Advertisement
Published: April 18th 2015
Edit Blog Post
March 12, 2015 Afternoon
First thing that is important to know is that about 90 percent of all Thai men are Monks at some point, whether it be for a couple weeks or years. Thai mothers believe it is good training for their sons to become a Monk and to learn the ways of love and life. The Monks of KhuriBuri are one of many temples that rescued thousands from the Tsunami of 2010. As we walked through the grounds the Monk that was hosting us, pointed out where they housed many of those people. The stay was for over 2 years for some. Then we passed by rooms full of children that were suppose to be taking naps. It is the towns kindergarden and the Monks provide their school. The next building was full of women that were learning to be better caregivers for the elderly. Most of them were dressed in traditional sarapes. Then we ended in the temple, where later we were invited to come and view the chanting ceremony they perform nightly.
We had stopped in town earlier at the Monk store and purchased a gift to present to them, which is expected and is
tradition. The Monks survive on gifts and donations from the community and every day you will see them going from business to business and house to house, gathering food to take back to the others. Everyone is willing to contribute and does. When we got to the temple we had already been given a strict set of rules; never hand anything to a Monk because we are female, we must place it on the ground for them to pick up. We are also not allowed to touch them. There were some other rules that I don't remember but they all were pretty much intended to keep them from having any sexual tendencies towards females. The monk sat and talked for a while explaining to us the teachings are to love from the heart and treat everyone with love. If you have all intentions from the heart then good things will come back to you.
We left and went to the night market but returned later that night to hear them chant. There were women dressed in white in the temple when we returned for the chanting. I suppose they are just people from the village who are also invited
monks
explaining to us about the 2000 people they housed after the tsunami. to come anytime. A young girl at the end of the row I sat in, was so excited to see us and happy to see us trying to follow the motions of when to lower your head and when not to. She was very cute!
As is everywhere we have gone , the temple had a lot of wild dogs hanging around and in the video I am posting, you can hear them barking. There is a picture of the King on the grounds and the Princess, which we will see everywhere we go.
On the way back we went to the street market and shopped. We saw Jack fruit which is in a picture I posted ; they look like a watermelon hanging on a tree! They are huge! When cut open they are a bit slimy but taste like Juicy-fruit and they told us that is where they got that flavor from. We also saw dragon fruit which is a beautiful red and yellow. Inside it is white with black tiny seeds. There is nothing I can compare it to in taste. Not a strong flavor but like a mild watermelon/cantaloupe.
Everyone ride on mopeds
monk talk
inside the temple here and it is so funny! Whole families will pile onto one and I even saw a baby sitting in a bucket hanging off the side!
On the way back we stopped off at the office where Nicole works and I bought a book about the Moken people. They are the next stop on our journey. Nicole explained to us about her job and the company she works for. They are a community service and can be found at www.andamandiscoveries.com. They do wonderful things for the community and 100%!o(MISSING)f any money raised is used to help the people there.
Advertisement
Tot: 0.079s; Tpl: 0.011s; cc: 6; qc: 45; dbt: 0.0459s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1;
; mem: 1.1mb