Thailand Trip

Its been some time since i came back from my thailand pilgrimage. Haven't updated anything on the trip yet.

Alot of strange and spiritually stuffs happened during the trip. May sounds too magical or mysterious to majority of the people. So i'm not going to say anything on that.

First day, we went to a certain temple in bangkok to find a monk. His name is Su Na and his title is Chao Kun. Chao Kun is a title given to high ranking monks. We couldn't find him at the temple and so we went asking around among the monks. We were told that Chao Kun had left for retreat in the border of thailand, near Cambodia.

We arranged a mini van and a monk to visit Chao Kun the next day. It was a long trip.. Took around 4hours plus to reach the temple. Its a nice hut with serene surroundings. Felt so peaceful over there. We had problems communicating with Chao Kun as he only know abit of english and my friend only speak abit of thai. Its hard but most of the questions we managed to get across to him by body language. Haha.

He gave us quite a number of items to bring back with us. Statue, amulets, pendants and holy water. He invited us to stay in the temple when we come to thailand again. I think the main purpose is to meditate for a few days. He took our telephone numbers and namecards in order to contact us when he comes to singapore. Very kind and friendly man. I think he is around 70 over years old.

The next day we went to a temple in the outskirt of bangkok. A driver in the hotel took us there. He can speak english pretty well. So we got him to interpret for us. The monk name is Luang Phor Wank. Luang Phor is a title for Teacher or father in thai. Chao Kun is higher than a Luang Phor. This monk knows quite alot of things but couldn't tell us much. I think most probably is because of his ranking. He kept emphasizing that Monks also have their code of conduct. So he cannot say much. In the end, we just walked around the temple and saw the remains of his teacher. Died quite long ago already but his body is still intact. His body didn't rot and was placed in a glass coffin for people to see.

When a person achieved enlightenment, there are a few phenomenon that one could observe. When a body couldn't rot, thats one of the phenomenon. Anyway it was a fruitful and enjoyable trip. We learnt quite alot of things over there.