Monks
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Soldiers at Khun Yai’s House. It was only a few days ago that a fire destroyed eighty-three-year-old Khun Yai’s home. Today’s story in the Beyond the Bamboo Curtain series reveals the remarkable progress made in rebuilding her home –far more than I expected. Neighbours and other villagers have raised two hundred thousand baht so far…
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Monks visit car showroom. The staff gain merit from the Buddhist monks. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of their opening, the car showroom held a tamboon today. Nine monks arrived at 10 o’clock, chauffeured in the company’s most luxurious cars. The monks sat on the ornate chairs that the showroom staff had brought from the temple. Normally,…
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Today’s post in the Beyond the Bamboo Curtain series continues the true events of the fire at Khun Yai’s house. Following yesterday’s story about the monks who brought blankets, today’s piece continues the account of how the community rallied around Khun Yai after the fire. Soldiers, tradesmen, and neighbours all played their part in a…
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What do readers think of today’s episode of Behind the Bamboo Curtain. We’d all like to know your views in the comment box below. Today, Sunantaa told me that Kitaloo, her one year old puppy, had been killed in a road accident. He had escaped from their fenced garden. Unusually for a Thai, she was…
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This short piece examines the relevance of the orange buckets given to monks. Thai monks and the Relevance of Orange Buckets You will always find rows of orange buckets, filled with gifts, in the supermarkets. Rice, soap, toothpaste, soft drinks, and some snacks. People buy them to give to the monks in the sang katan ceremony.…