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Phanom Rung or, with its full name, Prasat Hin Phanom Rung or Phanom Rung Stone Castle, or Prasat Phnom Rong in Khmer, is a Khmer temple complex 1,320 feet ( 400 metres ) above sea level, in Buri ram province in the Issan region of Thailand. It was built in sandstone and laterite in the 10th to 13th centuries. It was a Hindu shrine dedicated to Shiva, and symbolises Mount Kailash, his heavenly dwelling. Thailand's Department of Fine Arts spent 17 years restoring the complex to its original state from 1971 until 1988. On 21 May 1988, the park was officially opened by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. In 2005, the temple was submitted to UNESCO for consideration as a future World Heritage Site.
Phanom Rung is one of Thailand's most amazing Khmer architecture site, aged over a thousand years old. Built on an extinct volcano, it was originally a Hindu religious site and later became a Buddhist one. Several additions were made during the 15th-18th Buddhist century. The first thing noticed on arrival is a grand stairway from the foot of the hill up to the top. Most of the sanctuary buildings are made of laterite and sandstone, all with elaborate designs. The buildings are lined all the way to the main pagoda whose layout is according to Hindu belief of the layout of God Shiva’s heaven.
The large main pagoda has a square base facing the East. Exquisite designs on the pagoda, columns, doorway, and lintels tell a story of Hindu gods. Each building features descriptive motifs reciting a purpose of its construction, functionality and beliefs of ancient people. Based on these intricate designs and architecture, it is surmised that the pagoda, the stairway and the Naga Bridge were all built during the 17th Buddhist century.
After the three-levelled lower stairway, the visitor finds himself/herself on the first cruciform platform with a first peak at the main temple. On the right, northward, is Phlab Phla or the White Elephant House. The pavilion is believed to be the place where kings and the royal family would change attire before rituals. Royalty would then enter the Processional Walkway, one of the most impressive elements of the park. It is 160 meters long and bordered by seventy sandstone posts with tops of lotus buds. The Walkway itself is paved with laterite blocks.
The Walkway leads to the first of three naga bridges. The five-headed snakes face all four directions and are from the 12th century. This bridge represents the connection between heaven and earth. The naga bridge leads to the upper stairway, which is divided into five sets. Each set, has terraces on the sides. The last terrace is wide, made with laterite blocks. It has a cruciform shape and four small pools. A couple more steps lead to the second naga bridge. It has the same shape as the first one, only smaller. In the middle the remains of an eight petaled lotus carving can be seen.
This final terrace leads to the outer gallery. It probably used to be a wooden gallery with a tiled roof, but only a raised floor of laterite remains. After the outer gallery one reaches the inner gallery, which is divided in long and narrow rooms. It served as a wall around the principal tower. This last gallery leads to the third and last naga bridge, another small copy of the first one.
The bridge leads you directly into the main sanctuary. After the antechamber and the annexe, one reaches the principal tower. Double porches lead out in all directions. The inner sanctum used to have the inga, the divine symbol of Shiva. Currently, only the somasutra remains which was used to drain water during religious rites. The entrances have various lintels and icons depicting Hindu religious stories, e.g. the dancing Shiva and the five Yogi's. The southern entrance is guarded by a sandstone statue.
Apart from the main tower, other buildings in the compound are:
Two brick sanctuaries built around the 10th century, northeast of the tower.
The minor sanctuary southwest of the tower with a sandstone altar for a sacred image. It was built with sandstone in the 11th century. Prang Noi has only one entrance facing east. The sanctuary is square with indented corners, giving it a round feel.
Two Bannalai southeast and northeast of the principal tower. The buildings are rectangular and have only one entrance. They were built in the last period, around the 13th century, and used as a library for holy scriptures.
Admission to the park costs 40 Baht and it is open daily from 06:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m. Tel: +66 4463 1746
How to get there: There is a bus from Buri ram city to Ban Ta-Ko and from there you can get a Songtaew to Phanom Rung.
West end: west window above gallery depicting scenes from the life and martyrdom of St Stephen, and St Stephen among the angels. He was one of seven deacons appointed by the Apostles to administer the distribution of alms to the faithful, especially widows, and topreach. He was learned in the Hebrew scriptures, eloquent and forceful. He was stoned to death for blasphemy, without a formal trial, while the witnesses placed their clothes at the feet of Saul (Paul) who consented to the martyrdom.
This was one of the items on sale in the 5-day market at Mine Thauk (Eastern bank of Inle Lake) in Southern Shan State, Myanmar.
"Sillä hän kumosi suurella voimalla julkisesti juutalaisten väitteet
ja näytti kirjoituksista toteen,
että Jeesus on Kristus."
"Ty med stor kraft vederlade han judarna offentligen
och bevisade genom skrifterna
att Jesus var Messias."
"for he powerfully refuted the Jews,
publicly showing by the Scriptures
that Jesus was the Christ."
Acts 18:28
by Shauna Gibby
But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another. (Mosiah 4:15)
Conference Talk:
For more information on this topic read "Teaching Helps Save Lives," by Russell T. Osguthorpe, Ensign, Nov 2009, 15-17
Thought:
Our son [a physician] saves lives by sharing his knowledge of medicine; missionaries and teachers in the Church help save lives by sharing their knowledge of the gospel.
