in thailand budai is sometimes confused with another monk that is respected in thailand. phra sangkadchai or shanghai (thai: พระสังกัจจายน์), a thai spelling of mahakaccayanathera (thai: มหากัจจายนเถระ), was a buddhist monk in the time of the buddha. the buddha praised "phra sangkadchai" for his excellence in explaining complicated dharma (or dhamma) in an easily understandable way.