Glad to hear that. Happy learning.

http://www.dhammathai.org/sounds/chinabanchon.php

For your information :

The meaning of gāthā :

คาถา - In Thai, it is written as katha
In Pali, it is written as gāthā
Meanings - verses, stanzas


Ajahntan

In Pali, it should be :

Buddham prasiddhi me

Dhammam  prasiddhi me

Sangham prasiddhi me.

( Without proper guidance, you may mispronouce the words such as "me".  In Pali accent, it is pronouce as "may".) 

Listen to Zacken's advice.

My contribution :

VAJRASATTVA  ( 100 SYLLABLE MANTRA )

OM  BENZA  SATO  SAMAYA  MANU  PALAYA

BENZA  SATO  TENO  PA  TI  TA  DRI  DO  ME  BHAWA

SUTO  KAYO  ME  BHAWA 

SUPO  KAYO  ME  BHAWA

ANU  KARTO  ME  BHAWA

SARWA  SIDDHI  MEM  TRA YA  TSA

SARWA  KARMA  SUTSA  ME  TRI  TAM  SURI  YA

KU  RU  HUNG  HA  HA  HA  HA  HO  BHA  GA  WAN

SARWA  TA  THA  GATA

BENZA  MA  ME  MUNTSA  BENZA  BHAWA

MAHA  SAMAYA  SATO  AH 

For those who are interested in Sanskrit - English :

http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/Wingmakers/Sanskrit%20Dictionary.html

Originally posted by Kimsai:

Hi fellow members,

For those who are intered in the English - Pali words and dictionary.
Please visit :
www.palikanon.com/english/wtb/dic_idx.html

Sorry for the double posting. Can the moderator, please delete for me. Thks.

dp…....

Hi fellow members,

For those who are intered in the English - Pali words and dictionary.
Please visit :
www.palikanon.com/english/wtb/dic_idx.html

Originally posted by zacken99:

true.. fo zai ling shan mo yuan chui!

Glad to hear the views of the moderators in this forum. Good team work.

Sadhu..sadhu...sadhu...

Regards,

limsai

Originally posted by cheskiz:

Well, my uncle told me he can get me to be a part-time thai monk of a certain period and i have most prob decide to be 1month after my O-level.

This are my question.

When you go be a part-time thai monk, i understand that u have to go beg for alms , clean the temple and do chores and chanting. Can learn magic have to depend on master le, correct?

So when go beg alms, the alms all vegetable one or is they give u what, u eat what..then can eat beef?

Anyone be before, share experience lei, i can feel loneliness when i imagine myself going thru this thing, it is normal right?

Hi friend,

The appropriate word used should be short term monk instead of part-time monk.
What is your intention of becoming a monk? If you want to learn magic then forget about it.
As a monk, you have to go for alms collection every morning and you eat what is being given. Reason being that there should be no desire in the food.
Loneliness and peace of mind is of different meanings.
Being a monk, one attain the peace of mind with detachment from family ties and world affairs.
Regardless of the duration of being a monk, one have to maintain and observe the 227 precepts during the monkhood.
Also observe the following :
Sila - morality , Samadhi - meditation & Panna - Wisdom
Be prepared physically, mentally and spiritually prior to ordain as a monk.

Regards,

Kimsai

Originally posted by pentan3008:

Archan is just a name title given. Just like Mr or Miss or Dr.

It means a teacher or master.

Originally posted by rebellious_rabbit:

Hi Thank you for the info, at least now i guess probably it's the reason why they charge so high. Becos nobody explain to me when i ask them the price. The moment i heard so EX, i got to think twice. I have 6 people at home, and that will cost me S$210/- as they advise it better to contribute one each. I just working class, it's 200 bucks so i really might not be able to afford that much. anyway, now i guess i have a better pic. Really appreciate your view.

Hi friend,

What you can do is write the name as Mr.XYZ and family. Spiritual contribution comes from the heart, there is no monetary value. Today you may not be able to do it financially but in time to come, you may be able to contribute more. It is a life-time commitment. This is just the beginning of the journey
and there is a long way to go.

Cheers.

Kimsai

Hi friend,

I will like to share my personal view.

Firstly, we have to be awared of the country. If in Singapore, normally you will get the set of robes direct from the temple. It comes with a predetermined
price and it varies from one temple to another. There is no such fixed price.
We cannot compare with the actual cost price of the robes which may be cheap and affortable.
In the temple, whatever money collected goes to the temple funds. Therefore there is some difference in the price tag.

Regards,
Kimsai

Originally posted by Omniknight:

oh btw i never said im gonna make it my career to use magic on others

To whom it may concern,

Don't play with fires.

Originally posted by NewAge:

as of above. the store room is always dark

I believe only Hindu put statues in the storeroom.
As a form of respect, Buddhist statues will preferably be at the living room.

Originally posted by inker:

Bro kimsai i once came across a quote, "expoundin dhamma to people who are not interested in it is like pourin water on a dog's back, they shake it all off"

ps: not referin to ani1 jus a meaningful quote i chance upon

Inker, well spoken and good phasing.

Hope we are not in the buring fire of ignorance.
Because of ignorance, people imagine discriminations where in reality, there are no discriminations.
But people, because of ignorance, imagine such distinctions and judge them as right or wrong.
Mind is the forerunner. Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so.
Do good begets good. Do bad begets bad, We reap what we sow.
That is the Law of Kamma.

