Is Thai Buddhism a scam? A brief introduction to Buddhist scams in Thailand

When traveling, we sometimes encounter scams, especially when traveling with a group. Some "black-hearted" travel agencies cooperate with local scenic spots or shops that tourists are interested in to defraud tourists of their money. This phenomenon is not uncommon and disgusting.

But what I didn't expect was that even a holy place like Buddhism involved a "black heart" travel agency. For example, Bian Xiao recently heard about this Thai Buddhist scam, which is really irritating. Let's have a look!

Is Thai Buddhism a scam? Of course, many of them are scams!

In the United Nations, it is not uncommon for travel agencies to cheat tourists. It is rare that domestic travel agencies are optimistic about the Buddhist market in Thailand and begin to contract temples.

Many friends feel that the dealers they contact cannot be trusted. When they travel to Thailand, they always go to the temple to ask for a card, or they are introduced by acquaintances or recommended by tour guides.

Take it back to someone who knows the Buddha's brand: it's fake.

Those friends who can apply for fake cards in good faith only need 100 yuan, but it will cost thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan to buy a souvenir for themselves.

In fact, the collusion between travel agencies and Thai temples contracted by domestic merchants has long been exposed in the domestic media:

According to the investigation of Thai media, some famous temples near the seaside in Phuket attract many tourists from all over the world every day, but the temple actually rents out some important Buddhist temples to China businessmen to sell Buddhist items such as Buddhist cards at high prices.

Many people think that "building a temple" is a bit exaggerated, but the facts always make people feel that profiteers are hard to prevent. The following is a passage from the China variety show "World Youth":

I don't blame the tourists for their negligence. I can only say that travel agencies have tried their best to make huge profits.

Why not advise tourists to ask for their own cards?

It is said that the water of Buddhist brands in China is too deep, but I don't know that everything in Thailand is as deep as that in Wang Yang. Not only are temples contracted by domestic travel agencies in collusion with domestic merchants, but also the lack of supervision and the proliferation of replica brands are important factors that make it difficult for tourists to obtain genuine brands in Thailand:

How can a tourist destination not be commercialized?

Even traditional Thai temples have become tourist attractions with the development of modern society. Such temples often produce commercial things, which can only be called commodities, not Buddhist cards.

This product is similar to the souvenirs of China's major temples and Dojo, and it is marked with the words "Opening the Light", but it is completely mass-produced, so it has no magic at all.

Individual booths are unattended.

There are places selling Buddhist cards in temples, which are divided into individuals and temples. There will be no management of individual booth temples, that is, if booth merchants sell commercial cards and fake cards, temples will not interfere.

Copying foca overflow

Some famous temples in modern times went downhill because of the death of eminent monks, which led some temples to engrave Buddha's cards privately in order to survive.

It's like Wappebury, once the first owner of Surin House, Chang Pohong. After the death of the monk Longbohong, the temple took out some molds of famous Buddha cards and copied them with similar materials.

Ordinary tourist card

As for tourist cards, the most popular one in China is probably "Little Red Rope". Many tourists who travel to Thailand and ask for Buddhist cards start from it, so they will come back to look for knowledgeable friends: souvenirs.

There are countless such things. I hope that friends who travel to Thailand will carefully identify them and not fall into the scam and pay the tuition in vain.

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Many people mistakenly think that inviting the Thai Buddha is as simple as going to the temple to get the Buddha card and mailing it to Shanxin, but in fact?

In fact, running to the temple to get the certificate is not only a meticulous work, but also a patient work. Good cards will not be reported to the owner and year like ordering food, but will be taken to the front like a dish.

After staying in Thailand for so many years, I am still cautious about asking for Buddhist cards. Tourists only stay for a week. This depth is naturally unclear.

Many friends reported that they saw monks in temples turn on lights to pray, sprinkle holy water and Buddhist relics, and some doubts disappeared.

Q: Is that a real monk? Does he practice? Is his blessing useful? Do you know what remains are?

Anyone who has lived in Thailand for a long time knows that this is just a trick of temples and tour guides to deceive tourists who don't know the inside story.

Even more exaggerated, some monks in commercial temples have taken off their robes, but they are only farmers in the village.

To put it bluntly, this is just a routine scene. It is not recommended that you go to Thailand to apply for Buddha cards yourself. After all, people who have stayed in Thailand for a long time are afraid to start with Buddhist cards casually. Finally, once again, you should know more before choosing. Understanding is more important than choice.