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Wat Phichai Yat
Wat Phichaya Yatikaram Worawihan, also referred to as Wat Phichai Yat ( th, วัดพิชยญาติการาม, วัดพิชัยญาติ) is a wat, Thai Buddhist temple in Bangkok, regarded as one of the most beautiful and outstanding temples of Bangkok and Thonburi side. The temple is located by the waterside of Khlong Somdet Chao Phraya in Khlong San District near present Wongwian Yai#Wongwian Yai area, Wongwian Lek. Wat Phichai Yat was registered to a national ancient monument by the Fine Arts Department in the year 1949. Gallery file:Inside Wat Phichaiyatikaram Templebangkok.jpg, The temple and white stupa, stūpas file:Wat Phichaiyatikaram,Bangkok.jpg, Aerial view by nighttime file:Pra Sitharod.jpg, Phra Sittharot file:วัดพิชยญาติการามวรวิหาร.JPG, Monument of Somdet Chao Phraya Borom Maha Phichai Yat the restorer file:Watpichayart.jpg, The ''Prang (architecture), Prang'' (Khmer-style pagoda) file:ว ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theravada
''Theravāda'' () ( si, ථේරවාදය, my, ထေရဝါဒ, th, เถรวาท, km, ថេរវាទ, lo, ເຖຣະວາດ, pi, , ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school's adherents, termed Theravādins, have preserved their version of Gautama Buddha's teaching or ''Dharma (Buddhism), Buddha Dhamma'' in the Pāli Canon for over two millennia. The Pāli Canon is the most complete Buddhist canon surviving in a Indo-Aryan languages, classical Indian language, Pali, Pāli, which serves as the school's sacred language and ''lingua franca''.Crosby, Kate (2013), ''Theravada Buddhism: Continuity, Diversity, and Identity'', p. 2. In contrast to ''Mahāyāna'' and ''Vajrayāna'', Theravāda tends to be conservative in matters of doctrine (''pariyatti'') and monastic discipline (''vinaya''). One element of this conservatism is the fact that Theravāda rejects the authenticity of the Mahayana sutras (which appeared c. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
