Thamkrabok where drug addicts puke and monks cast lava sculptures.

This place is incredible they took us in immediately and gave us a big room and a tour of the grounds. This place is really about recovery from addiction and work as meditation. These monks believe in working and the pictures below will give you an idea of the fruits of their labor.

The photos are of sculptures and machinery inside the monastery. The monks are welding, brick laying, metal casting, boat building and so on...several of the monks are former addicts that went through the detox program and decided to stay on. A lot of the work almost seems like a form of old- school recovery - stay busy! its worth noting that these cigarette smoking , money handling, tattooed monks seem dedicated to doing there own thing...a different brand of buddhism possibly...i don't think they even follow the buddhist precepts...this place is like polar opposite to my experience at Suan Mokke monastery - both very inspiring places to visit!