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Dear Pilgrim,

Oh so cute! In Thailand there are at least 2 temple that feed tigers with left over alms-food. Metta can tame wild animals indeed.

Love your article/pictures.
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yawares: Oh so cute! In Thailand there are at least 2 temple that feed tigers with left over alms-food. Metta can tame wild animals indeed.
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This one looks actually fairly cruel.. as if the seedy mahout is forcing the unhealthy-looking elephant to kneel on cement for a monk as a trick..
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yawares: Oh so cute! In Thailand there are at least 2 temples that feed tigers with left over alms-food. Metta can tame wild animals indeed.
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Dear rowboat,

I'm not sure if the monk with the tattoos is Thai monk?? I 've never seen Thai monks with tattoos before. But he seems to be very kind to the tiger...and that is so nice.

Nice picture/thank you,
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Hi Yawares,

I thought in the past I had seen photos of Thai bhikkhus showing tattoos: http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&safe= ... 2QWeq5y6DQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I personally have never had an interest in getting tattoos but admittedly some of those religious images are very compelling nonetheless.

Glad you appreciate the photo.

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Dear Pilgrim,

I so love this video...the bird on the monk's head is so brave/funny.
For me the closest encounter with the birds(Red Cardinals) was when they sat on my pink Oleander plants and looked at me through my window(computer room).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LNexIo ... re=related" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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And some Buddhists love animals!
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rowboat wrote:Hi Yawares,

I thought in the past I had seen photos of Thai bhikkhus showing tattoos: http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&safe= ... 2QWeq5y6DQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I personally have never had an interest in getting tattoos but admittedly some of those religious images are very compelling nonetheless.

Glad you appreciate the photo.

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Dear Rowboat,

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dt4zQZIq_U4/T ... p_0XRDmQCY

If you ever get religious image tattoo...please post your picture so all members can see.

I like the Buddha image tattoo,
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