Buddha Postures for the Seven Days of the Week
|If you have been to a temple (or 'Wat') in Thailand, you might have noticed that the Buddha appears in standing, sitting or reclining postures. In some you will even see seven (sometimes eight) statues of Buddha aligned next to each other, often with a donation cup in front of it. So what does it mean? Many people see them without really knowing what these images mean or are for. Each of them is for a day of the week, and you would pay respect to the statue representing the day you were born. There are of course a lot more than seven postures of Buddha and while we were researching we found different versions and explanations. If you want to know more, spend some time reading about the 110 postures of Buddha here, it is very interesting.
"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 flood waters 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. Your lucky day is Friday and lucky color is blue. Your unlucky day is Wednesday during the daytime and your unlucky color is green. Click here if you would like to know more about meditation in Thailand.