King Norodom Sihanouk, center, blesses a newly restored statue of King Jayavarman VII, at the National Museum. Photo: APWashington, DC
Thursday, 01 July 2010
“King Jayavarman VII said the suffering of all people was also his suffering.”
A Cambodian community in South Carolina is ready to celebrate a stupa to honor the ancient Khmer king Jayavarman VII.
Monks at the Sao Sokh San temple in Wellford, S.C.—home to about 300 Cambodian families—say they hope thousands of Cambodian-Americans will join in the ceremony to open the pagoda starting Tuesday.
“We want to show the four virtues of the great Bayon temple,” said venerable monk Sao Khon, head of the temple. “All these virtues that King Jayavarman VII spread to all human beings and religions in that period to protect the country.”
The stupa, which includes a Buddha relic on the third tier, took three years to build with money from Cambodian communities across the US.
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