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Thailand

Thahng deun jong krom is the Thai term for for a meditation path, a lane that is typically about 1 meter wide and 15 meters long, with the entire floor leveled so that one can walk easily without worrying about any obstacles, oftentimes fashioned as a kind of elongated sandbox and used by Buddhist monks to walk in meditation, a practice done barefooted and known in Thai as deun jong krom.

 

The meditation path is usually covered with a roof and as such somewhat resembles an elongated sala-like edifice. At one end it typically has a large thian pansa, i.e. a large Buddhist candle (fig.).

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