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The Quarrelsome Birdflock

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:42:06 +0100

The story of a Hunter and a Flock of Birds - whilst the birds are living in harmony, it is impossible to catch them out, so the hunter waits for them to quarrel.

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Jump-off at Sirindhorn

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:40:00 +0100

Part four of my "Tudong Tales" saga which is being published on Dharma Blog - this one has a touristic interes as well as being Dharma-orientated, and is therefore re-published here. Please Visit Dharma Thai Portal too, and support the project by posting on the blog (comments, or you can apply for an authorship permission and write your own blogs)

Who is nang Gwak?

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:50:00 +0100

Nang Gwak is perhaps the most common statue or Yantra cloth seen in Thailand, used by most shopkeepers and merchants in their places of Business to call customers (much like the waving kitty in Japan, which actually has a similar function). Although popular as it is, not many people (both Thai and Farang), really know the true story behind her existence, and why she came to be worshipped as a patron saint of merchants, and seen as a bringer of luck and fortune in business sales. Here is the story of Nang Gwak and how she became a wealthy person

Pyaa Chang Pu Sia Sala

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:10:00 +0100

The story of Buddha's incarnation as a Himapant animal in the form of a white Elephant.

Story Moral;

Power thirsty and selfish souls will never stop thirsting for more, even if they are offered the whole world - they will thirst for more! A fable from the Tripitaka Tales. Translated from the Thai by Spencer Littlewood

Stanza on Desires

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:30:00 +0200

The first stanza of the Sutta Nipatta and deals with the sufferings brought upon us by the attachment to desires, which are of course anicca and dhukka, as well as anatta. I find this Sutta has a key to the way to end suffering through the uprooting of attachment to desire (tanhaa/danhaa) - one of the main roots of suffering in incarnate sentient beings

Beware of post failure! (how to use this smodule)

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:30:00 +0200

Please take the following into account if you wish to write an article;
I recommend that you write it on your pc with editor, notepad, or even in html with a html editor if you know how to do it..
then paste it into the text fields on the module here.. why? because you might get logged out if you take a long time to finish writing and when you press "submit" the text will be lost! (i know because it just happened to me lol).

you can also write and save on your pc as html file or xhtml and upload it (there is an upload option on the author control panel).

Pics must be less than 500 x 500 px if not the same thing will happen on submit and your text will be lost!
please remember this when posting (if any of you ever post that is!)
Lastly and also just as important there is a field to fill in whilst authoring that says "show URL" - this must be filled in if not the post will be rejected (dont know why).. write anything.. if you write a post about yant then call it yant or something.. thats all just write any word that is remotely related to your post

The Leader in the Desert Chapter 2

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:20:00 +0200

The Leader in the Desert

The Oxen pulled the carts meticulously as usual, but what no one realized, is that the oxen were slowly wandering from the path, due to the fact that the pathfinder was sound asleep and nobody was watching the stars to lead the way. The Oxen pulled the carts in a wide circle passing where they had already been before. "Why is it taking us so long?" thought the driver at the rear, as it was almost getting light already, and he didnt want to have to stop and rest another day in the burning heat.

The Leader in the Desert

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:00:00 +0200