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How to say I'd like to go on a meditation retreat
in Thai
อยากไปปฏิบัติธรรม
yàak bpai bpà-dtì-bàt-tam
I'd like to go on a meditation retreat
Add ครับ (kráp) if you are a man or ค่ะ (kâ) if you are a woman. It makes the sentence polite, and Thais always use it.
- Where
- temple
- Register
- polite
What they will say back
- ไปที่วัดนี้สิ เปิดรับทุกเดือนbpai tîi wát níi sì bpòet ráp túk dueanTry this temple: it takes people every month.
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Going on a meditation retreat
Words inside it
From the same situation: Dhamma vocabulary
- ธรรมะthe Dhamma, the Buddha's teaching
- ฟังธรรมto listen to a dhamma talk
- ธรรมบรรยายdhamma lecture
- พระพุทธเจ้าthe Buddha
- พระรัตนตรัยthe Triple Gem (Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha)
- ตรัสรู้to attain enlightenment (of the Buddha)
- ศรัทธาfaith, confidence
- ปัญญาwisdom, insight
All 96 words and phrases in “Dhamma vocabulary” →
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