The four-sided Buddha image of Thailand is one of the most sacred statues in the land of the Golden Temple. Tourists in Thailand often go to Erawan temple to visit 4-sided Buddha and pray for peace and good luck for themselves and their families. In particular, the prayers are estimated and the spiritual stories surrounding the mysterious and mysterious Four Faces. The following article is information compiled by the author from various sources. You can refer to the deeper knowledge about the sacred Buddha image in Thailand.
1. The name of Buddha in four faces Thailand
The four-sided Buddha image of Thailand has an English name of San Phra Phrom, Thai of ศาล พระ พรหม and Vietnamese transliterated as San-Prạc-Prom. These are the names only Buddha 4 sides that when referring to Thai people or even those who have been to Thailand everyone is known. Called the tetrahedron but the statue does not belong to the Buddha but the God has 4 sides clockwise from the front in correspondence with Xu (for career status), Bi (for emotional marriage), Hy ( Pray for wealth and wealth and Discharge (pray for health and safety). Erawan is a Hindu temple but attracts a lot of tourists on the Thai New Year tour of 4N3D more than many Buddhist temples in Bangkok, Thailand.
Four Faces Buddha Thailand
2. Where is Thailand's 4-faced Buddha Temple?
The temple of the Four Faces Buddha image of Thailand today is located in front of the 5-star Grand Hyatt Erawan. The hotel is located at Ratchaprasong intersection of Ratchadamri Road, Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, Thailand. This is considered the center of Bangkok because it is surrounded by famous commercial centers such as Central World Bangkok , Amarin Plaza or Gaysorn Village.
4-sided Buddha temple in Thailand at Erawan temple
The people living here including indigenous people or even the immigrants here will spend time to visit the Four Faces and happy, lucky things in the near future. Depending on the beliefs of each person, they will sincerely worship the Four Faces. If you have the opportunity to come to Thailand, you will have the opportunity to witness a large number of tourists present at Erawan temple to worship, visit, and return offerings at the 4-sided Buddha statue.
Many tourists visit the Four Faces Buddha image
3. The legend of Buddha in four faces Thailand
3.1 Four-sided Buddha image
According to historical records, the Four-sided Buddha Statue of Thailand was built by the Thai Fine Arts Association on November 9, 1956. The statue is molded and entirely of metal, currently stored in the National Museum of Thailand. . Historically, this is the original statue, and the 4-sided Buddha statue currently located in Erawan temple is made of Plaster, mixed with a mixture of gold, copper and other metals. The statue has 4 sides, each face is full of ears, eyes, nose, mouth and has all 8 arms and hands. Each arm of the Four Faces holding a different weapon represents a different meaning.
The legend of the Four Faces Buddha
3.2 Erawan hotel construction story
In the mid-1950s when the government built the Erawan hotel project was thought to be monumental at the time. But the construction encountered numerous difficulties with spiritual problems that are difficult to explain. Many mysterious things happened that made the project seem to be closed. Then one night, the owner of the hotel dreamed of a god radiating around, standing on the corner next to the Erawan hotel. So after waking up he gave the founder of the Temple of the Four Faces right where he stood. Since the four-sided Buddha temple was established and devoted to the devotion, the construction has proceeded smoothly. Since then formed the famous Erawan hotel in Thailand over 3 decades. Later due to competition for modern facilities, the hotel was replaced by the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok in 1991.
Erawan temple today in Bangkok Thailand
4. Meaning of 4-sided Buddha
Many tourists today come to this Thai tourist destination to see and worship the Four Faces. They bring fruits, wreaths, wooden elephant statues to offer to Buddha on 4 sides with the desire to be blessed, prayed for or blessed.
4.1 The meaning of the four sides of a statue
The four sides and the arms holding the weapons of the Four Faces have different meanings. The meaning of the four sides of the Spirit corresponds to kindness, mercy, sympathy and justice, ie, compassion, joy, and equanimity, as we mentioned above. When you have identified your needs, then come to Erawan temple to worship and pray on that side of the Thai four-faced Buddha. However, it is still important that in your heart, you must really have faith and sincere worship, your wish may come true in some time.
