Here are some pictures from the Wat that I visited last Sunday. It is over 600 years old and it really was beautiful. It was interesting to see such a different religion and how this religion has shaped Thai culture. Buddhism in Thailand is Theravada Buddhism, different from the Mahayana Buddhism of the Chinese. It literally means "the lesser vehicle" and is a stricter religion than the philosophy of Mahayana Buddhism. It was a spiritual experience for me to visit their place of worship right after I had done my own religious worship at the branch in Chiang Mai and see the way other people have found truth and meaning in life.
Love all the pictures! And you are a good writer too. I never knew! :) I think you do such a good job of expressing things.
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