‘Buddha’s footprint’ found on Surat Thani mountain

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‘Buddha’s footprint’ found on Surat Thani mountain
By The Nation

 

SURAT THANI: -- Residents of a village in Surat Thani’s Phanom district believe they have found a footprint of the Lord Buddha preserved in limestone on a mountaintop.

 

Sathaporn Saripat, head of Moo 1 village in Tambon Klong Sok, said the footprint was noticed recently while he was leading a survey of watershed forests as part of a plan to develop community tourism.

 

He said the impression left in the soft stone near a cliff on Khao Phru Ching Mountain resembles an oversized human footprint. It is 10 to 12 inches long, four or five inches wide and three inches deep.

 

Sathaporn said he had asked government officials to examine the find. If they say it qualifies to be regarded as an example of the Buddha’s footprint, he said, the villagers will promote the location as a pilgrimage and tourism destination.

 

Asia has thousands of “natural” Buddha footprints imbedded in rock, chiefly in Japan and Sri Lanka, usually appreciated for their symbolic value rather than as literal relics. The most revered example in Thailand is at Wat Phra Phutthabat in Saraburi.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30312799

 

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[Just1Voice]

Oh, please, give me a break from this bull! 

 

[ChakaKhan]

Opps sorry i took of my sandals--had a rock in my shoe

 

Its actually MY foot...so solly...

[thequietman]

Siddhartha is said to have spent 29 years as a prince in Kapilavastu, not Thailand. For the remaining 45 years of his life, the Buddha is said to have traveled in the Gangetic Plain, in what is now Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and southern Nepal, not Thailand.

 

Anyone wanna tell them he was never in Thailand.

[Just1Voice]

2 minutes ago, thequietman said:

Siddhartha is said to have spent 29 years as a prince in Kapilavastu, not Thailand. For the remaining 45 years of his life, the Buddha is said to have traveled in the Gangetic Plain, in what is now Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and southern Nepal, not Thailand.

 

Anyone wanna tell them he was never in Thailand.

He also told his disciples that he was NOT a god, and NOT to pray to him, as it wouldn't do any good.  Someone forgot to tell the Buddhist, especially the Thai ones, about that.

 

[Eric Loh]

9 minutes ago, thequietman said:

Siddhartha is said to have spent 29 years as a prince in Kapilavastu, not Thailand. For the remaining 45 years of his life, the Buddha is said to have traveled in the Gangetic Plain, in what is now Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and southern Nepal, not Thailand.

 

Anyone wanna tell them he was never in Thailand.

Don't tell that to the Suratthanians. They are gullible to follow Pra Suthep, they gullible for anything. 

 

[Chip Allen]

My Thai GF, who has studied Buddhism extensively, tells me that Thai Buddhism is not really Buddhism. I am just beginning to understand what she means. 

[Just1Voice]

My Thai wife finally got so fed up with Thai "Buddhism" that she started going to a Christian Church, later converted, and came home and got rid of any & everything connected to Buddhism, including one large, and very expensive San Ka Poom (prayer house/temple) in our front yard, donating it to the moo bahn. 

 

[tracker1]

23 minutes ago, Just1Voice said:

My Thai wife finally got so fed up with Thai "Buddhism" that she started going to a Christian Church, later converted, and came home and got rid of any & everything connected to Buddhism, including one large, and very expensive San Ka Poom (prayer house/temple) in our front yard, donating it to the moo bahn. 

 

Mine has gone the opposite visited India and Nepal and now it is all go for Buddhism here day and night ! even said if she wins the lottery will buy the land opposite and build a temple !

[jollyhangmon]

> ...  the villagers will promote the location as a pilgrimage and tourism destination.< are the magic words here -   

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

 Maybe it was Buddha's younger brother looking for some nice Thai girls?

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

5 minutes ago, jollyhangmon said:

> ...  the villagers will promote the location as a pilgrimage and tourism destination.< are the magic words here -   

For sure 10 times the price for Farangs to enter this new  scam "tourist" destination

[thequietman]

6 minutes ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

 Maybe it was Buddha's younger brother looking for some nice Thai girls?

Nanda, the Buddha’s brother had been a monk long enough to know that he didn’t like it. The other monks at the monastery saw him moping around with his shoulders hunched and a mouthful-of-lemons look on his face.

“What’s the matter?” they asked.

“I am miserable, friends!” he replied. “I can’t stand being a monk. There are too many rules! Too little pleasure! I am going to give up, disrobe, and go back to lay life.”

One of the monks, worried about his depressed friend went to the Buddha to ask his advice. The Buddha smiled and told the young monk, “Go to Nanda and tell him, ‘The teacher calls for you.’”

Nanda came, and the Buddha told him what he had heard.

“Yes,” admitted Nanda, “I am miserable. It’s time for me to disrobe.”

