Environmentally Friendly 环保

Thailand - Bangkok (Erawan Shrine)

泰国 – 曼谷（四面佛神社）

November 9, is the birthday of Phra Phrom.

11月9日是四面佛的圣诞日。

Recently, discovered the smoke caused by burning incense at Erawan Shrine had disappeared!

最近发现一向香火鼎盛的四面佛神社怎么突然“烟消云散”！

After asking, realised that Erawan Shrine is doing their part to protect the environment.

一问之下，才知道四面佛神社为环保尽一份力。

About four, five months ago, Erawan Shrine started to encourage worshippers not to light joss sticks and candles.

大概四、五个月前，四面佛神社就开始要众善信不再点香烛。

At first it felt a little strange to see worshippers holding unlit joss sticks praying.

起初看到众善信手拿没点燃的香在膜拜感觉有点怪。

But after much thoughts, a non-smoky Erawan Shrine is also very cool.

但仔细思考了一下，没漫天烟雾的四面佛神社也挺酷的。

Just think about it, god also wants us to have fresh air to breathe.

试想想，神明也希望大家有个清新的空气呼吸。

Hopefully one day temples around the world will follow the practice of Erawan Shrine, worship without lighting joss sticks and candles.

希望有一天全世界的寺庙都能跟随四面佛神社的做法，膜拜不燃香烛。

So long as there is god in heart, the rest are just formalisation.

心中有佛，其余都是形式化罢了。