Each side of the Four Faces has different meanings
Many tourists on Thailand tour 4N3Đ also saw all 4 sides of Buddha. They believe that they should come here to sincerely worship the rest, because all sides of Buddha are equally sacred. The interference at the corners of the four-sided Buddha will help them to have good luck, overcome the difficulties they are facing. If you want to worship all four sides of the Buddha, you should go clockwise from the front. On each side you can stop to light up, worship what you desire.
Divine Four Faces Thailand sacred
4.2 The meaning of 8 arms of four-sided Buddha
That is the meaning of 4 sides of the Four Faces in Erawan Palace. As for the meaning of 8 Buddha arms holding weapons, you can see the information below.
- 4-sided Buddha hand holding States Order: symbolizes the Great Power of France
- Which 4-sided Buddha's hand holds the Buddha: symbolizes Wisdom
- Hand Holding Loa (Snail Treasure): symbolizes Blessing
- The Buddha's hand holding Minh Luan (Light Wheel): symbolizes joy, dispels sorrow
- Hand holding Caduce: symbolizes Cong Thanh Danh
- The Four Faces Buddha held a Water Pitcher: the symbol of warmth and fullness
- The Four Faces Buddha holds Chant Chau: symbolizes reincarnation
- Hand Getting pressed in front of the chest: symbolizes the protection and protection of Buddha with people
Four-sided Buddha statues corresponding to Xu, Bi, Hy and Xà
Those are all representations of the eight arms holding the weapons of Buddha on four sides. When you have clearly understood the above meanings, you will partly strengthen your faith as well as have a deeper knowledge of 4-sided Buddha in Thailand.
You can also find girls dancing at Erawan in numbers usually between 6.8 or 12. And these are the girls who are hired to dance here. The person who returned the favor would sit in the middle above the girls, then clasp their hands to pay their respects.
Visitors come to pay their respects at the Temple of the Four Faces
The girls dance at the four-sided Buddha image
5. Famous spiritual stories
There are many sacred stories about spirituality related to the famous Thai four-faced Buddha. Including the daily life stories of people who came to worship glass or stories that occurred in natural disasters that are difficult to explain. Depending on the beliefs of each person, they believe that the stories are true or just woven. Believe it or not, here are some very famous stories we've gathered.
Spiritual stories about Buddha Four Faces
5.1 Fateful flight in 1997
On September 3, 1997, Vietnam Airlines flight 815 scheduled to fly from Ho Chi Minh City to Cambodia's Phnom Penh International Airport crashed during landing. A total of 64/66 people (including crew and passengers) were killed, only 2 children were alive. According to Sai Gon Enterprise, due to the bad weather in Cambodia due to the storms, the TU 134 did not hold back before the typhoon (although the captain was a skilled driver in the profession and a police chief. flight safety of VNA). Only the tail of the plane is intact and that saved a baby's life. There are sources that only 1 baby is alive, but there are also many information that 2 people are alive. And the special thing that people see on the neck of the miraculous surviving baby is the necklace with a four-sided Buddha statue.
The fateful aircraft bearing number 815 before the accident
5.2 The terrorist bombing on August 17, 2015
A more recent miraculous story about the four-sided Buddha was on Monday night of August 17, 2015, a terrorist incident in central Bangkok. The main site of the bombing was at Erawan Temple, killing nearly 20 people and injuring 125. Thai police said that because Erawan Temple was home to thousands of visitors, the terrorist targeted the location to cause the most damage. The target of the attack was supposed to be aimed at Thailand's economy and tourism at the time.
The target of the bombing was the Erawan temple in central Bangkok
Although the bombing was described by many as shaking the ground, everything seemed devastated. But the four-sided Buddha image remains intact, although closest to the bomb. That made the media, the press at home and abroad at that time more confident about the holiness of this God.
The terrorist incident happened immediately at the Four Faces Buddha temple
5.3 Indian Ocean tsunami 2004
On December 26, 2004 a strong earthquake of about 9.15 on the Richter scale caused a tsunami along the Indian Ocean. The tsunami is considered one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in history. Thailand is one of the countries hardest hit, with about 5,395 people killed, of which 2,000 are tourists. Nearly a thousand houses were swept away but one child of the Spanish Embassy miraculously escaped death. After being thrown to the top of a coconut tree the baby survived, and on the neck of this baby also wear necklaces with 4-sided Buddha statues. And it is thought that perhaps the Four Faces of God have protected and blessed the lucky child from natural disasters.
