The South Gate into Angkor Thom (Great City) Please note the profusion of the Bodhi Heads in Angkor Thom...and note their meaning under the large single frame of a face image that follows. Note well also there is no cruel smile of contempt from a ruler or ruler God...they face in the Cardinal Directions

The Current Family in Residence at Angkor Thom

The Heads of Bayon are Everywhere, and are representative (?) of bodhisattva which means either "enlightened (bodhi) existence (sattva)" or "enlightenment-being" or, given the variant Sanskrit spelling satva rather than sattva, "heroic-minded one (satva) for enlightenment (bodhi)". Another translation is "Wisdom-Being". The various divisions of Buddhism understand the word bodhisattva in different ways, but especially in Mahayana Buddhism, it mainly refers to a being that compassionately refrains from entering nirvana in order to save others.

Bas-Relieve decorates much of Angkor Thom, the strong Indian influence is apparent.

It is easy to say, "Climb the Bayon at the center of Angkor Thom," but it is a mountain of cut stone...and a mountain was what it was always meant to be.

According to Angkor-scholar Maurice Glaize, the Bayon appears "as but a muddle of stones, a sort of moving chaos assaulting the sky."

A Teacher Awaits...but who is the Teacher and Who is the Student?

In Wisdom, Even the Blind Can Find the Shade

The Answer...is, and always had been...Doors

Actually, Not Angkor Thom, rather Ta Prohm Temple laying outside of Angkor Thom's 10km Sq Walls and a place that will eventually have a Gallery of its own.

Victory Gate