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Trimming off the top
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/05/2020
» I suspect there is more at play than mere incompetence with regard to the excessive "pruning" of Bangkok's urban trees (BP, April 27). At least some of the trees in question are Burma padauk (known in Thailand as pradu, and scientifically as Pterocarpus macrocarpus).
Stop the racist monks before it's too late
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 07/09/2017
» Will the ongoing genocide of the Rohingya in Myanmar's Rakhine state stoke tensions between Buddhists and Muslims in the region? Definitely.
Betraying the Buddha's work
News, Published on 21/02/2016
» Re: “Of military, monks and an unholy mess” (Opinion, Feb 20).
Nip unholy hate speech in the bud
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 04/11/2015
» For a Buddhist monk killed in the deep South, a mosque should be burned down in retaliation. This violent proposal from a Buddhist monk stirred a heated debate on social media last week. Is it merely a storm in a tea cup? The answer is no.
Reflections on religion, graft and teenagers
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 24/07/2013
» When my teenage daughter, who has never expressed an interest in religion, asked me to take her to a wian tian ceremony to observe Asarnha Bucha Day, I was ecstatic.
A virtuous life in a material world
Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 23/07/2013
» Today is Wan Khao Phansa, one of the many sacred Theravada Buddhism holidays. It signifies the beginning of Buddhist Lent in which monks are to retreat back to the temple and concentrate on studying dhamma and meditation for three lunar months during the rainy season. For many Thais, it is a time to actively engage in merit-making by offering necessities to monks including candles, lanterns and lamp oil that is burned during morning and evening recitation time.
I dreamed of Yingluck
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 09/05/2013
» Last night I went through my usual routine. Before going to bed I burned incense, prayed to the spirits of the condo and rearranged my feng shui. I then stretched out on my MUJI bed sheet, my head rested on a soft pillow stuffed with duck feathers, my legs wrapped around a side pillow.
Meiktila violence sends warning to foreign investors
News, Published on 29/03/2013
» In Myanmar's capital Yangon, on March 20-21, a business investment summit presented Myanmar as a stable, growing democracy eager to establish agriculture, infrastructure, financial and manufacturing partnerships with leading international companies.