Bangkok Temples » Temple ABC http://bangkoktemples.com Buddhist Temples of Thailand's biggest city Bangkok Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:59:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 What is a Sema (Bai Sema)? http://bangkoktemples.com/32what-is-a-sema-bai-sema http://bangkoktemples.com/32what-is-a-sema-bai-sema#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:50:16 +0000 admin http://bangkoktemples.com/32what-is-a-sema-bai-sema Sema (Bai Sema)A sema is a stone that marks the boundary of a sacred ground of a temple. There are a total of eight semas that surround the Bot. Women are not allowed to enter the area that is marked by the semas – however, they often do and nobody cares.
Sema stones are usually leaf-shaped. The sema stone that you can see in the photos also depicts the dhamma wheel, an important buddhist symbol.

Bai Sema

Sema in Buddhist Temple in Bangkok, Thailand

]]> http://bangkoktemples.com/32what-is-a-sema-bai-sema/feed 0 CHEDI – What Is A Chedi? http://bangkoktemples.com/11chedi-what-is-a-chedi http://bangkoktemples.com/11chedi-what-is-a-chedi#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:04:46 +0000 admin http://bangkoktemples.com/?p=11 ChediA Chedi is a a bell-shaped tower. Another word for chedi would be a pagoda or a stupa. It either contains a relic of the historical Buddha Ghautama or of a Thai king or an important Thai monk. Sometimes also important religious buddhist teachers are buried under a chedi (their ashes is stored under the chedi).

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