Thai monks from the Sisaket province have used over one million recycled glass bottle to construct their Buddhist temple. Mindfulness is at the center of the Buddhist discipline and the dedication and thoughtfulness required to build everything from the toilets to their crematorium from recycled bottles shows what creativity and elbow grease can accomplish.
The Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple is about 400 miles northeast of Bangkok in the city of Khun Han close to the Cambodian border. Using Heineken bottles (green) and Chang Beer bottles (brown) the monks were able to clean up the local pollution and create a useful structure that will be a visual reminder to the scope of pollution and the potential we can make with limber minds.
The water tower and tourist bathrooms are even made from beer bottle litter. The monks were able to have the local people bring them the building materials which beautifully reflect the Thai sun.
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Thank nice so cool.
Things like this are why Buddhism is awesome. Beauty from ugliness. Functionality from uselessness. Sublime transformation. I think they’re on to something. :]
i love is monk , i’m from Thailand
Great Thank i love it.
i love is monk , i’m from Thailand
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Most admirable. Thank you for your knowledge.
We should preserve this culture. Thanks for the info.
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Hi there, and thanks so much for posting the article and the photos of the temple. I am a Buddhist woman from Thailand (Phitsanulok Province), and we DO have a pollution problem – especially in Bangkok, but the smaller cities are also choking on all the pollution, too.
I am very thankful that the temple has found a way to be environmentally conscious while still creating a work of beauty and function (since temples in Thailand sever a much BIGGER purpose than to just look nice).
thanks again for the article and the photos.
I recently saw saw some pieces on some news show like CNN and The Journal with Joan Lunden on industrial recycling but this takes it to the next level. If we put this monk in charge of the whole industry or just one company reclaiming our waste, this world would be filled with beauty. great article.