Tiger Temple Morning Program 080

Tiger Temple Morning Program

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September 25th 2012
Buddhist monks in Thailand only eat one meal a day - in the morning. The monks walk from their temples to the nearby villages and cities where the locals offer them food in exchange for a blessing. The monks then walk back to the temple for breakfast. At Tiger Temple, our first task was to greet the monks on their way back from the village and offer them food in exchange for their blessing. We wer ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more