04/22/2023
April 16, 2023 : ภาพกิจกรรมงานทำบุญวันสงกรานต์
What is Songkran Day? (Song-Kran)
The Songkran Day aka Thailand's new year, which is on April 13-15 of every year. It is a summer which we have a famous festival that people can throw water to each other without angry in the afternoon. It is a long holiday from 3 to 5 days.
To almost people, thew know that Songkran Festival is only to have fun by throwing water without angry. But in fact, we also have an important activity in the morning. So what is that?...
In the morning, Buddhist people will go to the temple and offer the food to monks and share food together. After the offering food, we will transfer the merit (the feeling of sharing, fullness, gratefulness) to our beloved ones through our ceremony. Then we pour the water to the monks' hands and get blessing from them.
After that, we pour the water to our grandparents, our mother and father, relatives who are older than you and then we bow to the ground, their feet, their laps or give a hug and get blessing from them. Since we have 3 days holidays, we also can go to see our benefactors on the other day and do this ceremony to them.
This ceremony is for developing our mind to be a grateful person which is the basic virtue and very important in Buddhism. Our life will be prosper and safe if we practice this until it comes from our heart not by pretending.
I wish everyone in this community to be prosper in your life. May you all be wealthy, healthy and beauty in everyday. May you all be safe in everywhere you go. And may everything you wish become true.
Happy Songkran Day
