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Tipitaka Studies & Pilglimage, Sukhothai's Dawn of Buddhasasana, 2004

Tipitaka Studies & Pilglimage : Sukhothai, the Dawn of Buddhasasana. Images of a historic park and indigenous architecture in a serene and peaceful countryside of Sukhothai, one of the World Heritage Sites. Small and modest in scale, these royal Buddhist structures had never been created by forced slavery labours but they were created by Dhamma devotees and the King of Sukhothai who was their Dhamma Matriarch. An insight into the Dhamma in the Tipitaka which inspired and disciplined local Buddhist inhabitants in the past could help to understand architecture, history, and more importantly, the nature of life and death as well as the law of Kammma in the Buddhist Theravada teaching. The message : integration of World Heritage to