Written on July 30, 2011 at 2:21 pm by Christine Ka'aloa

Photo Essay: Oh my Buddha!!! (Wat Si Sisket, Vientiane)

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Vientiane, Laos.
If seeing Buddhas are you thing, then you’ll never find yourself at a loss in Laos. In fact, at Wat Si Sisket, there’s an impressive collection of over 2,000 of them. Housed in a cloister, the Buddhas meditate around the main temple, each of them aged with its own personality of time, material and ruin. It’s a virtual antiquities museum jogging you to reflect on the history and reincarnations of ‘The Reawakened One‘.

Cloister halls surrounding the temple.

Entering the hallway of buddhas

A hall of mirrors?

A Trinity of Buddhas

Joyful Buddha

Dreaming Buddha

Ascended Buddha

Loveless Buddha

Broken-heart Buddha

Grandpa Buddha

Buddha graveyard

Discarded Buddhas (broken images discovered during excavations)

Information:

Wat Si Sisket
(Vientiane, Laos)
Across the street from the Presidential Palace
The cloister is open from 8:00am to noon and 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
Admission is 10,000 Kip (1.20 USD).