"Poon Phnom Khsach". This poon is made by pouring pure sand into a designated area and then shaping it into a stupa facing east. It is called "Vealok Chetiya" to represent the Preah Choamni Chetiya built to bury the hair and glass relic of the Buddha. This poon is currently popular in some areas as a rice mound in a school or in a temple. There is no limit to how small or high the sand mound must be, it is done according to the builder's preference. But there must be a mountain in the center, and there must be four small mountains surrounding each of the four directions. Around the mountain, they build a royal palace, decorated with palm leaves and palm leaves in four corners, with doors leading in and out in the four directions. Around the royal palace, they arrange the pavilions of the gods in each of the eight directions. On each pavilion, they arrange a pair of religious offerings, a pair of rice cakes, a pair of incense sticks, five candles, five incense sticks, flowers, and incense sticks. In front of the sand mountain outside the palace, they set up three large pavilions for offering offerings to Yamaraja. On the left side of Yamaraja's pavilion is the Buddhakun pavilion, and on the right side is the Bisnukara pavilion. These three large pavilions are decorated with the same sacred objects as the pavilions of the deities, but the bamboo is nine stories high, and there are clothes on the left and right sides, and there are also offerings for drinking. The construction of this Valok Chetiya was carried out with the intention of obtaining a very special and magnificent result, as described in the story "Anisangsavaalok Chetiya" in the Mahasamkara Sutta.
The Buddha explained the meritorious deeds that are performed on the occasion of the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year, detailing that those who bathe their parents, teachers, monks, or monks on the occasion of Sangkranti will become kings of the earth, possessing great power, endowed with the seven jewels, surrounded by beautiful women, and endowed with the four armies, and will attain all kinds of happiness. He who has freed wild animals such as chickens, deer, birds, fish, turtles (etc.) by the power of taming them, will live a long life, be very happy, and be free from all kinds of diseases and afflictions, and will live in happiness. By the virtues that the monks have acquired, no matter in which world they are born, they always have a beautiful appearance that is pleasing to the eye, a person with a beautiful body, a person who is pleasing to the eye, a person with sharp wisdom, a person who is brave, a person who upholds the sutra and the law, a person who upholds and knows how to complete the Pitaka, a person who has a long life, a person who has children, wives, and relatives, all of whom are noble and noble. These are the virtues that are bathed in during the New Year. Therefore, on the occasion of the New Year, people always release various animals and perform various rituals in order to receive these virtues.
The Story of the End of the Temple
In addition to the Mahasamkara Sutta, there is another story called "The Story of the End of the Temple", which has been told in Khmer for a long time. It consists of one line, describing the construction of the temple. It says that there are many reasons for the end of the temple. In the story of the end of the temple, one of the three stories is cited as an example:
· Story 1: The story of the Bodhisattva, named Parika, who was a merchant ship. Once upon a time, Parika, sailing a ship to trade, saw a fine sand dune on the coast. He invited his fellow merchants to sail their ships and dock at the sand dune. They built a pagoda on the shore, dedicating it to the Buddha's glass fangs in the Three Realms. After that, the merchants gathered flowers and offered them as offerings, walked three times around the shore, and then got off the ship and set off to trade again. Parika Bodhisattva and the merchants, after dissolving their bodies, were reborn as devas in many heavenly realms. After being expelled from heaven, they were reborn in the human world as independent kings of many nations and innumerable kingdoms. Finally, Parika Bodhisattva became a Buddha through the power of the Buddha, who built the Vālokṣitiya.
· Analysis and Notes:
If the reader analyzes the story a little, they can find that it is probably a story invented by Brahmans or Mahayana Buddhists, which the people of India, Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, China, Mongolia, Tuva, Kalmykia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, etc. respect as their own Buddhism. Mahayana Buddhism has a philosophy and rituals similar to Brahmanism, mixed with the religious practices of the indigenous people of those countries. In Mahayana Buddhism, there are many differences in theory and practice from country to country, with different cultures and religions of the people. Therefore, there are many divisions within Mahayana Buddhism. Even in Tibet, there are four major sects and many smaller sects. They place great value on the countless bodhisattvas who are like ships (large vessels) waiting to help rescue people and take them to the Sukhavati or Pure Land, which is called
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