I cannot remember when was the last time I made a random merit, Sankatana (สังฆทาน), to a monk on birthday, probably, at the Thai temple some years ago. Making merit is a Buddhist way to comfort Thai souls in order to live happily in peace in this life and the next.
The ritual is just to get a set of Sankatana offerings then find a monk in a temple and inform him of your intention. Basically, this should be any monk you come across. If you are not able to ceremonially converse in Pali-Sankrit with the monk, which most cannot, he will lead you all through the process. After the set is handed over, you must slowly pour a small jug of water into a bowl while he is praying for you and finally water a big tree near by.
This trip was the first time I visited Thailand since I moved to Sydney in 2001. That was a very long time for an ex-pat to return to homeland.
One the other hand, my perspective changed around the medium at the time—photography. And I also started to use it as video projects.
Bangkok, I still love this fucking city.
- Bangkok Connection
- Thai Election Kicks Off
- Mochit 2
- Rayong Birds
- Bangkok Express
- Talad Thep Chinda
- 9 Days in the Kingdom
- 10 November 2007
- Paul’s Birthday
- Sticky Tuk Tuk
- FAT Festival
- FAT Concert
- Birthday Merit
- Feed the Fish
- Step – Stylish Nonsense
- Vanishing Marshland
- Likay Portraits
- The Long Lost Babies
- Error Ferris Wheel
- Happy Loy Krathong
- Loy Krathong in Pak Kred
- Demolishing Old House
- The Lost Three Gems in the City of Gods
- Not Far from Home
- Trading Buddhas
- Grand Palace
- Talk to the Other Side
- Moonlight with DH
- Residencies of Gods
- Go with the Flow
- Day and Night at Siam Square
- Market Afternoon Nap
- Bangkok Daybreak
- Mochit 2 Revisit
- 10 Years Tom Yum Goong Disease
- Watch Your Step
- Clashing Views on Skytrain
- Constructing Bangkok
- Trap Doors
- Patpong for the King
- Mobility of Faith
- Lost in Transportation
- Thailand Random Symmetry
- The Miscellaneous Memories of Bangkok
- The Departure
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