Disturbing yet thought-provoking. The mysteries of Buddhism unfolded when I visited the Wat Phai Rong Rua in Suphanburi Province.
Statues of people being punished by breaking Buddhist precepts.
Some more statues depicting torments for sinners. While none were explained by signs or labels, the statues were obviously showing despair, anguish, anxiety and dreadfulness.
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| The tree of adultery |
There were two towering sculptures of a man ghost and a woman ghost with very detailed genitalia.
More disturbing displays of human sculptures guilty of sins such as adultery, murder, pride, envy, sloth, lust, greed, addiction and others.
But one cannot depend on others for his or her own deliverance, one needs to seek 'salvation' by his or her own doings.
When a man seeks to gain liberation, to break away from the endless cycle of birth and death, to gain realization and enlightenment, he can only do this by his own efforts, by his own concentrated will power. (Source: www.budsas.org)
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