Ways of life of the monks and people as appear in the Tipitaka are different from those in India especially in terms of the people's characteristics, food, plants and crops, fish and animal.

Individual characteristics: Characteristics of Indian people do not match the characteristics of people appearing in the Buddhist Scripture.

 In the Tipitaka, there are many generous millionaires who set up the Rong Dhana or "Giving-Away" hall to provide food and clothes to the poor and build Buddhist temples, wihara, and Dhamma chambers. The most famous millionaires were Anathabinthiga Sethi of Savasti, Sethi Tananjaya of Sakade (Wisaka's father). Wisaka was the most famous ubasiga in the Buddha's time.

Tanajaya, the least rich millionaire of Rajakruh,  was granted by King Pimpisarn to resettle in Savasti upon the request of King Patipasenthikosol of Kosol Kingdom.  Instead of resettling in Savathi, Tananjaya chose to set up a new town on the suburb of Savasthi, seven(7) yotchana (118 kilometers; 1 yotchana=16 km) away and named it Sakade (presently it is in Roi-Et Province in Northeastern Thailand).

Food and Rice: In the Vinayapitaka, on Pochana Patiyook, it was clearly stated that Lord Buddha and his monks ate sticky rice.  Sticky rice is the main dish of Northeastern and Northern Thailand.  During their meals, the monks are reminded...not to make a piece of rice too big to put in the mouth, ...to make a round piece not the long ones, ...not to bite the piece of rice before putting in the mouth, ..not to cover the dish of soup or curry with big pieces of rice to conceal and hope for more, ...not to spread (wet) gains of rice from their fingers into the Bard or Monk's bowl.

In the Arthagatha, there are many stories mentioning people growing and consuming sticky rice, not loti (Indian food) or plain non-sticky rice

The term "nai Barn (in home)" as appears in many stories implies being "in the village" not inside the house.  This term is still used among nothern and northeastern people. Is this term used in India in the similar sense?  Please advice us.

้There are 264 species of plants mentioned in the Tipitaka  and all are found in Thailand and its neighbors. For instances:

-"Ya Kabkae"(Gecko grass)-a type of grass mentioned in the Scripture is available in Northern Thailand. The Buddha chewed this grass right after his fast as the light meal.  Then he ate the inner part of Kabao fruit for its juice before consuming heavy meals.  

-"Kabao Fruit" -also a native Thai fruit available everywhere in Northern and Northeastern Thailand.  Kabao fruit is good for curing leprosy-a  type of serious skin diseases.

"Chompoo Fruit"- a kind of  wah fruit when  ripe is dark pink and look very much like cherry.  Wah is a species of big plants commonly found in Thailand.  They grow in plenty in the garden, orchards, woods, or rice fields.  It is a big tree just about the same size as mango trees but    taller.  There two types of wah trees: small wah and big wah.  Big wah is called Wah Chompoo. They grow in the North and Northern Thailand. It is the origin of the term Chompoo Dwip meaning "the land of Wah Chompoo."  Francis Buchanan misheard the word Chompoo Dwip as Tamsa Dwip at the time when he discovered the ruin Brahmin temple at Bodha Gaya and declared it a Buddhist temple. This clearly shows that Chompoo Dwip or Tamsa-Dwip  is not in India.

In India, there also exists a big  type of big wah trees but it is not called Chompoo, Jamu or any other words closer in sound like Choompoo indicating that Chompoo Dwip does not have anything to do with India. The Indian people, in general, are not aware of or have never known that Chompoo Dwip is a name referred to their country.  Sad to say, some Thai people get convinced and believe that Chompoo Dwip is India.

In conclusion, in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Burma, people's everyday life are in harmony to those found in the Tipitaka. When people read the Chataka or Buddha's past lives in the Tipitaka, they have no doubts or suspicious on the ways people act or behave as appear in the various stories.