Originally posted by zacken99:

either, ur english is not gd or my explaination is poor...

we dun hv to bother abt the kmt DOB...

wat im concern abt is the person he himself ba zhi....

i myself hv kmt, im not against kmt...

but some people r jus not suitble to hv...

yeah..i seriously agree with you whining too much doesnt prove anything...just let time tell ...

btw...ba zhi did actually can tell when a person hv wealth luck..

if u really know nuts abt ba zhi, i will suggest u can go library and check it out...

I strongly supported the forum moderator point of view and explanation.
True Buddhism does not encouage the keeping of KMT.
Do no evil, do good and purify the mind. Thats the teaching of all Buddhas.

Originally posted by chantelle05:

hi all..i am interested to know how u all pray to ur own kmts. recently my friend got me one as a gift from bangkok so i wanna find out more bout them..

Firstly you should not accept this gift of KMT.
Now you face the problem as how to maintain it.
My advice to you is to bring it to the temple.
Don't try to find out more about KMT, live a simple life.

Originally posted by inker:

sad to say very few can follow that nowadays

Yes, you are absolutely right. Many devotees take the panca sila ( 5 precepts ) without knowing the contents of the precepts. Not all but most of them just follow and take precepts by reciting after the leader monk during festive or religious occasions.

Originally posted by Shipo_kyo:

These is the translation for The Five precepts / Pancasila.
from a part of PALI teaching for being higher than a layman.

I UNDERTAKE THE RULE OF TRAINING TO REFRAIN FROM DESTORYING LIVING CREATURES.

I UNDERTAKE THE RULE OF TRAINING TO REFRAIN FROM TAKING OF WHAT IS NOT GIVEN.

I UNDERTAKE THE RULE OF TRAINING TO REFRAIN FROM WRONG CONDUCT IN SEXUAL PLEASURES.

I UNDERTAKE THE RULE OF TRAINING TO REFRAIN FROM FALSE SPEECH.

I UNDERTAKE THE RULE OF TRAINING TO REFRAIN FROM DISTILLED AND FERMENTED INTOXICANTS WHICH ARE THE OCCASION FOR CARELESSNESS.

I remember the first time when i went this Master, to beg him for taking me as his Disciple. In the end he rejected me... very sad that time.

But he told me very important things that i remember even till now.

He said told me: being a Archan is not as simple as you think.

Being a good listener is important as why Buddha know s all, He listen.

Being observant as Why Buddha able to see all, as he see things at difference angle.

Being able to tell n teach as why Buddha have achieve a greater hights of understandings.

Also Because Buddha he hav a heart that can be as big as an ocean or bigger.
He is able to forgive n think postive.

Also Because Buddha he hav the Knowledge N wisdom as high as an mountain. That He have being using his brain to think n learn .

Means no matter who we are no matter what we are, maybe a monk , archan, layman, minister, teacher, children, ghost spirit or whatever we are.
The most important is to have the heart to learn how to accept ppl.
Knowledge maybe we can learn from school.
Wisdom is learn during our journey of life.

learn to accept n too forgive.

Panca sila ( 5 precepts ) as in Pali.

Panatipata veramani sikkha-padam samadiyami
Adinnnadana veramani sikkha-padam samadiyami
Kamesu micchacara veramani sikkha-padam samadiyami
Musavada verami sikkha-padam samadiyami
Sura-meraya-majja-pamadatthana veramani sikkha-padam samadiyami

Originally posted by LordIcarus:

i've always been doing wrong things.
yeah, seriously. not really evil stuff, but wrong. yes.

I think you are in a state of awakening as you can still differentiate what is evil and wrong doings.
Evil person sometimes do not know what he is doing.
If you think your doing is wrong then don't do it again.
Everybody do make mistake and it is a blessing that the doer knows what is right or wrong.

Cheers,

Kimsai

Originally posted by LustyLucille:

Thankyou Bro Zacken for sharing and warning us about this.

Another thing we can do to safeguard ourselves from such situation is to learn the basic or general knowledge of supernatural stuffs like knowing what sort of stones or mineral is for what month. Not necessary to be in depth but just enough so we do not get cheated out of money especially life.

Don't try to learn supernatural stuffs. Be a simple man. Be humble and have lots of loving-kindness ( metta ). Good people will be protected by spiritual guardians. Refrain from evil, do good and purify the mind.

Originally posted by Shipo_kyo:

ok lah. dont worry. that s alway away out lah.
There are small number of professionals now can help.
< very small number> you get it?
Just be paitent loh.
Got give her sleeping pills?

Sharing my personal opinion.

Any problem arises, there is always a cause and the resulting effect.
Be positive and find the truth. Interact and communicate with your daughter.
Parent being the doctor, and assume your daughter is your patient. You need to find out the symptom before you can prescribe the right medicine.

Originally posted by ORIGAMIST:

While discussing with my wife just now, she mentioned that she always hear bell ring sound.. you know those that they use when fishing ? .. I told her it could be just some wind chime outside some where .. Then when i was with her I heard it too ... it was like just next to me and it is loud . .. . . where is this all leading to ... Where is Zacken ??? Need advise fast !!!

When you say your wife always hear the bell ringing sound.

1. What time is it.
2. How frequent.
3. What feelings all of you have upon hearing the sound. This may lead to the source and have to do with kamma. Do you have a soothing or eerie feelng.

Any suggestions from members, please.

Kimsai