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Brian Taylor has been a Poet and Philosopher in Cornwall, England and the Far East.
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FULL MOON DAY IN MARCH
One candle is a light unto itself.One hundred candlesilluminate a room.In a room,one candle isa light unto itself. Uposatha Day at Wat Krathum,seven old ladies and one old mantaking eight precepts for a dayto keep the fires of Hell at … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangkok, Buddha, candle, chicken flu, full moon, grave, impermanence, insubstantiality, light, monks, precepts, sermon, suffering, Uposatha day
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TALE OF A CHAIR
In Ban Pho,fifty years ago,Ah Koh Lai the widowfilled her heartand saved five thousand baht.Pressing her hands together in salutation,she resolved to make a donationfor the benefit of allto Wat Krathum Uposatha Hall. * She sent her granddaughterto Saochingcha where,by … Continue reading
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Tagged abbot, Brahmin Swing, Buddha, Buddhism, burglars, Dhamma Chair, donation, merit, monks, Morality, Patimokha, precepts, sermons, Uposatha, Wat Krathum
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ECONOMIC CRISIS
BE SMILE DENTIST advertises down onSoi Anuman Rajadhon.Next door Anglo East Surety Brokerinsures diamonds and gemstones.Having struggled with the world’s economic crisis,faced with a shortage of government bailout schemes,Anglo East has decided on a fundamental solutionand invited ninety-nine monks to … Continue reading
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Tagged bailout schemes, Bamboo Leaves, broker, Buddha, chanting, demons, dentist, dhamma, diamonds, Economic Crisis, exorcised, government, merit, monks, new robes, offerings, precepts, sangha, temples, Thailand
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BLONDIN Poems 