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Wat Rajasittharam Ordination Hall: Life of the Buddha - Renunciation |
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Wat Rajasittharam Ordination Hall: Life of the Buddha - Renunciation |
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Wat Rajasittharam Ordination Hall: Life of the Buddha - Renunciation
THAILAND, Bangkok; Bangkok period (1782–present), dated 1782–1809
This mural in the ordination hall of Wat Rajasittharam is a depiction of Prince Siddhartha cutting his hair as a symbol of his renunciation of worldly life. According to the sutras, when the prince reached the Anavama river, he thought, Without cutting my hair |