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The story of the Golden Buddha. - Carolyn Tate The monk used a hammer and a chisel to chip away at the clay exterior until he revealed that the statue was in fact, made of solid gold Historians believe the Buddha had been covered with clay by Thai monks several hundred years earlier to protect it from an attack by the Burmese army
Story of the Golden Buddha - Your Mindful Tribe It turned out that in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the monks had covered the statue in think clay to protect it from marauding clans Generations later, the knowledge of the Buddha’s gold core had been lost to time
Who we really are and the story of the Golden Buddha The story goes that some two hundred years earlier, the Golden Buddha had been camouflaged with clay by previous occupants of the monastery to protect it from the invading Burmese army The monks had used a thick layer of clay known as stucco, which was painted and inlaid with bits of coloured glass
The Hidden Gold — Center for Action and Contemplation During the mid-1950s in Bangkok, Thailand, a huge clay statue of the Buddha began to crack due to heat and drought When some monks arrived to investigate, they shined a flashlight into the largest of the cracks What they saw surprised everyone Deep under the gray clay was the gleam of gold
There is gold underneath it all - The Buddhists News Hours later, when all the clay had been removed, he was in the presence of a Buddha made of solid gold! The story behind this ‘clay Buddha’ says that over three hundred years ago, the Burmese army planned an attack to invade Thailand
The (Your) Story – Your Golden Buddha To protect their sacred golden Buddha statue in their monastery from being pillaged, the townspeople covered it in clay and stones Decades passed and the army had moved out, however, over the years, the people had forgotten the statue was in fact golden
UNCOVERING THE GOLDEN BUDDHA WITHIN - Stillnessinyoga A solid gold Buddha, three metres high and weighing five and a half tons The story behind this “Clay Buddha” is that over three hundred years ago, the Burmese were constantly attacking Thailand At the time, the country was known as Siam
Those Awful Before and After Photos - the OM place The monks carefully chipped off the rest of the clay, revealing a solid gold Buddha ten feet tall and weighing over 5 tons Why had this priceless relic been covered in clay? To fool the Burmese army into thinking it was worthless during that 1767 siege
Story of the Golden Buddha and Loving-kindness - Positive Pranic And as they cleared out twelve inches, they were astounded to discover a stunning solid gold Buddha statue You see, in the 13th and 14th centuries, to keep the golden Buddha statue safe from raiding tribes, the monks covered it in thick layers of clay
The Story of the Golden Buddha! - Find Your True Essence The Siamese monks, realizing that their country would soon be attacked, covered their precious golden Buddha with an outer covering of clay in order to keep their treasure from being looted by the Burmese