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Radiant image at Bodhgaya
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/02/2011
» A sudden poignant image in the chill morning air at the site of the Buddha's enlightenment.
Deadly festival
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/11/2010
» Once again huge crowds moving in a narrow space lead to panic and a deadly stampede, this time at Cambodia's Water Festival.
Scandal rocks Thailand's Buddhist Sangha once again
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/09/2010
» Monastic rules are strict but high-profile, charismatic monks sometimes get away with wrongdoing.
American temple boy
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/09/2010
» A young American temple boy has been attracting attention in the old Rattanakosin area.
Spreading Theravadan Buddhism to rest of the world
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/09/2010
» A conference to be held in Bangkok will ponder the question of how to take a more proactive stance to spreading the word of the Lord Buddha to other countries.
On a road to NOWHERE
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 05/09/2010
» The Easter Bunny has been hopping up and down Bangkok's expressways this week. No, I haven't been partaking of any illegal substances other than that bottle of Australian Shiraz I smuggled into the country without paying extra sales tax. What could the Easter Bunny possibly have in common with the tangled web of tang-duans that strangle my beloved Bangkok?
Oh my God!
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 09/05/2010
» In the Obituaries column of the stalwart Tribune newspaper this week, we learn of an elderly gentleman who finally shook off his mortal made-in-California coil. The very first paragraph reads thus: "Maynard Oscar Kirkland, 90, entered heavens gates in the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 27, 2010."
New wave of education after the tsunami
Learningpost, Fraser Morton, Published on 05/01/2010
» The soft pitter-patter of footsteps across a dusty Phuket playing field is followed by a cacophony of giggles as a group of students - the girls dressed in blue and white and the boys kitted out in khaki - skip to their English class at Kalim School.