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Monday, May 11, 2009

Greang Jai is an Important "Heart Value" in Thailand Language Culture

The Heart Culture

The language of the people reveals a lot about their culture.


jit-jai, which means both, heart and mind, soul and spirit.

The state of mind reflects the condition of the Heart, and vice versa.

Some Important Heart Values ....

Of the many heart values importance in Thai culture, there are three that are difficult to explain, for there are no close English equivalents.

The first is nám-jai.
The second is greang-jai.
A third is maintaining a “cool heart” (jai-yen)

Our website article covers the introduction of Heart language and the three (3) most dfficult to explain

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