{"id":4382,"date":"2015-11-22T02:49:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T15:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/?p=4382"},"modified":"2026-05-12T20:37:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:37:57","slug":"buddhas-eyebrow-hair-just-one-of-them-is-apparently-in-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2015\/11\/22\/buddhas-eyebrow-hair-just-one-of-them-is-apparently-in-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddha\u2019s Eyebrow Hair, Just One Of Them, Is Apparently In Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4383\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4383\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC06576-Wat-Ounalom-Phnom-Penh-800x524.jpg\" alt=\"Wat Ounalom Phnom Penh\" width=\"800\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC06576-Wat-Ounalom-Phnom-Penh-800x524.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC06576-Wat-Ounalom-Phnom-Penh-800x524-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC06576-Wat-Ounalom-Phnom-Penh-800x524-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC06576-Wat-Ounalom-Phnom-Penh-800x524-600x393.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC06576-Wat-Ounalom-Phnom-Penh-800x524-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC06576-Wat-Ounalom-Phnom-Penh-800x524-96x63.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wat Ounalom Phnom Penh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wat Ounalom is the HQ of Buddhism in Cambodia. We expected big things, but discovered a muddle of buildings and temples spread over a whole block in Phnom Penh. The guidebook didn\u2019t say much apart from the fact that there was an eyebrow hair, just one, belonging to Buddha, in one of the stupas. We\u2019ve seen a few bits of saints&#8217; bodies, sorry, relics, in cathedrals around Europe, but this one was a bit of Buddha himself and I, for one, wanted to see how it would be displayed. Well it was either hidden away behind closed doors, or it was just so small we missed it. So we left one of Rodney\u2019s eyebrow hairs next to a statue of Buddha, for future viewing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4384\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4384\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC06580-Mango-delivery-man-in-Phnom-Penh-800x594.jpg\" alt=\" Mango delivery in Phnom Penh \" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC06580-Mango-delivery-man-in-Phnom-Penh-800x594.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC06580-Mango-delivery-man-in-Phnom-Penh-800x594-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC06580-Mango-delivery-man-in-Phnom-Penh-800x594-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC06580-Mango-delivery-man-in-Phnom-Penh-800x594-600x446.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC06580-Mango-delivery-man-in-Phnom-Penh-800x594-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC06580-Mango-delivery-man-in-Phnom-Penh-800x594-96x71.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mango delivery in Phnom Penh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Wat Ounalom is the HQ of Buddhism in Cambodia. We expected big things, but discovered a muddle of buildings and temples spread over a whole block in Phnom Penh. The guidebook didn\u2019t say much apart from the fact that there was an eyebrow hair, just one, belonging to Buddha, in one of the stupas. 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