Min Khant Kyaw

4161005
RELG 2075

Field Trip to Wat Yannawa

At that day I’m not really in good health. However, I went to there to find out how Theravada
Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism beliefs are so popular in Thailand. As you know, in Myanmar,
Burmese people only believe that they’re Theravada Buddhist although they believe some astrologist
things and other beliefs. In my opinion, a Buddhist should need to believe the middle way of Buddha
which is the essence of Buddhism. As a Buddhist, I believe in both Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path.

At first, I would like to introduce the history about Wat Yannawa tample. This is could be a royal
temple established within the Ayutthaya amount (1350-1767 AD) and at the start known as Wat Kok
Khwai. The name was later modified to Wat Kok Krabue within the Thonburi and early capital of
Thailand eras. Throughout the Rattanakosin amount, King Rama III (1824-1851) added a Viharn. The
Viharn looks like boat shape. And the Viharn renamed to Wat Yannawa which is called as “Boat Temple”
in translation. The 2 chedi (pagodas) represent the masts of the ship and therefore the change is within
the wheel house on the rear deck. King Rama III conjointly presented the name Wat Yannawa upon the
temple. Wat Yannawa was extremely popular with Chinese those that settled within the Yannawa space
once the initial China city space became too packed. The temple remains popular the Chinese those that
still board the district.

I’ve experienced many things which are making me down. Every time when I feel like I’m in a
depressed mood, I try to meditate to realize that I’m still alive and have to do for good things although I
feel like I’m a bad guy. We all students have to meditate at that day and I’ve never experienced in
meditation with foreigners and feel excited on my own. In meditation, we’ve to try to concentrate on
what is happening on our body rather than the other situations outside our body which especially is the
hearings from the surroundings. People tend to change their concentration on something they wanted
to be. They can’t know how their mind change without concentrating on their unconscious mind. This is
because for a normal person, they’re always trying to fulfil their passions and desires. When I’ve
experienced the worst thing that my parents don’t want to be and felt like exhausted in my mind I can’t
help my unconscious mind about thinking suicide myself in that situation. However, I tried to calm and
tried to concentrate on every moments that the air is going to my nose and went from my nose.

To be concluded, in that day, meditation sessions with the classmates is unbelievable to me. At
first I really don’t know how to meditate without closing my eyes. But the professor told us that we can
meditate by concentrating one object for our eyesight. In addition, I once heard that Thais meditate
while they’re on Traffic Jam not to have hard feelings and to calm their mind down.
Min Khant Kyaw
4161005
RELG 2075
External sources

https://www.renown-travel.com/temples/wat-yannawa.html

https://www.changpuak.ch/bijoux/go_out_Nonthaburi.php