Friday, January 30, 2009

The Tiger Temple - Thailand

Have you ever seen Tigers eating grass?
Check It out;
The tiger temple in Thailand is a place where an extraordinary
bond between man and the world's biggest cats has been formed.
The tigers here are so peaceful…it’s almost as if they have
accepted Buddhism as their religion. In fact, they even sit for the
meditating sessions with the monks and kneel down in front
of them as it they are the gurus. The tigers are so docile that the
monks have to sometimes train them to fight otherwise
they would lose all their power of self protection.
The link started in 1999 when a sick baby tiger, orphaned after
poachers shot its mother, was brought to the monks. Within
a few years several other tiger cubs similarly orphaned by
poachers had arrived. The most amazing thing
is none of the cubs turned out ferocious on growing up.
The monks believethat these tigers are none other than the former
Buddhist disciples who have taken rebirth in the same place.



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