When you visit a Thai temple, you will always see Buddha images in various poses. Although many of them show the Buddha in meditation, there are in fact over 100 different poses which depict moments in his life. In addition, seven of these poses have been sorted according to the actual day they took...
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There is a common belief in Thailand, that you are making merit for yourself by releasing birds and turtles into the wild. The idea is that you are setting free these captured animals to be wild again. But there are two very wrong aspects of this practise. First, the commercial aspect is so very...
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Today was a religious holiday for everyone in Thailand. Like other Buddhist holidays, Makha Bucha Day doesn’t happen on the same date every year. It is all to do with the phases of the moon. This holiday is held on the full moon of the third lunar month (usually end of February or early...
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