Students report being misled into bizarre camp in Thailand

[webfact]

Several students from a renowned university in northeastern Thailand have reported being misled by senior students into attending a peculiar camp that deviated from Buddhist teachings. The camp involved strange rituals, including chanting hundreds of times and creating heavenly passports.

 

Students from a well-known university in northeastern Thailand raised concerns about a camp they were taken to by senior students, under the guise of a volunteer camp. The students, who included high schoolers, were transported to the camp around midnight.

 

The location was described as very dark, and upon arrival, participants were subjected to unusual rituals such as speaking their names, burning names, and pressing their foreheads to open the third eye, said one student.

 

“When we searched the camp’s name on Google, it came up as permanently closed.”

 

The camp had an entry fee but only provided one bottle of water, which participants were expected to refill themselves. Activities at the camp involved physical pain, purportedly as a means to ward off bad luck.

 

There were no clear daily schedules, and participants were required to adhere to a vegetarian diet and chant hundreds of times while bowing repeatedly.

“Whenever we asked the staff about the activities, they gave the same scripted responses, as if they were brainwashed.”

 

Some students claimed that professors and deans had accompanied them to the camp. Among the peculiar activities was the creation of heavenly passports, which were said to be shown to Yama, the lord of death, upon dying.

 

These passports contained personal information similar to that found on an ID card and were intended to remove the holder’s name from the list of those destined for hell, thereby granting them access to heaven.

 

The students have urged the university to investigate these activities, as the camp also charged around 300 baht for participation. They expressed concern over the legitimacy and safety of the camp and the unusual practices it promoted.

 

The university is expected to take these reports seriously and conduct a thorough investigation to ensure the safety and well-being of its students, reported KhaoSod.

 

by Puntid Tantivangphaisa

Photo courtesy of KhaoSod

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-07-16

 

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[brianthainess]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Several students from a renowned university in northeastern Thailand have reported being misled by senior students

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Some students claimed that professors and deans had accompanied them to the camp.

Sounds like a very good Uni the education levels must be very high, LMAO. How much is a degree there ? 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The university is expected to take these reports seriously and conduct a thorough investigation to ensure the safety and well-being of its students

A tad late for these students..?

[Black arab]

Must of been a MAGA rally 😉

[NativeBob]

Some pseudo religious cult?

University headmaster (or who is the boss there) should investigate it and find responsible people.

[JonnyF]

12 minutes ago, Black arab said:

Must of been a MAGA rally 😉

 

There were no reports of extreme leftists with rifles on any nearby roofs, so unlikely. 

[Brn2Trvl]

Christinsanity strikes again.

[Enoon]

41 minutes ago, Brn2Trvl said:

Christinsanity strikes again.

 

The image inclines me to think that it is more likely Han Buddhism:

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanyin

 

https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/20090/why-does-guan-

yin-ride-a-dragon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[brianthainess]

55 minutes ago, Enoon said:

 

The image inclines me to think that it is more likely Han Buddhism:

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanyin

 

https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/20090/why-does-guan-

yin-ride-a-dragon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That is clearly the Loc Ness monster with a LB riding it.               

[BangkokReady]

One student was quoted as saying, "It wasn't until someone pointed out to me that the bizarre rituals weren't related to Buddhism or schooling that I realised something was up".

[RayWright]

Thai version of Rag Week?