1. Departure for Wat Samorai

    · Wat Samorai (now Wat Rachathiwat), Bangkok, Siam (now Thailand)

    Departure for Wat Samorai
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    Following his initial three-day stay at Wat Mahathat, Mongkut departed for the forest monastery then called Wat Samorai to study meditation. The source places the departure in the 1824 ordination sequence; the exact departure date is not stated. Wat Samorai is the former name of Wat Rachathiwat.

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