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The Panchen Lama (Tibetan: པཎ་ཆེན་བླ་མ།, Wylie: paN chen bla ma) is a tulku of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.The Panchen Lama is one of the most important figures in the Gelug tradition, with its spiritual authority second only to the Dalai Lama.
Pak Kong was first settled by tenants of the Wong clan, in the mid-16th century.It is a multi-surname village, with the clans resident there today being the Lok (駱), Cheng (鄭), Lei (李), Lau (劉), and Leung (梁).
The traditional Chinese calendar, dating back to the Han dynasty, is a lunisolar calendar that blends solar, lunar, and other cycles for social and agricultural purposes. . While modern China primarily uses the Gregorian calendar for official purposes, the traditional calendar remains culturally significa
The fajr prayer, [a] alternatively transliterated as fadjr prayer, and also known as the subh prayer, [b] [c] is a salah (ritual prayer) offered in the early morning. Consisting of two rak'a (units), it is performed between the break of dawn and sunrise.
The 2nd Karmapa, Karma Pakshi (Tibetan: ཀརྨ་པཀྴི་, Wylie: kar ma pak shi; 1204/6–1283) was the 2nd Gyalwa Karmapa.He was a child prodigy who had already acquired a broad understanding of Dharma philosophy and meditation by the age of ten.
Tua Pek Kong (Chinese: 大伯公; Tâi-lô: Tuā-peh-kong) is a Taoist deity in the pantheon of Peranakan folk religion practiced by ethnic Chinese in Malaysia, Singapore, and parts of Indonesia.
The watershed of the Bang Pakong is about 17,000 square kilometres (6,600 sq mi). The river powers a power station near its mouth, near Highway 7. To protect the Irrawaddy dolphins , fishermen on the Bang Pakong River have been persuaded by authorities to stop shrimping and 30 to 40 fishing boats have been modified so they can offer dolphin ...
Bang Pakong district was established in 1907. The first temporary district office was a building within the Wat Bon Khongkharam. In 1908 the government moved the office to the bank of the Bang Pakong River in Tambon Tha Sa-an, which is still the location today.