Sunday
“Seven
Days Looking” – Pang Thawai Net
The Sunday Buddha image is standing with arms
crossed in front of the waist with the right hand covering the left hand.
Buddha obtained enlightenment while sitting
under a Bodhi tree (a large and very old Sacred Fig tree located in Bodh Gaya,
about 100 km from Patna in the Indian state of Bihar). The image represents a
time just after Buddha obtained enlightenment when, for gratitude, he stood and
admired a bodhi tree for one week without blinking an eye.
· If you were born this day: You are respectable, wise, loved by friends
and family, likely to be in a professional occupation.
Monday
“Pacifying
the Relatives” – Pang Ham Yati
The Monday Buddha image is standing with the
right hand raised to shoulder height with the palm out, and the fingers
extended (the Abhaya Mudra). This image represents Buddha pacifying the
relatives.
When Buddha returned from heaven after three
months, his relatives were arguing about the rights to water flowing through
their land. Buddha persuaded them to compromise.
· If you were born this day: You are serious with good memory and a love
of travel, likely to be in a skilled occupation
Tuesday
“Realizing
Nirvana” – Pang Sai Yat
The Tuesday Buddha image is lying on his right
side, head resting on his arm, toes even. While the Lord Buddha was staying at
Savatthi, there was an arrogant evil named Asura Rahu.
He was so gigantic and didn’t pay respect to
the Lord Buddha. So the Lord Buddha made himself bigger than the evil, in
reclining position as to lower the pride of Asura Rahu. Seeing so, the evil
succumbed and agreed to accept the teaching of the Lord Buddha.
· If you were born this day: You are serious, brave and active most
probably in the services
Wednesday
Pang
Umbat
The Buddha image for Wednesday is standing and
holding an alms bowl with both hands. It indicates the time Buddha returned to
see his father after four years in his ministry.
In the early morning, monks make their alms
rounds to collect food. Buddha did the same, and his father was appalled that
Buddha was “begging” for food. Buddha calmed his father, informing him that the
lineage of Buddhas was to perform ‘Pindabat’ to be available to followers who
devotedly bring food.
· If you were born on the morning of this day: You are polite, artistic and emotional, most
likely working creatively.
Thursday
“The
Meditating Buddha” – Pang Samti
The Thursday Buddha image is sitting in a full
lotus position with soles upward and visible, the hands resting in the lap,
right above left with all fingers extended, palms upward (the Dhyani Mudra).
After receiving bundles of grass from Sotthiya, he scattered it and made it as
seat under the Banyan tree.
He made a vow “Skin, sinew and bone may dry up
as they will, my flesh and blood may dry in my body, but without attaining
completed enlightenment, I will not leave this seat.” With his strong
determination, he achieved enlightenment.
· If you were born this day: You are peaceful, calm and honest, likely to
be a teacher or in the legal profession
Friday
“Contemplating
Buddha” – Pang Ram Pueng
The Friday Buddha image is standing with both
arms crossed over the chest with the right hand covering the left. A short
period after the enlightenment, while the Lord Buddha stayed under the Banyan
tree, he stated that it was too difficult for ordinary people to understand
dharma and bring it into practices. He was discouraged from teaching the
dharma.
This Dharma that I have found is profound,
hard to see, hard to understand; it is peaceful, sublime, beyond the sphere of
mere reasoning, subtle, to be experienced by the wise. But this generation
takes delight in attachment, is delighted by attachment, rejoices in
attachment, and as such, it is hard for them to see this truth, namely…nirvana.
However, with his great mercy and loving-kindness, he clearly understood that
living creatures possessed different habits just like nature of a lotus.
· If you were born this day: This person is fun-loving, friendly and
ambitious, probably an entertainer or public figure
Saturday
“Protected
by the Naga King” – Pang Nak Prok
The Saturday Buddha image is sitting in a full
lotus position in meditation on the coiled body of the Naga Muchalinda that
uses its head as a cover against rain.
This pose represents a time during the sixth
week after Siddhartha’s Enlightenment when the Naga King protected the
meditating Buddha against heavy rainfall by making a shelter with his
multi-headed hood and lifted him above the floodwaters by coiling its body
under him.
· If you were born this day: You are calm, logical and a bit of a recluse,
very likely engaged in manual work of a skilled nature
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