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Buddhists today
In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 18
Prior to European colonial rule in the 1800s, Theravada Buddhist monks served as major councillors to ruling Southeast Asian kings. It was the king's job to protect the people and the monasteries, and to rule wisely. It was the monks' job to bless the king...
By Lorraine Aragon.
Three men including two Buddhist monks seen through doorway at Angkor Wat
Three men including two Buddhist monks seen through doorway at Angkor Wat
Three men including two Buddhist monks in saffron-colored robes are visible through a stone doorway at Angkor Wat. The two monks and the layman with them are standing on a grass lawn looking at the outside of the Angkor Wat building. The color of the robes...
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Angkor Wat
In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 8
Angkor was the royal capital of the Khmer empire from 802–1431 CE. Angkor's long-lasting prosperity was based on the local abundance of three resources: water, fish, and the rice crops grown on soil nourished by...
By Lorraine Aragon.
Buddhist prayer to monks for blessing
This prayer was recorded in Trang, Thailand, a small town near the southeastern coast. The people of the town were gathered together to honor the monks in the town by giving them rice and other food. When food is given, a special prayer is said. This part...
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Buddhists pray while giving food
This is a standard prayer that is repeated when monks are given food. As part of the ritual, the person giving the food has to say something to the monks about this act. The prayer roughly translates to "we are all together to give this food to you, we hope...
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Golden stupa spires and tiered roofs at Emerald Buddha Temple in Bangkok
Golden stupa spires and tiered roofs at Emerald Buddha Temple in Bangkok
Golden stupa spires and tiered roofs top Bangkok's Emerald Buddha Temple compound, or wat, the public Buddhist worship places where monks live in Thailand and other Theravada Buddhist areas of Southeast Asia. The smooth bell-shaped tower,...
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Cambodia: A timeline
Major events and eras in the history of what is now Cambodia from the beginning of the Common Era to the present.
Eating soup inside a home in Thailand
This was recorded in Trang, Thailand, a small town near the southeastern coast. During a ten-day Buddhist vegetarian festival, a young girl, Duan offers to take me to the temple. When I meet her at our appointed time, she takes me up the street to her house....
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Moat, guardian lion statue, and causeway into temple buildings at Angkor Wat
Moat, guardian lion statue, and causeway into temple buildings at Angkor Wat
A carved stone lion statue stands on guard near a causeway over the huge water reservoir and moat surrounding Angkor Wat, the largest temple complex at the ancient city of Angkor. Angkor Wat, like many Hindu and Buddhist Southeast Asian temples, was designed...
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Thai Ramayana poster image in red, black, and white
Thai Ramayana poster image in red, black, and white
A Thai Ramayana poster is colored in red, black, and white. The block ink print is cropped at the bottom, but a black monkey image, representing the monkey god Hanuman or another monkey king helpful to Rama, appears in the lower right. The Ramayana is one...
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