Wat Mahathat
the bodhi lifts
the buddha up
Here at Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya, the old capital of Thailand, you can see a buddha head lifted up by the roots of an old bodhi tree. We were told it might have fallen on the ground below the tree when it was stolen and that the roots had miraculously wrung round the head so that it now sits snugly between them. Some believe this to be a miracle that shows the divine power of the Buddha.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem