What day were you born?
Ask this question of most Westerners and they will generally tell you the date and month, as in 23rd of September or 12th of July.
But in Thailand, if someone asks you what day you were born, chances are they want to know the day of the week. When this becomes clear, [...]

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Understanding Thailand and Thai people, to some degree, necessitates an understanding of Buddhism. In my experience, the biggest driver of Thai culture is Buddhism. For example, most of the country’s most significant landmarks are temples (called wat in Thai).
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If you’ve spent a lot of time in Thailand you’ve probably seen Christian missionaries and some of their converts.  If you stay in Thailand long enough and learn to speak and read the Thai language, missionary activity will become much more obvious.  There are thousands of Christian missionaries in Thailand (most of which are American), [...]

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There have been some horrific bus crashes in the news in Thailand recently which is hardly something new, though the death toll of thirty one dead in one accident near Korat was exceptional. What did catch my eye though, following this accident, was a headline in the Bangkok Post… ‘Bus drivers swear oath to drive [...]

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I became interested in Buddhism in the U.K. when I was 19, and now I’m 55. I call myself a Christian Buddhist Agnostic, because I’ve been influenced by these religions but I just take from them what suits me. To be honest, I make up my own rules. I first went to Thailand when [...]

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Being an Atheist myself and seeing Thais going about their daily routine and all the respect they show towards their religion, it peaked my interest and so a quest was born to find out more about Buddhism in Thailand. After a few visits to the National Library I have decided to share a few of [...]

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