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/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/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 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-thai-temple-boy-collects-money/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-thai-temple-boy-collects-money/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:24:36 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-thai-temple-boy-collects-money/ While buddhist monks and nuns are not allowed to touch or use money, young temple boys are helping to collect money for the temples.]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-thai-temple-boy-collects-money/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-buddhist-monk-from-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-buddhist-monk-from-thailand/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:16:53 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-buddhist-monk-from-thailand/ Most of the young Thai boys and men spending a temporary time (mostly 3 month) as a buddhist monk in a temple in Thailand...]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-buddhist-monk-from-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/buddha-tattoo-sacred-tattoo/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/buddha-tattoo-sacred-tattoo/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:44:30 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/buddha-tattoo-sacred-tattoo/ Many Thais are very superstitious and believe in a lot of odd things, which are out of the common for farangs (foreigners).]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/buddha-tattoo-sacred-tattoo/feed/ 8 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/pay-respect-to-buddha/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/pay-respect-to-buddha/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 10:47:06 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/pay-respect-to-buddha/ Whenever Thaipeople are passing a "holy place" like Buddha statues they paying respect to them and are merit-making (tham boon/tam boon).]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/pay-respect-to-buddha/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/building-phrasai-sand-chedis-on-songkran/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/building-phrasai-sand-chedis-on-songkran/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:47:04 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/building-phrasai-sand-chedis-on-songkran/ At the second day of the Songkran Festival, called "Wan Nao", many Thai Buddhists are going to the tempel and are building sand chedis.]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/building-phrasai-sand-chedis-on-songkran/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-thai-buddhist-monks/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-thai-buddhist-monks/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:04:59 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-thai-buddhist-monks/ Many Thai kids are living for a while in a buddhist temple. The young, buddhist novices have to follow about 10 strikt rules, while "full" monks have to notice 227 and nuns 311 rules. ]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thailand/young-thai-buddhist-monks/feed/ 0