Should i get a Kumanthong?

• An Eternal Now

  26 Jul 06, 15:04

  Originally posted by White_Wolf_Thunder:

  The link is not working.

  I corrected for Neutral_Onliner, the link should be http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=201901
• White_Wolf_Thunder

  26 Jul 06, 15:07

  Originally posted by An Eternal Now:

  I corrected for Neutral_Onliner, the link should be http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=201901

  Thank you.
  
  I been there already.
• An Eternal Now

  26 Jul 06, 15:14

  Originally posted by zacken99:

  i did said in my forum. kmt is belong to buddhism.. but only in thai nan chuan fo jiao...

  Regarding this part, I do not think KMT is "belong to Buddhism". First of all, Theravada (nan chuan) is not only include Thai Buddhism. Sri Lanka, Burmese, and so on, also belong to Theravada. Yet they do not practise KMT. Similarly in Theravada Buddhism, not all Theravada practise KMT. For some pure dharma schools of Thai Buddhism like the Forest Sangha/Forest Tradition - the lineage of Ajahn Mun, they do not practise such things at all and also do not recommend them to be practised. If you read about how KMT originated, it is also not originated from Buddhism, Buddha, or Theravada. It is a cultural practise, which later became widespread among Thai buddhists and also monks. But I do not consider it Buddhism or having Buddhist origins.
  
  But anyway this topic shall be closed for now.