http://www.thai-eyes.com Thailand Lifestyle Blog Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:25:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/the-mysterious-white-elephant-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/the-mysterious-white-elephant-thailand/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:43:52 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=1509 Because of their great rarity white elephants are holy in Thailand. Thai people believe the mysterious white elephant is a being in an advanced stage on the way to Nirvana...]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/the-mysterious-white-elephant-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/spiritual-clutter-holy-waste-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/spiritual-clutter-holy-waste-thailand/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:20:54 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=1497 What to do with spiritual clutter or holy waste, as old spirit houses, chinese home temples or broken sacred figurines ? You can´t dispose it of with Your household garbage...]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/spiritual-clutter-holy-waste-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/nang-kwak-thai-spirit/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/nang-kwak-thai-spirit/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 05:46:07 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=1200 In Thailand a small statue of the Thai spirit or Thai saint Nang Kwak can be found in nearly every shop, in bars, restaurants and even at the local markets and street vendors...]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/nang-kwak-thai-spirit/feed/ 1 http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/sak-yant-buddha-tattoo-chiang-mai-service/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/sak-yant-buddha-tattoo-chiang-mai-service/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:44:30 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=1006 Thai eyes wants to recommend a Chiang Mai Service for Sak Yant (Buddha Tattoo). Sak Yant, the sacred Tattoo, is an old tradition from Siam, nowadays Thailand. Sak means Tattoo and Yant is a magical, sacred design...]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/sak-yant-buddha-tattoo-chiang-mai-service/feed/ 3 http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/vien-tien-buddhist-rite-khao-phansa-buddhist-lent/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/vien-tien-buddhist-rite-khao-phansa-buddhist-lent/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:12:57 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/vien-tien-buddhist-rite-khao-phansa-buddhist-lent/ Vien Tien is a buddhist rite practised on high buddhist festivities, like these days Khao Phansa, the so called buddhist lent...]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/vien-tien-buddhist-rite-khao-phansa-buddhist-lent/feed/ 4 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/new-big-buddha-statue-for-chiang-mai-north-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/new-big-buddha-statue-for-chiang-mai-north-thailand/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:45:00 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/new-big-buddha-statue-for-chiang-mai-north-thailand/ Buddhist monks from the Morn Thean temple (Wat Morn Thean) in Chiang Mai, North Thailand are sitting on a shaky bamboo scaffolding to work on the new big Buddha statue.]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/new-big-buddha-statue-for-chiang-mai-north-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-thai-boy-is-selling-buddhist-offerings/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-thai-boy-is-selling-buddhist-offerings/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:30:53 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-thai-boy-is-selling-buddhist-offerings/ At Makha Bucha Buddha Day we met this young Thai boy, who was selling the so called triple buddhist offerings for the Wat Chedi Luang (Chedi Luang temple) in Chiang Mai/North Thailand.]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-thai-boy-is-selling-buddhist-offerings/feed/ 4 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/cute-thai-girl-consults-chinese-oracle-chien-tung/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/cute-thai-girl-consults-chinese-oracle-chien-tung/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:04:18 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/cute-thai-girl-consults-chinese-oracle-chien-tung/ At Chinese new year many people, like this cute Thai girl, went to the temples to consult the Chinese oracle Chien Tung. In a bamboo cane there are 50 numbered wooden sticks, You have to shake the cane until 1 stick is falling out...]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/cute-thai-girl-consults-chinese-oracle-chien-tung/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-buddhist-monks-cleaning-the-temple-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-buddhist-monks-cleaning-the-temple-thailand/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:26:39 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-buddhist-monks-cleaning-the-temple-thailand/ In a buddhist Thai temple is also a lot of work to do for the monks. Cleaning up the temple has mostly be done by the young monks and novices...]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-buddhist-monks-cleaning-the-temple-thailand/feed/ 1 http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/lord-ganesh-statue-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/lord-ganesh-statue-thailand/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:47:32 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/lord-ganesh-statue-thailand/ Thailand is a buddhist country, but the frontiers between Buddhism and Hinduism are fluent and Hindu Gods as Rama, Shiva, Brahma, Hanuman and Ganesha (Ganesh) are highly enshrined in Thailand.]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/religion-superstition/lord-ganesh-statue-thailand/feed/ 1