The name "Sonshai" basically has no significant meaning, which is very weird, as in Thai context, the first name is what identifies a person as an individual. Burdett can have his facts checked by any air-head Thais but he did not. If you meet a ghost, you either pray the "Itipiso" prayer or "Pae Metta" prayer, not the "Four Noble Truths." And if you want to control your sexual urges, the last thing you do is to recite the "Eightfold Paths." This is complete bullshit. How can one refuse the simplicity life consisting of all-day praying, relatively no work, full stomach, and respect from all hard-headed believers?ģ. We Thais are sabai-sabai (meaning we're chill at all times), so trust me any man in his right mind would not trade his monkhood for a lowly-paid cop work. If you're really an Arhant, meaning that you're super religiouos, you'll remain a monk. The nature of choosing between becoming a monk or a copĮven if I give in to Burdett that, okay, you can have an Arhant in this era, it is still very unlikely for a Thai mindset to abandon your robe and become a cop. This is not from a Thai mindset, my friends, Burdett made this up on his own accord.Ģ. No monk in this modern society context can archieve Arhant even if he spent his whole life meditating, let alone being an Arhant cop, the concept which totally fucked up my head. Arhants live only in the era when the Buddha live as it is required that such noble people will be born only in the lifetime of the Budhha.
(The higher form is Sodaban, which the Buddha was before he went into nirvana.) This concept of an Arhant is simply very outdated. The Real term is Arhant, of which the closet pronunciation I could provide you with is "Or-ra-han" or "ɔː ra han." I'm not an expert with these phonetic symbols, though.Īn Arhant is an ancient term used for monks who archieve the higest spiritual knowledge possible for typical monks to acquire when alive. You can simply ask me if anything is unclear to you.
I was raised and educated in a very Westernized society after all.) Any ambiguity caused by confusing and inadequate English skills is totally on me.
(I rather dare say that I might even be sacarstic about my own country. Below is the explaintaion from my immediate knowledge of my own culture and religious, which is intended to be clear of any patriotic or egocentric comments. If you want a glimpse to the real Thai, this is not the book you're looking for.īefore I get to the part when I express my deep hatred for the book, I feel more than delighted to point out certain false facts that Burdett includes in Bangkok 8.ĭisclaimer: I'm Thai and was born into a Buddhist family. The author (or should I say a cheap salesman/opportunist he claims himself to be?) talks as if he knew it all about Thailand and its way of living or thinking.
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