“What really brings this on? Why are you so miserable?”

“Well,” confessed Nanda, “when I was leaving home to become a monk, I saw a girl from the village. She was so beautiful there with her hair half mussed. And as I left she said to me, ‘I hope you will be home soon.’

“Now every time I sit to meditate all I can think of is this lovely woman with her hair half mussed. What can I do? Every time I think of her I am miserable.”

The Buddha took Nanda tenderly by the arm and said, “Let me show you something.”

Instantly, the were transported to the Tavatimsa Heaven. And there was Sakka, the king of the devas with 500 heavenly nymphs there to bring him every pleasure.

The Buddha turned to Nanda who was staring at the scene with his jaw hanging nearly to his chest.

“What do you think?” asked the Buddha. “Who is more beautiful, the lovely Sakyan girl with the half mussed hair or each of these 500 nymphs?”

Nanda replied, “She isn’t even 1/10 as pretty as these nymphs! Compared to these nymphs that Sakyan girl looks like a monkey with its ears and nose missing! These nymphs are so beautiful, so perfect!”

“Well, Nanda, I personally will guarantee that if you follow the path, you will be reborn in this heaven with these nymphs.”

“Well,” said Nanda with a sly smile crossing his lips, “this changes everything. If I am sure to gain his heaven and these nymphs, suddenly the holy life doesn’t sound so bad after all.”

In an instant, Nanda and the Buddha were back in Jeta’s Wood.

From that day, all the monks noticed that their friend Nanda was smiling and diligent in his practice. He didn’t walk around depressed with hunched shoulders but instead with a sly smile on his lips.

And of course they heard the rumors that the Buddha himself had guaranteed that Nanda would be reborn in the Tavatimsa Heaven surrounded by heavenly nymphs.

But instead of admiring Nanda for his newfound diligence in practice, the other monks mocked him. “You are only practicing the holy life for the sake of heavenly nymphs. You could care less about wisdom or liberation. You aren’t a real monk, just the Buddha’s flunky.”

Nanda was ashamed, but he only practiced harder. And before long, while living in a secluded spot, spending many hours every day in meditation, Nanda achieved liberation. He joined the arahats as a truly enlightened being. He had achieved nibbana.

The next day, Nanda went to the Buddha. The Buddha knew at once that Nanda was liberated. Nanda bowed to the Buddha and said, “Gracious teacher, once you promised me 500 heavenly nymphs in the Tavatimsa Heaven if only I diligently followed the practice. Well, I have come to free you from that promise.”

“Of course,” said the Buddha, “I was free from that promise the moment you were liberated. When you were freed, so was I.”

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

12 minutes ago, thequietman said:

Nanda, the Buddha’s brother had been a monk long enough to know that he didn’t like it. The other monks at the monastery saw him moping around with his shoulders hunched and a mouthful-of-lemons look on his face.

“What’s the matter?” they asked.

“I am miserable, friends!” he replied. “I can’t stand being a monk. There are too many rules! Too little pleasure! I am going to give up, disrobe, and go back to lay life.”

One of the monks, worried about his depressed friend went to the Buddha to ask his advice. The Buddha smiled and told the young monk, “Go to Nanda and tell him, ‘The teacher calls for you.’”

Nanda came, and the Buddha told him what he had heard.

“Yes,” admitted Nanda, “I am miserable. It’s time for me to disrobe.”

“What really brings this on? Why are you so miserable?”

“Well,” confessed Nanda, “when I was leaving home to become a monk, I saw a girl from the village. She was so beautiful there with her hair half mussed. And as I left she said to me, ‘I hope you will be home soon.’

“Now every time I sit to meditate all I can think of is this lovely woman with her hair half mussed. What can I do? Every time I think of her I am miserable.”

The Buddha took Nanda tenderly by the arm and said, “Let me show you something.”

Instantly, the were transported to the Tavatimsa Heaven. And there was Sakka, the king of the devas with 500 heavenly nymphs there to bring him every pleasure.

The Buddha turned to Nanda who was staring at the scene with his jaw hanging nearly to his chest.

“What do you think?” asked the Buddha. “Who is more beautiful, the lovely Sakyan girl with the half mussed hair or each of these 500 nymphs?”

Nanda replied, “She isn’t even 1/10 as pretty as these nymphs! Compared to these nymphs that Sakyan girl looks like a monkey with its ears and nose missing! These nymphs are so beautiful, so perfect!”

“Well, Nanda, I personally will guarantee that if you follow the path, you will be reborn in this heaven with these nymphs.”

“Well,” said Nanda with a sly smile crossing his lips, “this changes everything. If I am sure to gain his heaven and these nymphs, suddenly the holy life doesn’t sound so bad after all.”

In an instant, Nanda and the Buddha were back in Jeta’s Wood.

