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Cool spots for Songkran
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 12/04/2024
» This year's Songkran festival is special since it is the first after the holiday was formally recognised as an Intangible Cultural Heritage event by Unesco four months ago. In Bangkok alone, grand celebrations and activities are awaiting revellers at shopping malls, temples and tourist attractions. Here are some recommended venues to take part in water splashing to promote the nation's soft power.
Virtual Visakha Bucha Day
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 05/05/2020
» Tomorrow is the first Visakha Bucha Day that there won't be activities at temples for lay people to engage in. Because of the Covid-19 outbreak, the Buddhist faithful are recommended to stay home instead and show their gratitude to Lord Buddha by observing the five precepts, practising meditation, chanting and listening to online sermons.
The man with a thousand faces
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 27/03/2017
» Reports of Phra Dhammajayo having been stripped of his monastic title of "Phra Thepyan Mahamuni" early this month and the possibility that he might be disrobed have brought joy to many Buddhists. His doomed fall from grace is the result of his repeated failure to answer charges on money laundering, receiving stolen assets and forest encroachment that have been filed against him.