Monthly Archives: September 2013

Trust Me, I’m an Expert

A while back, I had a visitor from Thailand. As I drove us from place to place, he would sit shotgun and ask me what freeway we were on and where we were going. He started remembering freeways and landmarks in no time. Two weeks into his trip, we were on our way to a […]

No chance

Can people who weren’t born Buddhists achieve a level of enlightenment in this lifetime? In a book about Phra Acariya Mun Bhurridata’s life (รำลึกวันวาน, “Back in the Day”), there was a story related to this topic. A Thai General named Nim Chayodom went to pay his respects to Luang Bu Mun and mentioned that he […]