Thai Buddhists believe in karma and that people who commit evil deeds will be punished after death. So, it was a surprise to discover that Korean Buddhists have similar ideas about life after death, even though most Koreans are Hinayana Buddhists and most Thais are Theravada Buddhists.
Nitaya Kanokmongkol, executive director of the Office of National Museums. Apichart Jinakul
On view now at the National Museum Bangkok (NMB), the exhibition “A New Encounter: Immersive Gallery Of Korean Art” includes the 12-minute immersive digital video Journey Of The Soul: Walking Through The Eternal Cycle Of Birth, Death, And Rebirth, which depicts the afterlife based on 19th-century Buddhist paintings from the collection of the National Museum of Korea (NMK), including The…
