Buddhist Lent at the School for the Blind
07 Jul 2009 12:56 pm
The students from the School for the Blind recently took a long walk from the School to a local temple to present the Abbot and monks with alms before the start of Buddhist Lent. Each year the monks remain in their temples for three months praying, studying and meditating so Thai people ‘make merit’ but donating essentials that the monks will need during the Lent period.
It is a tradition that large candles are offered to the temples as they will be used at special prayer sessions in the temples and also to read the sacred texts. Food is also donated, particularly dried noodles so that there will be enough food to last, though the monks do continue their daily morning alms collecting.