What's What in a Wat Thai Buddhist Temples: Their Purpose and Design Medium SUMANO BHIKKHU is an American-born

SUMANO BHIKKHU is an American-born Buddhist forest monk who has lived and practiced in meditation caves in northeastern Thailand since 1985

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What's What in a Wat Thai Buddhist Temples: Their Purpose and Design Medium SUMANO BHIKKHU is an American-born8 drawings, 72 b w illus., 58 color illus. As you walk through a Thai temple, a host of unfamiliar objects, shapes, and patterns tug at you from every direction. This handy and lucid guidebook will help you distinguish what is what. It takes you through a representative Thai Buddhist temple, guiding you from structure to structure and element to element, explaining the function and purpose of each, and the symbolism behind the forms. A Thai wat can be