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A prayer for the dying
Life, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 05/02/2013
» For years Siriporn* has worked as a hospice volunteer at Wat Khampramong, which offers palliative care for terminally-ill patients, suffering mostly from cancer. This is one of the few places dedicated to tending patients who are turning the final corners of their lives, and Siriporn's main job is to help them through the inevitable as comfortably as possible.
Zen and the art of landscaping
Muse, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 13/10/2012
» Shunmyo Masuno is regarded as Japan's leading garden designer and its most highly acclaimed landscape architect. A professor at Tama Art University, he is also a Zen Buddhist monk and still presides over daily ceremonies at the Kenkohji Temple in Yokohama where he is the head priest.
Massaging the numbers
Life, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 06/01/2012
» Preeda Tangtrongchitr's business is the driving force of the country's traditional Thai massage and spa industries, credited with training around 200,000 Thai and foreign massage therapists at Wat Po Thai Traditional Medical School, which has moved with the times for almost five decades.