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Boon Khun Lan Inheriting the Legend in Buddhism

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Phramaha Ridtichai Sumantabhãṇĩ (Prompinid), [2]Phramaha Mit Thitapanyo*, [3] Phramaha Natthabhan Hanpong
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.5.224

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This article examines the history of Boon Khun Lan inheriting the legend in Buddhism. It is an Isan language, which means a rice gifting ceremony. After harvesting and threshing, it is brought to the barn. In this rice gifting ceremony, villagers gather rice at the temple. Some areas may have different area assignments. But the goal is to make merit in the rice gifting ceremony. This merit-making is based on the stories in the Dhammapada of Buddhism as a guideline for practice. It has been made and inherited until it becomes a tradition. Nowadays, this merit-making tradition had evolved in terms of ceremonies that have changed according to the era. Making merit of Boon Khun Lan, besides it will be inherited according to the way of making merit in Buddhism, it also commemorates the kindness of rice,

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