Wat Ratchabophit: the historical home of three top Thai monks

By CHUSRI NGAMPRASERT
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

With Chinese porcelain, traditional Thai architecture and European interior design, Wat Ratchabophit is a beautiful Buddhist temple located just a short walk from the Grand Palace.

 

LOCATED on Atsadang Road |near the picturesque Grand Palace and the famous Wat Pho in the capital, Wat Ratchabophit Sathitmahasimaram is a hidden gem of the old city area’s Rattanakosin Island.

 

Two of the monastery’s abbots became Supreme Patriarch, the country’s chief Buddhist monk, in 1921 and 1973. Somdet Kromma Luang Jinavorn Sirivaddhana and Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatayana, the second and the fourth abbots from Wat Ratchabophit, were the 11th and the 18th Supreme Patriarch.

 

Somdet Phra Maha Muneewong, the 20th and latest Supreme Patriarch, is the third abbot from the temple to be appointed as head of the Kingdom’s Buddhist community.

 

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How does Wat Dhammakaya rate?

Wat Khao Takiab here in Hua Hin is covered in trash.

 

I thought it was a zen meditation thing to pick up trash and keep the grounds and gardens clean.

Wat Khao Takiab here in Hua Hin is covered in trash.
 
I thought it was a zen meditation thing to pick up trash and keep the grounds and gardens clean.

You are correct. No wonder the tourist numbers are down. What an eyesore.

4 minutes ago, Wilsonandson said:

You are correct. No wonder the tourist numbers are down. What an eyesore.

I live a short distance from there. The last photo is what the whole place looks like.

 

A shame really as the Wat could easily be cleaned up with the army of monks they have.

 

3 hours ago, PatOngo said:

How does Wat Dhammakaya rate?

Probably being overly cynical but this whole amendment to the Act and selection of an alternative SP all seems to have been calm.

 

Its almost as if a deal was struck that the authorities would lay off prosecuting a certain monk in lieu of peaceful acceptance of an alternative SP.