Buddhist meditation kept the Thai boys calm in cave

Thursday, July 12th, 2018

Buddhist meditation helped the 12 twelve members of a junior football team keep calm and survive their ordeal.

Their 25-year old coach, Ekapol Chanthawong, who led them on a hike into the cave when it flooded on 23 June, trained in meditation as a Buddhist monk for a ten years.

He taught the boy to meditate during their almost three-week wait for rescue to keep them calm and preserve their energy. Read more

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