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| Thailands Wats Temples and Mosques As well as the ubiqutous Buddhist temples, this area caters for all places of worship in Thailand. Post your pictures and thoughts of the Wats and chedis, churches, Hindu Temples and mosques of Thailand. Feel free to discuss theological issues and enlighten yourself. Learn what is involved in becoming a Monk in Thailand. Did you go to a Thailand Buddhist retreat to learn to meditate? Or visit the ancient ruins of Sukhothai. Or maybe helped out at the tiger temple in Kanchanaburi. Tell us about it here. |
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| ผู้เชี่ยวชาญเปล่า Last Online: Today 09:14 AM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Simian Islands
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| The Dog | Here are a couple of pictures of a communal spirit house on Soi Theprassit, up until about 8 years ago this was surrounded by fields and was at the entrance of a soi leading to about 10 houses, of course at that time it didn't have security grills on it and had a wooden tiled roof.
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| Thailand Expat Last Online: 07-11-2009 06:01 AM Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Samut Phrakon
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| Our spirit house Finally remembered to take a shot of our spirit house here in the "orchard". ![]() Happened to be around sunset so it turns out pretty decent. E. G. |
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| The Dog | Rural Spirit house This one is on the road near Silver Lake on the way to Ban Chang, this is obviously a village spirit house, but for some reason they are dumping the old ones here aswell, not sure why that is happening, they have another dumping place of old spirit houses about 1km down the road going towards Pattaya. Ok we can see the tree is revered here, but what made the Thais decide this would be a good place to dump unlucky spirit houses? |
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| Kraut Last Online: 09-09-2009 07:24 PM Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: under the headphones
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| Phuket Last Online: 29-11-2007 11:38 PM Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: USA
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| postings "Thanks" to all who took the time to post here. This is an interesting thread full of useful information. I noticed that only a handful of families on our soi would continuously maintain the spirit house that was placed at the end of it. Are there traditions about who maintains the spirit houses in these situations? (hope I did not miss this in the threads, apologies if I did). |
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| Phuket Last Online: 29-11-2007 11:38 PM Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: USA
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| thanks Thanks. The spirit houses are quite interesting. Despite being located everywhere in the country, I am constantly amazed at how they can be customized and localized to particular houses or communities. I was surprised to learn that the houses are not necessarily for Buddhist use, but over time, Thais came to use them through interactions between Indian religious practices (not sure which one) and Buddhism. I also did not know that the statues are of non-Buddhist entities. Quite an interesting intersection of religious practices and day-to-day beliefs (e.g., protect house, etc). |
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| Bangkok Last Online: 23-11-2008 03:23 PM Join Date: Nov 2008
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| Is it appropiate to purchase a small wooden thai spirit house as a gift for a loved one? I worry that it is not meant to simply be ordered on-line and given that way. Was considering getting it for a thai person living outside of Thailand. |
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| Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 10:08 AM Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ban Chang, Rayong
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In my opinion, if a Thai living outside of Thailand, had felt the need for one, they would have either purchased one, or had one built themselves. | |
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| Oh Fuk | Quote:
I am sure they would be very pleased that you are so thoughtful (make sure there is a bottle of whisky inside) we have just bought a wooden spirit house for our house, and have just made another for the land should be fun getting the local white witch, or Rohan, as my wife calls him, to come and do a bit of chanting for them
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| Kamala Beach Last Online: 27-01-2009 01:04 PM Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: oz
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| Fascinating post .My buddhas are in the garden and the loungeroom.When the dalai llama visits oz i can feel the love and wisdom emanating .A few spirits have visited our home but from a number of different religious origins.I find the message is sometimes very clear but sometimes i fail to grasp the meaning of the visit only guessing that it is a warning to take care and remember the afterlife. |
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