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Phra Phrom, also known as the Four-Faced Buddha, is the Thai representation of the Hindu god Brahma. Phra Phrom has four faces and eight hands representing different aspects like family, wealth, career, and marriage. Worshippers offer candles, jasmine flowers, and young coconut milk. Statues of Buddha, Kwan Yin the goddess of mercy, and Thai warriors guarding the temple entrance are also present. The interior of Wat Thai temple shows monks singing and people meditating, supported by donations from worshippers since monks cannot earn money.

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Wat Thai Of Los Angeles
Phra Phrom- God Of Fortune And Protection Also Know As Four-Faced Buddha
Phra Phrom, also called Four-faced Buddha is the Thai representation of the Hindu god Brahma. Phra Phrom have four faces and eight hands. Its front side represents family, right side represents wealth, left side represents career and back side represents marriage. Phara Phrom is holding eight objects in his hands. For example Prayer flag represents omnipotent power, scriptures represent wisdom, triton represents blessing and scepter represents boundless authority. Few of the items that are offered to this God by worshipers are candles, jasmine flowers and young coconut milk. Sometimes worshipers also put an elephant statue on the altars to honor their God.
Buddha This is the statue of Buddha. Here Buddha is sitting on the ground with his legs crossed and his hands resting on his lap. His eyes are half open and he have a gentle smile on his face. The way Buddha sits represents stability, his gentle smile represents the importance of happiness in Buddhist religion and his half opened eyes represents that he was equally aware of himself as he was of the world.
Kwan Yin is the goddess of Mercy. The vase in her hand symbolizes her pouring compassion on to the world. On the right side of the photo, you can see that Kwan Yin is standing on a lotus blossom, which is one of the symbols of Buddhist purity. Lotus is a beautiful flower that grows out of mud and in this statue, the meaning of lotus is that even though our lives might be surrounded by dirt, our hearts should be pure like the lotus flower. Notice that rugs are placed in front of every statue, so people can visit the statue, kneel down, make their offerings to the God and Meditate or pray. Kwan Yin
Thai Warriors who are guarding the temple entrance There are few rules that must be maintained prior to entering the temple. For example there is no shoes allowed inside the temple, so shoes must be taken off prior to entrance. The statues on both sides of entrance are called Thai Warriors and they are protecting the temple from evil spirits.
Interior Of The Temple Monks are singing songs and people are meditating. You can see the donations from worshipers for monks on the right side of the photo. Since monks can not work for money, people support them by donating food and other goods.
Singing Monks
Statue Of Buddha The pose of Buddha`s hands in this statue is called vitarka mudra. Right hand is located on chest level, fingers pointing up and the thumb and index finger form a circle. This hand gesture represents discussion and transmission of Buddha's teachings and the circle represents constant flow of knowledge.
Offerings To Buddha Offerings to Buddha include water for drinking, water for bathing, flowers, incense, light, perfume and food. This offerings represent the objects that delight the senses.
Monument Dedicated To The Founders Of Wat Thai of Los Angeles

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  • 1. Wat Thai Of Los Angeles
  • 2. Phra Phrom- God Of Fortune And Protection Also Know As Four-Faced Buddha
  • 3. Phra Phrom, also called Four-faced Buddha is the Thai representation of the Hindu god Brahma. Phra Phrom have four faces and eight hands. Its front side represents family, right side represents wealth, left side represents career and back side represents marriage. Phara Phrom is holding eight objects in his hands. For example Prayer flag represents omnipotent power, scriptures represent wisdom, triton represents blessing and scepter represents boundless authority. Few of the items that are offered to this God by worshipers are candles, jasmine flowers and young coconut milk. Sometimes worshipers also put an elephant statue on the altars to honor their God.
  • 4. Buddha This is the statue of Buddha. Here Buddha is sitting on the ground with his legs crossed and his hands resting on his lap. His eyes are half open and he have a gentle smile on his face. The way Buddha sits represents stability, his gentle smile represents the importance of happiness in Buddhist religion and his half opened eyes represents that he was equally aware of himself as he was of the world.
  • 5. Kwan Yin is the goddess of Mercy. The vase in her hand symbolizes her pouring compassion on to the world. On the right side of the photo, you can see that Kwan Yin is standing on a lotus blossom, which is one of the symbols of Buddhist purity. Lotus is a beautiful flower that grows out of mud and in this statue, the meaning of lotus is that even though our lives might be surrounded by dirt, our hearts should be pure like the lotus flower. Notice that rugs are placed in front of every statue, so people can visit the statue, kneel down, make their offerings to the God and Meditate or pray. Kwan Yin
  • 6. Thai Warriors who are guarding the temple entrance There are few rules that must be maintained prior to entering the temple. For example there is no shoes allowed inside the temple, so shoes must be taken off prior to entrance. The statues on both sides of entrance are called Thai Warriors and they are protecting the temple from evil spirits.
  • 7. Interior Of The Temple Monks are singing songs and people are meditating. You can see the donations from worshipers for monks on the right side of the photo. Since monks can not work for money, people support them by donating food and other goods.
  • 9. Statue Of Buddha The pose of Buddha`s hands in this statue is called vitarka mudra. Right hand is located on chest level, fingers pointing up and the thumb and index finger form a circle. This hand gesture represents discussion and transmission of Buddha's teachings and the circle represents constant flow of knowledge.
  • 10. Offerings To Buddha Offerings to Buddha include water for drinking, water for bathing, flowers, incense, light, perfume and food. This offerings represent the objects that delight the senses.
  • 11. Monument Dedicated To The Founders Of Wat Thai of Los Angeles