Pure Mysticism – Buddhist Threads on my Head
I guess this ist he most ignoratnt headline that I have published for a long time, but this is really what happened and this is also what this post is all about.
During my last trip to Issan, the northeast region of Thailand, one of the most important buddhist ceremonies of the whole year took place in baan Konsaay, the village where I stayed.
For that ceremony all family altars in all houses in the village and the houses too had been connected with each other with a white cotton thread, like it is used in all buddhist ceremonies. The thread then led bundled to the statue of a high rank abbot in the lately constructed extension of the temple.
In the whole temple area grass mats had been spreaded und above the area a huge network of cotton threads had been created, from which thousand of single threads were hanging down.. Of course that net was also connected to the village houses the family altars and the statue in the temple.
Then, in the evening my metamorphosis as a part-time nun took place. More details about that can be found in my earlier post My Day as a Buddhist Part-time Nun.
When we arrived at the temple –now as nuns- we took those white cotton threads that were hanging down and spun them around our heads. So did all the hundreds of other women from the village. A couple of hundreds in total. From that moment on we were all spiritually connected to each other, the family altars, the houses of the village and the statue in the temple. This was certainly the most mystic occurance that I have ever expernienced.
After that we lighted candles in front of us and of course also the obligatory incense sticks. At that time it had been 9 p.m. The ceremony did not end before half past one in the morning after singing more than a thousand timest he same buddhist prayer.
In retrospective a very touching experience, although a was scared all the time that being wired up like that, somebody might be able to reda my thoughts or that I just would fuse.
Check out the video:
For some reason the video is a little grainy again so I added the best pictures again.
Tags: mystik thailand thai issan isaan esarn e-sarn pics bilder u-kaew udon thani konsaay travel buddhismus
During my last trip to Issan, the northeast region of Thailand, one of the most important buddhist ceremonies of the whole year took place in baan Konsaay, the village where I stayed.
For that ceremony all family altars in all houses in the village and the houses too had been connected with each other with a white cotton thread, like it is used in all buddhist ceremonies. The thread then led bundled to the statue of a high rank abbot in the lately constructed extension of the temple.
In the whole temple area grass mats had been spreaded und above the area a huge network of cotton threads had been created, from which thousand of single threads were hanging down.. Of course that net was also connected to the village houses the family altars and the statue in the temple.
Then, in the evening my metamorphosis as a part-time nun took place. More details about that can be found in my earlier post My Day as a Buddhist Part-time Nun.
When we arrived at the temple –now as nuns- we took those white cotton threads that were hanging down and spun them around our heads. So did all the hundreds of other women from the village. A couple of hundreds in total. From that moment on we were all spiritually connected to each other, the family altars, the houses of the village and the statue in the temple. This was certainly the most mystic occurance that I have ever expernienced.
After that we lighted candles in front of us and of course also the obligatory incense sticks. At that time it had been 9 p.m. The ceremony did not end before half past one in the morning after singing more than a thousand timest he same buddhist prayer.
In retrospective a very touching experience, although a was scared all the time that being wired up like that, somebody might be able to reda my thoughts or that I just would fuse.
Check out the video:
For some reason the video is a little grainy again so I added the best pictures again.
Tags: mystik thailand thai issan isaan esarn e-sarn pics bilder u-kaew udon thani konsaay travel buddhismus
Jessica Flores - 1. Jul, 11:43
