Bhante Huat's Fouurth
Temple On his current trip back to Malaysia, Bhante Huat informs us that the villagers of Mak Lodeh, a remote village in the district of Omkoi, Chiangmai, has invited him to rebuild the temple there. At present a Thai monk stays in a run-down building there and the stupa where some relics are stored is broken. This ruined temple is too small and cannot cater for the Buddhist devotees from seven nearby villagers to congregate for their religious activities. So the small old temple has to be torn down and a new one built in its place.
The local villagers who are Karens have approached Bhante Huat, whom they fondly call Ajahn Malaysia, to help in the construction of this temple after seeing his successful construction of three temples in three villagers, namely Hui Manam, Mae Haed and Mae Hard. The temple at Mak Lodeh will be Bhante Huat’s fourth temple built for the Karen villages of Mae Hong Son and Omkoi.
According to Bhante Huat, for a temple to be complete, it must at least have a shrine hall, a Buddha statu, a stupa and khutis for the monks. It is also important to build toilets, too. The cost of building them is relatively low as wood is easily available and labour is free as the villagers volunteer to build the temple.Nevertheless, the villagers are too poor to contribute financially for the construction of the temple. So Bhante Huat has to depend on generous Malaysian to donate towards the construction of the temple.
Similarly, for the construction of the temple at Mak Lodeh, Omkoi, Bhante Huathopes that Malaysians will come forward to sponsor or donate towards its construction. The total cost of building the temple is about RM120,000. The cost of the individual items are as follows : shrine hall costs RM35,000, stupa costs RM35,000, Buddha statue costs RM20,000 and 3 khutis cost RM10,000. Toilets and a kitchen will also be constructed.
Sponsorship or donations of any amount towards the construction of this templeis most welcomed. Bhante Huat has requested my assistance to help to make known this project to Buddhist devotees in Malaysia and also to collect the donations for him. So if you wish to sponsor or donate towards the construction of this temple, you can contact me, my phone number is 012 5636318, email is fkhoh88@gmail.com, for further details. Donations can be sent to this account number : 4809064700 , Public Bank, Sungai Petani. Bhante Huat mentioned that he has already arrange for work to start in July this year if he is able to raise enough fund for the construction of the temple.
Temple On his current trip back to Malaysia, Bhante Huat informs us that the villagers of Mak Lodeh, a remote village in the district of Omkoi, Chiangmai, has invited him to rebuild the temple there. At present a Thai monk stays in a run-down building there and the stupa where some relics are stored is broken. This ruined temple is too small and cannot cater for the Buddhist devotees from seven nearby villagers to congregate for their religious activities. So the small old temple has to be torn down and a new one built in its place.
The local villagers who are Karens have approached Bhante Huat, whom they fondly call Ajahn Malaysia, to help in the construction of this temple after seeing his successful construction of three temples in three villagers, namely Hui Manam, Mae Haed and Mae Hard. The temple at Mak Lodeh will be Bhante Huat’s fourth temple built for the Karen villages of Mae Hong Son and Omkoi.
According to Bhante Huat, for a temple to be complete, it must at least have a shrine hall, a Buddha statu, a stupa and khutis for the monks. It is also important to build toilets, too. The cost of building them is relatively low as wood is easily available and labour is free as the villagers volunteer to build the temple.Nevertheless, the villagers are too poor to contribute financially for the construction of the temple. So Bhante Huat has to depend on generous Malaysian to donate towards the construction of the temple.
Similarly, for the construction of the temple at Mak Lodeh, Omkoi, Bhante Huathopes that Malaysians will come forward to sponsor or donate towards its construction. The total cost of building the temple is about RM120,000. The cost of the individual items are as follows : shrine hall costs RM35,000, stupa costs RM35,000, Buddha statue costs RM20,000 and 3 khutis cost RM10,000. Toilets and a kitchen will also be constructed.
Sponsorship or donations of any amount towards the construction of this templeis most welcomed. Bhante Huat has requested my assistance to help to make known this project to Buddhist devotees in Malaysia and also to collect the donations for him. So if you wish to sponsor or donate towards the construction of this temple, you can contact me, my phone number is 012 5636318, email is fkhoh88@gmail.com, for further details. Donations can be sent to this account number : 4809064700 , Public Bank, Sungai Petani. Bhante Huat mentioned that he has already arrange for work to start in July this year if he is able to raise enough fund for the construction of the temple.
