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The Magical still remains with the esteemed monk even until his death.

Phra Duan, a native of Songkhla Province who became a monk since the age of 21 due to his failing in policeman’s test. It seems like the destiny set him to be a monk. He went to practice meditation in a cave in Phatthalung for two years, then he traveled around making merit.

In 1959, he started building Wareehaphot temple where he remained doing good deeds until his death and the magical thing happen to this temple as well.

After his death on October 17, and the day of his cremation was November 8. The ceremony was crowded with many faithful people who love and respect Phra Duan. AT 9 pm, Phra Duan was brought out and laid on the pyre but something strange happened because the flame cannot do anything with his body.

After a half of hour, the body was not unblemished by the heat. Since with the miracle, the police and the volunteer have to work harder to prevent the crowd to get into the monk’s body to get the get the piece of his body to do amulet or whatever things according to their beliefs. But still the volunteers carried his body for the entire crowd to see this miracle. Finally they decide no to bury the body but keep the body in the glass coffin instead for people to come see and pay respect and to show this miracle for the whole world to see.

It was no more a funeral because it seems no tears from the eyes of crowded or sad feeling expressions but they were replaced by the astonishing feeling expressions instead.

Actually this is not really the first time that happened in Thailand. It seems like the flame can’t do anything to the body of esteemed monks. We can just only guess that is because of the all good deeds that all esteemed monks did before they died remain them in the same conditions in order to let others to come respect and it shows that even the death took them away from the earth but their miracle still remain for the people even they death already.

I have to say that this kind of thing reflects a lot to the people’s feeling and then it makes people have more respect on the good deeds in each person do when they lived.

Can someone turn off the Christmas music please I am getting stressed.
One of the reasons I liked Thailand so much before was that it did not have all this big holidays except the water festival and New Year.

No Thailand has imported all kinds of different holidays like western Christmas, Halloween and I would not be surprised if we have the Easter holiday soon as well.

For me the Christmas music make me stress I guess it reminds me of the all the stress you get in a western country from Christmas. When you have to buy everybody gift and you have to meet with people you does not want to meet.

I was shopping last week and what did they play in November? Jingle Bells Jingle all the way ohh my good in November. The only things that’s even is close to Christmas is the cold air from the air-condition and the huge fake Christmas three.

I wrote last year about the fake snow and snow men I wonder what they do this year, maybe a special landing strip on the new airport for Santa Claus.

Last years cover story about Thailand to worship the snowman

Thai women die in Buddhist meeting in Sweden

A Thai woman died in her sleep breathing carbon dioxide in her sleep. She had gathered with lots of other Thai and Swedish Buddhist. They are all members of the Wat Budda Udayana in Sweden.

The 5 women had left the fire going during the night and the poison gas killed one and injured the one other. The 3 other women have recovered pretty quickly.

All the women were unconscious when the fire and rescue staff came to the barn where they were sleeping.

If you have a friend in Thailand now on MSN you probably see that he has a (L) or heart in his/hers MSN window.

If you visiting Thailand right now you can see that everybody now is wearing yellow shirts to support the king that in the Hospital.

He got sick last week but is not on recovery and the whole country is preparing for his 80 Birthday the 5 of December.

So if you want to support the wonderful Thai king please put a heart in your MSN.