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The shadow of Buddha
Life, Somkid Chaijitvanit, Published on 10/04/2012
» Against the light, I could see shadows flitting across an expanse of cement blocks. They belonged to young novices waiting for a group photo after an ordination ceremony. Despite their shaved heads and saffron robes they were, after all, boys who wanted to have a good time as well.
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London joins Songkran celebrations
Life, Published on 23/04/2012
» It's Songkran, anyone can get wet _ even those in the heart of London _ as the Tourism Authority of Thailand turned St Martin's Courtyard, Covent Garden, into the celebration ground for the traditional Thai new year.
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Beauty has a way of its own
Life, Somkid Chaijitvanit, Published on 22/05/2012
» The last light of the day was soon to take its leave. No matter how scorching the sun of mid-April had been, it now seemed ready to slide down to rest in the midst of brick debris, which once housed the worlds very first Buddhist university, the illustrious Nalanda.
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Visakha Bucha celebrations
Life, Published on 28/05/2012
» The Mall in collaboration with Nonthaburi province and the Department of Religious Affairs is holding a merit-making event to celebrate Visakha Bucha Day, which falls on June 4 as well as to mark the 2,600th anniversary of the Enlightenment of the Lord Buddha.
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Thai buddhism in the next decade
Life, Phra Paisal Visalo, Published on 07/02/2012
» Ten years ago, some observers were voicing doubts about whether the increasing popularity of meditation retreats among the middle class would just be a passing fad. What we are witnessing today has shown that the meditation retreats are still growing and steadily expanding into all sectors of the middle class.
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Workaday diversion
Life, Somkid Chaijitvanit, Published on 13/03/2012
» To them, I must have looked like an invader. The army of ants was busily engaged on some urgent mission, marching back and forth across the leaf of a tree in the garden of an artisan's house in Nakhon Si Thammarat.
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Exemplary Buddhists named
Life, Published on 27/02/2012
» To mark International Women's Day, a number of female Buddhist monastics and devout laywomen have been honoured with the Outstanding Women in Buddhism Award.
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A World with out Suffering
Life, Karnjariya Sukrung, Published on 13/03/2012
» What would Lord Buddha do if he lived in this modern world? Ask this question, and it might lead us closer to Buddha's insights and transformation of modern crises, as Prof David R Loy tries to introduce in his book, Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution (now in Thai translation).
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The quest for parity
Life, Published on 07/02/2012
» Being born female is the result of bad karma. Women are innately inferior to men in wisdom and other spiritual qualities. The male form is the better vehicle for spiritual progress. These are the traditional _ deeply rooted and arguably still widely held _ views found in many Buddhist countries, Thailand included, despite there being no dispute of the Buddha's own unequivocal confirmation that women are also capable of being enlightened.
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Thon Buri Mosque Tour
Life, Published on 02/01/2012
» The Siam Society is organising a trip to three remarkable mosques in Thon Buri on Jan 21.
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