Little Angels

Author : Phra Peter Pannapadipo : 281 pages

Y : 2001

Phra Peter Pannapadipo is an English monk, who have lived in Thailand for more than 10 years, in various city, rural,forest monasteries. In each monastery, there are usually several novice monks. The novice monks are usually from early teen to late teens, though some as young as 7 years or as old as 20.

This book is a collection of 12 real life stories of Thai novice monks. It traces the novice family background and how they become novices. The reasons are as varied as the novices - some for spiritual development, sometime for social reasons. Sometime because they are ophrans or the family are so poor that not ordaining into the monasteries mean hunger. The novices are chosen randomly and the suffering they gone through can be heart rendering. It is sad and a reminder that suffering know no boundary. Even children experience them. Some are shocking.

Friends of Phra Peter has set up a trust fund to give scholarship to those who have gotten a place in the universities, but cannot afford it. Known as Student Education's Trust , those interested can contact Phra Peter at phrapeter@hotmail.com Wat Worranatbanpot, Thammavitee Road, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand.

Other books by Pra Peter Pannapadipo :

Phra Farang : an English monk in Thailand - funny and honest.

The stories are readable and can be read independently. It also portray to the readers, what life in countryside Thailand are like.