Color of monks’ robes

Why the color of monks’ robes is always either yellow or reddish brown? A foreigner once asked me this question and I could not answer him.

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Having done good deeds in one's past (5)

The 38 Ways to Happiness The Second Group of Blessings Blessing Five :- Having done good deeds in one's past

Thai Youth In The High Tech Era

Very often I felt like surrendering and didn’t understand why the more merit I made the more degrading my life was until I became penniless. I felt as if I was in the dark. However, no matter how bad it was I would not give in and I chose to fight to my death. I changed from being downhearted to taking up the challenge. Finally I found out the best solution was not to think about it and to motivate myself to keep on making merit with an assurance that one day the merit will certainly yield fruit.

Super Perfection Pursuer

What did my mother do which causes her to love merit accumulation so much and had the chance to make merit with Luang Pu when he was still alive? What deed makes her, at the last period of her life, suffer with blood pressure, rheumatoid, thyroid and makes her tumble so many times that her ankles are no longer strong which obstruct her from coming to the temple? What retribution makes her not to have gum edge which causes her to be unable to wear false teeth, so it is difficult for her to eat and defecate?

Showing Symptoms

He used to throw a live turtle into a fire, when it crawled out, would throw it back into the fire again many times until it died. Not too long after that he asked for an ordination. Three months later he put on his robe and poured the petrol all over himself and lit the fire.

Taking a leap of faith

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Cherishing our parents (7)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fourth Group of Blessings. Blessing Eleven :- Cherishing our parents.

Perpetual Virtue Never Been Told - Part 2

He has many worldly experiences in his life and has seen many kinds of people from every class. Being a Dream in Dream kindergarten student, he realized that “merit” makes people different. What merit makes a normal person be a president, a prime minister, and some become ministers or less powerful leaders, respectively? If one wishes to be a leader like this in every life, what can he do?

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Associate with the Wise (2)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The First Group of Blessings. Blessing Two :- Associate with the Wise

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Setting oneself up properly in life (2)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Second Group of Blessings. Blessing Six :- Setting oneself up properly in life