Song:
"Teach Me to Walk in the Light," Children's Songbook, p. 177.
Scripture:
But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another. (Mosiah 4:15)
Object Lesson:
Materials needed: A packaged of dehydrated food (such as macaroni or instant potatoes)
Procedure: Show the family the dehydrated food. Ask what this food needs. (Water.) When water is added the food swells up and reaches its full potential.
Explain that in a sense, as we teach others about the doctrines of Christ we offer them the water which will help them to swell and reach their full potential.
Help everyone understand that we all can be teachers, regardless of our age.
Story:
Marvel Young
The far-reaching effect of a good teacher has been very impressive to me. President David O. McKay once said: ". . . children who, through instruction from noble teachers, become imbued with eternal principles of truth, radiate an influence for good, which, like their own souls, will live forever."
My mother, Verna Fowler Murphy, was one such noble teacher. From her earliest years, she had a burning testimony of the gospel and was able, even as a teenager, to express it well. She was especially good at teaching little children about the Savior and his gospel in a way that impressed them deeply. She loved to teach Sunday School and Primary children, never realizing that her teaching would help her own unborn daughter in the years to come.
One of the little children in her Sunday School class in Ogden, Utah, was Johnny Emmett. He was so thrilled with her stories of the Savior that he would go home crying to his mother, saying how wonderful the gospel was and how much he loved the Savior.
At Christmastime, she told them the story "The Other Wise Man," by Henry Van Dyke. The next day, Johnny's mother called my mother and told her how impressed he had been with the story, and how he cried as he told her that he wanted to be like the Other Wise Man and to help other in every possible way when he grew up.
Years later, I was laboring in the Eastern States Mission, in Binghamton, New York. One day, as my companion and I were tracting and receiving many rejections, we became very dejected. When we were about to give up for the day, I was impressed that we should knock on just one more door. We did so, and when a lady appeared at the door, I told her that we represented The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly called the Mormon Church. She immediately threw open her door and invited us in so quickly that my companion and I looked at each other in amazement.
After we were seated, she explained that if we had come to her door a year before, she would never have allowed us to enter, because she had been a devout Catholic and had not wanted to listen to missionaries from any other church. However, a sad experience in the last six months had changed her thinking, especially concerning the Mormons. She said that her husband had just passed away at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He had been attended by a Mormon doctor at the clinic, who had done everything in his power to help her husband to live. He had also gone the extra mile to help her to have faith in the Lord, in spite of their many problems.
She said, "That doctor was an active member of your church; he taught classes every week in the church there, besides being so busy helping everyone medically. He truly lived as the Savior would want us all to live. I feel that any church that could teach a man to be as wonderful as that doctor was must surely be wonderful, too. I am now ready to listen to anything you have to teach me."
My companion and I were thrilled, and before we began to teach her the gospel, we asked the name of the doctor who had inspired her so greatly. She said, "His name was Dr. John L. Emmett, of Ogden, Utah."
Truly, the effects of my Mother's gospel teaching in Sunday School had affected at least one little child so deeply that he radiated the spirit of the gospel by the way he lived. He impressed all whom he knew with his fine example. Without knowing it, he had also helped two lady missionaries find a "golden contact," transforming a discouraging day into a thrilling one. Surely we were led by the Spirit to that special door on that very special day!
Activity:
Inform each person in advance to bring something to show and tell about to the rest of the group. These objects can be art and craft items made as a hobby, interesting things from faraway locations, school assignments, etc.
Let each person take a turn being the teacher and to tell about what he has brought.
Refreshment
Chocolate Buttermilk Cake
Ingredients
1 2/3 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup nonfat buttermilk
1/4 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
Preheat oven to 375° F.
Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
Make a well in center of mixture.
Blend buttermilk, water, oil, and vanilla. Pour into well in dry ingredients, stirring until smooth.
Pour into prepared cake pan and bake for 20 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool completely in pan. Sprinkle lightly with confectioner's sugar.
Made with Processing. These are experiments in simple catmull-rom curves aligned in a grid. They remind me of asemic writing and some of Henri Michaux's drawings and paintings.
Site of the first Baptist church in Wales, 1649 - 1660 and the ruins of the Chapel of Trinity Well. The monument was unveiled by Lloyd George in 1928.
I feel horrible for not remembering what these stood for. However, these were at "The Museum" near Halicarnassus. Yes, the place was literally called the museum in fact we just saw a brown sign on the road that said "Muze" which means museum in Turkish and went there completely unplanned, were extremely glad we went there!
Today's Glory {Art} Challenge has been posted. We are talking about thankfulness. I hope you will join me in our study. For more information, please see my post here:
triplethescraps.blogspot.com/2015/10/glory-art-scripture-...
We had a wonderful and fun Easter Sunday at home with our children. At the end of the day after most of the kids were in bed, my husband was relaxing on the couch, talking on the phone with my dad, and discussing doctrinal teachings from the scriptures. Love him!