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| Emerald Buddha |
The Emerald Buddha is enshrined on a golden traditional Thai-style throne made of gilded-carved wood, known as a Busabok, in the ordination hall of the royal monastery. The sacred image is clad with one of the three seasonal costumes (summer, rainy season, and winter). The costumes are changed three times a year in a ceremony presided over by His Majesty the King.
The Royal Monastery of the Emerald Buddha is one of the most adored
sites in Thailand at north of the royal residence and linked by a connecting
gateway. It is a place where people go to pay respect to the Lord Buddha and
His Teachings.
The Emerald Buddha is in fact carved from a block of green jade
and was first discovered in 1434 in a stupa in Chiang Rai. At that time the
image was covered with plaster and was thought to be an ordinary Buddha image.
Later, however, the Abbot who had found the image noticed that the plaster on
the nose had flaked off, revealing the green stone underneath. He initially thought that the stone was emerald and thus the legend of the Emerald
Buddha image began.
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| The Royal Monastery of Emerald Buddha |
The Monastery consists of all the architectural features of a
Buddhist monastery but without residential quarters as no monks reside here. It
also serves as the monarch’s private chapel and, as such, the ordination hall
is furnished with two partitions on either side of the main altar in order to
provide a private retiring room for the monarch. This feature is found only at
the Royal Chapel of Thonburi, which now serves as the ordination hall of Wat
Arun, located on the grounds of the palace of King Thonburi.
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| pray at Emerald Buddha |
The walls of the ordination hall are decorated with mural
paintings. Above the window frames, from the south west corner on the right of
the altar, are a series of paintings depicting selscted events of the Lord
Buddha’s life, including scenes from his birth, childhood, youth and the Great
Renunciation. The murals on the east wall facing the high altar portray scenes
of Temptation and Enlightenment, with a picture of the Earth Goddess underneath
the Buddha’s seat. The murals along the north wall demonstrate the lord
Buddha’s preaching his Dharma and his Entering Nirvana and those behind the
main altar represent the Buddhist Cosmology. Those behind the window panels
illustrate various scenes from Jataka stories and Thai proverbs.
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