Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Giving Life, Thai Buddhism Style!

I went to a local fresh market to buy a sizable number of live fish today and then went to a nearby temple by a canal to release them.

In Thailand it's one popular way to make merit. It's supposed to bring you good health and long life because we gave the fish another chance to live longer and presumably happier in the danger-free zone of the temple's waters.

I forgot to bring along my digital cameral but this is a pic of my previous excursion some time last year to the same place.


After releasing the fish we then bought some bread crumb and the tiny fish feed crunch to feed them. They all looked happy and came to swim and play with us all the time we were there.

It was a breezy and peaceful afternoon and we all felt very relaxing and happy! :)


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