Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Banteay Sameri & the Womens Citadel Banteay Srei. September 22, 2018

After we visited Ta-Prohm we went to Banteay Samrei.  We learned so many interesting things along the way.  Years ago temples were places not only of worship but education and togetherness.  They were little cities unto themselves.  It took years to build temples and they were not built by slaves but by the devout, everyday citizens.  You could tell what year they were built in by their stone, wood or sandstone material.
We got a glimpse of Buddhist culture in each of the temples  The four tenets of Buddhism are charity, sympathy, compassion and equanimity (control, calmness, not greedy).  Beliefs to live by.


Look how high the people are, they climbed those steps.


We took these steps which were steep but not as steep as the original steps in front.


David next to 1 of the 3 towers

Beautiful view from way up top.

Lunch was the famous Amok.



On to the W omens Citadel

Walking through this temple was walking through a land before time.  You could imagine which room this was, which room that was, see the library (every temple has a library) & imagine every day life here.







This is the famous Naga (half bird/half something else)





This is perhaps my favorite picture, a Monk was showing a group around.  Suddenly, he took the top of his robe off and shook it out.  Beautiful.


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