From that day, all the monks noticed that their friend Nanda was smiling and diligent in his practice. He didn’t walk around depressed with hunched shoulders but instead with a sly smile on his lips.

And of course they heard the rumors that the Buddha himself had guaranteed that Nanda would be reborn in the Tavatimsa Heaven surrounded by heavenly nymphs.

But instead of admiring Nanda for his newfound diligence in practice, the other monks mocked him. “You are only practicing the holy life for the sake of heavenly nymphs. You could care less about wisdom or liberation. You aren’t a real monk, just the Buddha’s flunky.”

Nanda was ashamed, but he only practiced harder. And before long, while living in a secluded spot, spending many hours every day in meditation, Nanda achieved liberation. He joined the arahats as a truly enlightened being. He had achieved nibbana.

The next day, Nanda went to the Buddha. The Buddha knew at once that Nanda was liberated. Nanda bowed to the Buddha and said, “Gracious teacher, once you promised me 500 heavenly nymphs in the Tavatimsa Heaven if only I diligently followed the practice. Well, I have come to free you from that promise.”

“Of course,” said the Buddha, “I was free from that promise the moment you were liberated. When you were freed, so was I.”

That's the official story, the real life story was that Nanda been informed about the happy ending bubble massage place on top of  mountain in Sura Thani province in southern Thailand.

[hEaDy]

1 hour ago, thequietman said:

Siddhartha is said to have spent 29 years as a prince in Kapilavastu, not Thailand. For the remaining 45 years of his life, the Buddha is said to have traveled in the Gangetic Plain, in what is now Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and southern Nepal, not Thailand.

 

Anyone wanna tell them he was never in Thailand.

Do you mean that in the same sense that Jesus was never in the UK, the United States or many other Christian countries?

[thequietman]

1 minute ago, hEaDy said:

Do you mean that in the same sense that Jesus was never in the UK, the United States or many other Christian countries?

No, they said its the Buddah's foot print in their province. He clearly wasn't there. I don't think anyone is claiming the same for Jesus' foot print, although I could be wrong.

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

1 hour ago, Just1Voice said:

My Thai wife finally got so fed up with Thai "Buddhism" that she started going to a Christian Church, later converted, and came home and got rid of any & everything connected to Buddhism, including one large, and very expensive San Ka Poom (prayer house/temple) in our front yard, donating it to the moo bahn. 

 

Yeah because a virgin giving birth to the son of God makes much more sense.

 

IMO all religion is ridiculous. I feel sorry for those who need it and believe so strongly in it.

 

[realenglish1]

Just a sasquatch  They have been roaming the mountains for ages

 

Ok so if you dont believe me why would you believe it is Lord Buddha

[Moonlover]

The Shroud of Turin is a perfect example that Buddhism is not the only religion that can hoodwink its follows.

 

Claimed to have the burial shroud of Jesus following his death, now carbon dated to have originated in the middle ages! Yet it is still revered!

[thequietman]

3 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

The Shroud of Turin is a perfect example that Buddhism is not the only religion that can hoodwink its follows.

 

Claimed to have the burial shroud of Jesus following his death, now carbon dated to have originated in the middle ages! Yet it is still revered!

But maybe that is Gods plan. He deliberately dated the shroud to the middle ages. He is testing us all the time. 

[geovalin]

Interesting story but without picture, it's too bad.

Nowadays every one make a photo of his fried rice but a Buddha foot print, they don't care.

[thequietman]

6 minutes ago, geovalin said:

Interesting story but without picture, it's too bad.

Nowadays every one make a photo of his fried rice but a Buddha foot print, they don't care.

 from somewhere else in Thailand. He was a big lad.

[PremiumLane]

What's next? His face in the bottom of a somtam bowl? We have already had Jesus in a piece of toast before, so why not :)

[Mook23]

The buddha dude is long dead. He couldn't care less what the thai think about him. Hes also often depicted as a fat smiling bloke which gives me the impression he wasn't very spartanic and moderate himself ? people who need an imaginary friend or guru to cope with life should be treated with utter skepticism. My credo is simple: dont do to another what u dont like yourself. Its called MORALITY. No master no god is needed to live a moral life. 

[Reigntax]

Its not Buddas footprint its the mad monk and his are all over that region

[tominbkk]

I saw the Loch Ness monster in my backyard.  Who do I call?  I think Buddha was riding him!

[cruisemonkey]

Jesus Christ, ANOTHER Buddah's footprint?... Allah be praised!

[elgordo38]

4 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

Oh, please, give me a break from this bull! 

 

Its not a bull's footprint its Buddas. Yes they are open for tourists. 

[wakeupplease]

Gullible stupid people in some parts of the world comes from lack of education and being surrounded by liars, scammers and thieves

[digger70]

Are they serious?if you believe this than this country and all their bullshit believes are going on the Fritz.