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  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais relax in the Christmas light display at Central World shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist . Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Traffic goes past a large portrait of Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in front of Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man plays violin in a corner of Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok during a mourning service for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Holiday lights in the Ratchaprasong Intersection of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChristmasLightsBKK2013015.jpg
  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai woman poses with a snowman in the Christmas display at Central World shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChristmasLightsBKK2013012.jpg
  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Tourists walk through the display of Christmas lights at Siam Paragon shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChristmasLightsBKK2013007.jpg
  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Tourists walk through the display of Christmas lights at Siam Paragon shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChristmasLightsBKK2013006.jpg
  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais take self portraits with their smart phone in the Christmas lights at Siam Paragon shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais take self portraits with their smart phone in the Christmas lights at Siam Paragon shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChristmasLightsBKK2013004.jpg
  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A child sits on an octopus wearing a Christmas hat in Christmas display at Siam Paragon shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Commuters on the Sukhumvit line of the BTS Skytrain in Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Commuters on the Sukhumvit line of the BTS Skytrain in Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Traffic goes past a large portrait of Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in front of Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned024.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai-Chinese Mahayana Buddhist Monks participate a chanting service during a mourning service for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in a  at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned019.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Women pray for the Supreme Patriarch at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai-Chinese Mahayana Buddhist Monks participate a chanting service during a mourning service for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in a  at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned013.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai-Chinese Mahayana Buddhist Monks participate a chanting service during a mourning service for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in a  at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned012.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man prays next to a portrait of Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara during a mourning service for the revered Supreme Patriarch at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Members of an honor guard line Phra Sumen Road in front of Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok during a mourning service for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned003.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People pray for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand during a mourning service at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned001.jpg
  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The Christmas tree at Central World shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChristmasLightsBKK2013011.jpg
  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Tourists walk through the display of Christmas lights at Siam Paragon shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChristmasLightsBKK2013009.jpg
  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Tourists walk through the display of Christmas lights at Siam Paragon shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChristmasLightsBKK2013003.jpg
  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Tourists walk through the display of Christmas lights at Siam Paragon shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChristmasLightsBKK2013002.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Traffic goes past a large portrait of Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in front of Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned025.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai-Chinese Mahayana Buddhist Monks file out of a chanting service during a mourning service for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in a  at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned022.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Women pray for the Supreme Patriarch at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned018.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man prays next to a portrait of Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara during a mourning service for the revered Supreme Patriarch at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned017.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai-Chinese Mahayana Buddhist Monks participate a chanting service during a mourning service for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in a  at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned015.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai-Chinese Mahayana Buddhist Monks participate a chanting service during a mourning service for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in a  at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned014.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man plays violin in a corner of Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok during a mourning service for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Members of an honor guard line Phra Sumen Road in front of Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok during a mourning service for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned004.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Members of the Royal Guards unit of the Thai army march out of mourning service for the Supreme Patriarch at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned008.jpg
  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A vendor wearing a Santa hat sells Christmas toys in front of the Christmas lights at Central World shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The entrance to the Christmas display at Siam Paragon shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Tourists walk through the display of Christmas lights at Siam Paragon shopping center in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. Thailand is overwhelmingly Buddhist. Christmas is not a legal holiday in Thailand, but Christmas has become an important commercial holiday in Thailand, especially in Bangkok and communities with a large expatriate population.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChristmasLightsBKK2013008.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai-Chinese Mahayana Buddhist Monks participate a chanting service during a mourning service for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in a  at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned021.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai-Chinese Mahayana Buddhist Monks participate a chanting service during a mourning service for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in a  at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned020.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman prays in front of a portrait of Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara during a mourning service for the revered Supreme Patriarch at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned010.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Members of the Royal Guards unit of the Thai army march out of mourning service for the Supreme Patriarch at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned009.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People line Phra Sumen Road in front of Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok during a mourning service for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SupremePatriarchMourned007.jpg
  • 12 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People pray for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand during a mourning service at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch, the service Thursday, on the 50th day, included members of the Thai Royal Family. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based in Chinese Buddhism.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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