it should be. The trouble lies in your not believing in yourselves enough. Because you don't believe in yourselves you are knocked here and there by all the conditions in which you find yourselves. Being enslaved and turned around by objective situations, you have no freedom whatever, you are not masters of yourselves. Stop turning to the outside and don't be attached to my words either. Just cease clinging to the past and hankering after the future. This will be better than ten years' pilgrimage." In this image, the head of the Buddha, leaning on the hand... Leave a Comment Phone: 02-221-991Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.Website: http://www.discoverthailand.com/
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| | | | Wat Pho: Wat Pho - Relax and Un-wind | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Wandering around the beautifully decorated chedi of Wat Pho you can almost forget you are in the bustling city of Bangkok, the rambling complex can sees more suited to a rural rather than urban setting. That is not to say that it doesn’t get busy but the largest wat in Thailand does allow you to find space for yourself. You are most likely to encounter other visitors and worshippers around the magnificent reclining Buddha. The statue is 151 feet (46m) long and covered in gold leaf, as you wander along its length you pass smaller shrines until, reaching the feet, you can let your gaze travel back towards the head and appreciate what a truly amazing object it is. The soles of the feet are inlaid with mother of pearl, and on the other side of the Buddha are 108 bronze bowls. Placing a coin in each of them is supposed to be auspicious and bring merit, if you don’t have 108 coins on you then for a small donation you can buy a pot of coins allowing you to complete the ritual. Take time to enter some of the smaller temple buildings surrounding the Reclining Buddha. In one we were invited to join other worshippers to shake fortune sticks, a memorable experience. Wat Pho exudes a sense of calm and contemplation, the perfect antidote for fraught senses. And for fraught bodies the complex is also a centre of traditional Thai medicine and massage. A great place to revive both body and soul. Leave a Comment Phone: 02-221-991Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.Website: http://www.discoverthailand.com/
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| | | | Wat Pho: Bangkok's Reclining Buddah | Tip Rating: | | | | |
If you arrive in Bangkok at the end of your Thailand trek and think you have seen more than enough Buddha's ....muster up enough excitement and go see this one. Wat Pho or Wat Phra Chetuphon as it is generally known to the Thais, is famous for the huge Reclining Buddha statue it houses. It is a favorite with the locals and a must see. It is even larger than I imagined and quite amazing. It is a gold plated reclining Buddha , 46 meters long and 15 meters high, and is designed to illustrate the passing of the Buddha into nirvana. The feet and the eyes are engraved with mother-of-pearl decoration. There are more than 1000 Buddha images in total on the grounds of Wat Pho , most from the ruins of the former capitals Ayuthaya and Sukhothai. Wat Pho is also famous as Thailand's first university, and is center for traditional Thai massage . If you want to experience traditional Thai massage, this is one of the best place available . It costs 150B for 30 mins, 250B for an hour . Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm. Phone: 02-221-991Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.Website: http://www.discoverthailand.com/
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| | | | Wat Pho: The Largest Reclining Buddha and other Temples | Tip Rating: | | | | |
The oldest and largest Buddhist temple in Bangkok is the Wat Pho, located beside the Grand Palace. Most of the city tours offered in Bangkok cover the whole area that comprises the Grand Palace, Wat Pho, Temple of the Emeral Buddha, and the Temple of the Golden Buddha in the Ko Rattanakosin area. If Eiffel tower is to Paris, then Wat Po is to Bangkok! Sorry, I cannot think of any other structure. The first sight to be visited upon arrival in this fascinating city. The main attraction of this Wat (temple) is the largest gold-plated reclining image of Buddha measuring 46m length X 15m in height. The 3m-long feet of the Buddha have been inlaid with mother-of-pearl representing 108 different characteristics of the Buddha. Wat Po is home to the best institution for learning traditional Thai massage, you can enrol in one if you're interested to learn it, lasts about a week or so. Masseurs around the courtyard will be willing to give you a sample of Thai massage, we actually made an appointment for two of them to come to to us the evening for a real traditional Thai massage. Gave me a good sleep after a tiring tour of the city.... while the massage is going on. Worth it! In Wat Po, there's more to see than the huge Reclining Buddha. The surroundings of this temple have so much interesting stuff that you have to ask your guide (if you have one), like for example, there are those 95 Chedis (decorated in chinese ceramic tiles, the pyramid version of Thailand). The four Kings ashes (Rama 1 to 4) are housed in four of these Chedis. Fascinating in rows of glass encasings are the less than 400 images of Buddha around the courtyard. After visiting Wat Po, you should not miss the other sights around and near it - i.e. the majestic Grand Palace of course is a must-see, Wat Phra Keaow (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) & Wat Trimitr (The Temple of the Golden Buddha). Phone: 02-221-991Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.Website: http://www.discoverthailand.com/
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