New Takeo Pagoda will have 84,000 Buddhas
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New Takeo Pagoda will have 84,000 Buddhas
New pagoda aims for 84,000 Buddhas
20 July 2018
Two thousand golden Buddhas flank the 199-steps to the 10-metre statue towering over those below, at the Putkiri pagoda – one of the Kingdom’s newest religious sites – while thousands of other Buddhas sit in meditation.
Located in Takeo province’s Trapaing Kro Nhoung commune, the site was founded almost a year ago by four monks led by venerable Serey Keo Kakda.
Their goal was to create a place for both worship and tourism that would eventually be the home of 84,000 Buddha statues, even as their numbers increase by the day.
Construction on the 30-metre hill and the road leading to it were supported in part by Oknha Lok Chumteav.
Asked how he came up with the goal of 84,000 statues, Keo Kakda said three of the main Buddhist texts had a total of 84,000 passages of dharma.
“Other countries have not built 84,000 Buddhist statues. There are only 5,000 statues in Myanmar . . .
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-life ... 00-buddhas
20 July 2018
Two thousand golden Buddhas flank the 199-steps to the 10-metre statue towering over those below, at the Putkiri pagoda – one of the Kingdom’s newest religious sites – while thousands of other Buddhas sit in meditation.
Located in Takeo province’s Trapaing Kro Nhoung commune, the site was founded almost a year ago by four monks led by venerable Serey Keo Kakda.
Their goal was to create a place for both worship and tourism that would eventually be the home of 84,000 Buddha statues, even as their numbers increase by the day.
Construction on the 30-metre hill and the road leading to it were supported in part by Oknha Lok Chumteav.
Asked how he came up with the goal of 84,000 statues, Keo Kakda said three of the main Buddhist texts had a total of 84,000 passages of dharma.
“Other countries have not built 84,000 Buddhist statues. There are only 5,000 statues in Myanmar . . .
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-life ... 00-buddhas
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Re: New Takeo Pagoda will have 84,000 Buddhas
You have to pray for all
There are people who cannot imagine that there are other ways of life than their own life.
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