January 1, 2024
It is a Thai tradition to visit a temple on New Years day, we decided to go to Wat Traimit, home of the Golden Buddha. The Golden Buddha is my favorite Buddha, the story of the Golden Buddha is that the golden statue was covered with clay to protect it from Burmese invaders back in the late 1700s. In 1957, they went to move the clay Buddha only to discover that the clay Buddha was actually a golden one.
Not surprisingly, the story of the Golden Buddha has become a metaphor for discovering who we really are and how that we need to chip away at the layers of mud that develops as we go through life. It is a great story with a great message. It also fascinating to look at, it is the world’s largest gold statue. I jokingly call this Buddha the C3PO Buddha.
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