The terrifying Thai tsunami struck in 2004
Thai 4-sided Buddha pendant @ artwork
5.4 The girl sweeps trash around the Buddha on four sides
The most famous story and told by many guides about the 4-sided Thai Buddha image is the story of the girl sweeping trash around the statue. In one sweep after the ceremony, because she was so tired, the girl pointed to the Buddha's face and said that the 4-sided Buddha met many wishes and wishes of many people. So why come the daily sweeper for Gods not answered, the girl said if she won the lottery she promised to dance naked in front of the Four Faces Buddha. And then the girl won a big lot but forgot the promise. Only after a long time did the girl get seriously ill to remember the promise she had made. And the girl who decided to return to pay respects to the Buddha in four faces recovered from the illness. However, this story on the internet is very little so many people doubt whether the story is true or not.
The story of a girl sweeping around the mysterious, thrilling Temple
5.5 Thai billionaire Nong Nooch Tansacha
Nong Nooch Tansacha is a famous Thai female billionaire. If you've ever visited the Nong Nooch tropical garden in Chonburi province in eastern Thailand, you'll know this name. But few know that the owner of this garden was a poor village girl and her thrilling poverty escape story relates to a four-sided Buddha image.
Coming from a poor family, she had to work as a hired labor in a village pottery factory. At noon while you were resting, she went to collect clay to shape the statue. It is not known how predestined that Nong Nooch molded the 4-sided Rama Buddha, one of the three supreme gods of Hinduism from India to Thailand in the early 12th century. she had never seen this statue of a god, even in a dream.
The story of female billionaire Nong Nooch is associated with the 4-sided Buddha statue
When she placed the statue to mix with other pottery products for firing, the pottery exploded, the statue of God Rama burst from the bottom of the furnace and radiated a radiance. Then she asked to bring the statue to set up a temple. During a flood, the temple was swept away, Nong Nooch searched forever, unable to find the statue and prayed to Buddha to find it again. She found the statue of God Rama at the bottom of a village pond, later established a larger temple to worship this God. And later this model was used by Thai people to worship God Rama everywhere. After that predisposition, many lucky things happened to her. She opened her own pottery factory, founded a tropical flower garden called Nong Nooch with over 20,000 tropical plants from 50 different countries. It also displays sophisticated fine art pottery products associated with her profession.
Nong Noch Botanical Garden in Thailand today
6. How to worship Buddha on four sides
6.1 How to worship the four faces when traveling
To visit the 4-sided Buddha at Erawan temple, visitors need to pay attention to some important issues.
- Go to the Shrine of the Four Faces, you should not swear or swear to avoid being rebuked by the Buddha.
- This is a spiritual place so you should wear really polite and discreet clothes. Avoid wearing revealing or offensive clothing.
- Do not bring pets when coming to Erawan temple. Around the four-sided Buddha image area there are many Thai policemen so they can suspect and check you at any time.
- Depending on the needs of the visitors, they will make offerings at either the four sides of the Four Faces. If you want to go all four sides of the Buddha four sides you should stop each side then light up 3 compression, 1 candle and 1 bouquet of flowers to up.
- After worshiping or returning ceremony, you should go to the corner to the elephants, where the holy water of Buddha 4 sides to wash your face and wash your hands. And you remember scooping out water to wash rather than put your hands in will always be easy to blame the people here.
How to worship Thai 4-sided Buddha
6.2 How to worship Buddha 4 sides at home
If you want to worship 4-sided Buddha at home, you need to watch feng shui carefully to know where to place the altar to invite the four-sided Buddha properly. As for the tray of return, you must be truly sincere, mainly in your heart. The owner can offer roasted pork, the fruit must be very fresh, clean ... depending on the conditions of each person, there will be different ways of repaying. If you are rich, you can offer a little more luxurious, but if you have less money, you can offer less. Especially, the table to worship must also be clean, the towels are brand new and have not been used.
Antique tray worship Buddha 4 sides at home @ Artwork
Above is all the information that the author has synthesized selectively about Buddha Thailand four faces. With the sacred capital which is famous in Thailand tourism and spiritual stories, Erawan temple today has become a place that is visited by many tourists and good luck when having the opportunity to visit the land of Golden Temple.
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