Prayer flags are a popular souvenir choices for travelers to Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet or northern India. Closely associated with Tibetan Buddhism, prayer flags may have had their earliest origins in Bon traditions in the region. As you travel about these Buddhist countries, you will see these colorful banners fluttering in the wind where ever you […]
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Monk’s Bowl Village in Bangkok
This time last year, I was wandering the streets of Bangkok searching for the elusive Monk’s Bowl Village. I was really intrigued about finding the little family workshops that make bowls for alms collecting using traditional methods. It had a reputation of being tricky to find and it was. In Theravada Buddhism, monks and nuns […]