The Great, Indefinite Monastic Offering in the Center of Hat Yai City The Ceremony of Morning Alms Offering to 10,000 Foreign and Thai Monks From 4 Countries and 14 Southern Provinces
A story of a man who was a very likable, sensitive, and kind kid and turned to be so overtly fascinated with magic when he grown up. He followed one of a magician master to study more on magic and disappeared for 3 years since then. His mom really missed and worried about him. Is he still alive? Are magic acts considered deceiving acts? Is it a proper profession according to Buddhism?
He watched a special report in DMC about the closedown of a cock-fight gambling den in Saraburi province. This made he think of his father who liked to collect the Buddha images, gambled cock-fight and watched Thai-boxing because his dad was a boxer. What retributions caused his father to be sick and went in and out of the hospital for 5 years? What retributions caused him to have eye surgery, cirrhosis, vomit blood-clots, hiccup with the sound “cock-a-doodle-doo”, and difficulty in eating and drinking water?
A good example of dedicated family, a man who studied major in law and had never believe in Law of Kammar finally changed his opinion after he heard a Dhamma teaching from Ven. Datta. Now, he quitted smoking and drinking and paid more attention on studying Buddhism. He and his wife lost a job during IMF period but now they owned a business. His daughter came to the temple since she was 3 years old and his son also loves to watch DMC.
After Dhammakaya Temple had offered 250 Buddha statues to the temples in Bangladesh, Dhammakaya temple cooperated with many Bangladesh organization to arrange the 1st World-PEC contest in Bangladesh and it was successful. Yes! It is the first step of the real world peace.
I would like to ask about when the monks go for the offering rounds; can they wear a pair of sandals? For nowadays some areas are not suited to walk bare footed.
ชายคนหนึ่ง เป็นทหารอากาศ นอกจากจะดื่มเหล้าแล้ว เขายังชอบเล่นไก่ชน มวยตู้ เขาทำอย่างนี้ตั้งแต่วัยหนุ่ม จนอายุได้ 50 กว่าปี...ในช่วงท้ายของชีวิต เขาต้องเข้า-ออกโรงพยาบาลเป็นประจำ เริ่มจากการเข้ารับการผ่าตัดดวงตาทั้งสองข้าง ต่อมา มีอาการอาเจียนเป็นเลือดออกมาเป็นลิ่มๆ คุณหมอบอกว่า “ป่วยเป็นตับแข็ง” ในที่สุดเขาก็เสียชีวิต...ก่อนที่เขาจะเสียชีวิต ลูกสาวของเขาได้นิมนต์พระ 9 รูป มาทำบุญที่บ้าน และให้เขาได้ถวายผ้าป่า 1 กอง...ชีวิตหลังความตายของเขาเป็นอย่างไร...ที่นี่...มีคำตอบ...
I always ask myself, “What do I live for?” When I had children, I told myself that I live for my children. Later this question still comes back to me, “What do I live for?” Now that I found Luang Phaw, I know what I live for.
วันนี้เราจะมาติดตามเรื่อง Songkran Festival = เทศกาลสงกรานต์ เรียนรู้ภาษาอังกฤษกับ Aj. Sebastian Copija
