Author: Tilokarat » April 23, 2009, 8:21 am
I do not think we will ever see the PAD leadership and their yellow-shirted followers ever apologise for anything.
It is like the old British Foreign Office dictum - 'Never apologise, never explain'.
Khun BKKSTAN, the best way for a Thai Buddhist male to earn merit is to become a monk. For a Thai Buddhist female the best way to earn merit is to give food to the monks in the early morning and to go and make merit (tam bun) at the wat.
There are lots of charity organisations in Thailand some of which make seem familiar to us like the Lion's Club, the Rotary Club and so on. There is an Optomists Club in Udon.
Usually, the biggest donors to charities are Chinese Buddhists (Mahayana School as opposed to Thai Theravadists) wherein money donations are an good way to enter the Western Paradise/Pure Land after death.