Seniors trick freshmen into joining a strange cult and making heavenly passports

Maha Sarakham, Senior students of a famous university tricked freshmen into joining a volunteer camp, but ended up becoming part of a 'strange cult' that made them make heavenly passports, claiming they would submit them to the Lord of Death. In the case of a university student in Maha Sarakham Province, a senior student invited him to join a volunteer camp to collect volunteer hours, but instead took him to perform a ceremony, enter a strange cult, eat vegetarian food, pay respect to the Bodhisattva hundreds of times, make a heavenly passport, claim to submit to the Lord of Death, pay 390 baht, get only one bottle of water, show a video of animal killing, have teachings and perform strange rituals, found that the junior student was tricked into joining this cult. By joining the cult or claiming to be a volunteer camp, you have to pay 350 baht for food and accommodation. From the poster, it can be seen that the event will be held on July 13-14, 67 in Mukdahan Province. From asking the students, it was foun d that there were more than 10 high school students and their friends who took a bus from Maha Sarakham to Mukdahan since 7:00 PM. They arrived at the camp at around midnight. The place was very dark. They performed strange rituals such as saying their names, burning their names, and poking their foreheads to open their third eyes. When they tried searching for the name of the place on Google, it said it was permanently closed. There were no details about what activities to do each day. They were told to eat vegetarian food and bow down hundreds of times. When asked anything, the staff gave the same answers, as if they were brainwashed. Some claimed that a teacher and dean took them there. In addition, they made a heaven passport, which the camp claimed was for the god of death to see. It was a way to remove their names from the list of hell so that they could go to heaven. It contained personal information similar to an ID card. The latest news is that reporters interviewed Ajarn Chatchawan, 69 years old, t he owner of the land where the Tai Lin Fo Yuan Buddhist Center is located. He stated that he did not know much because he rented the place to organize the camp. As for the teaching, it will be different for each camp or the organizer. It is not just students who come. There are government and private agencies who come continuously throughout the year. As for the Passport of Heaven, it is just a ploy. In addition, reporters contacted university administrators in Maha Sarakham Province but requested time to verify the information first. As for the Student Affairs Division, it was found that a warning letter had been issued to students borrowing from the Student Loan Fund because there was a group of people who falsely claimed to be issuing certificates for volunteer activities for student borrowers by charging them for the expenses of the Student Loan Fund. The university has no policy or involvement in such activities that were not organized in any case. Source: Thai News Agency