Nirvana comes to Bangkok
Newly opened Suan Mokkh Bangkok offers visitors a taste of dhamma heaven
B uddhadasa Indapanno Archives _ known as Suan Mokkh Bangkok _ was established this year, 17 years after the death of Buddhadasa Bhikkhu.
In 1932, Buddhadasa founded his forest hermitage Suan Mokkh (the pleasurable place to go to nirvana), a centre for study and serious practice in Chaiya district, Surat Thani province.
On Aug 1, Suan Mokkh Bangkok was officially opened on a 10,000 square-metre plot in Suan Rod Fai, formally known as Wachirabenchatat Park, a vast and verdant park in the heart of the city.
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- Writer: Supawadee Inthawong
- Position: Reporters
