Forest Recollections : Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand /

Forest Recollections : Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand /

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"I stayed [in the forest] for two nights. The first night, nothing happened. The second night, at about one or two in the morning, a tiger came--which meant that I didn't get any sleep the whole night. I sat in meditation, scared stiff, while the tiger walked around and around my umbrella...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tiyavanich, Kamala, 1948- (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Other Authors: Kirsch, A. Thomas (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Wyatt, David K. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [1997]
Subjects:
20th century
Asceticism > Buddhism
Ascetics > Thailand
Buddhism > Thailand > History > 20th century
Buddhist monks > Thailand
Wayfaring life > Thailand
Ascetics
Buddhism
Buddhist monks
History
Wayfaring life
Thailand
Dictionaries
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Thai Names and Romanization
  • Introduction
  • Birth of Modern State Buddhism
  • The Monks' Lives and Their Recollections
  • CHAPTER 1. Buddhist Traditions in Siam/Thailand
  • CHAPTER 2. The Path to the Forest
  • CHAPTER 3. Facing Fear
  • CHAPTER 4. Overcoming Bodily Suffering
  • CHAPTER 5. Battling Sexual Desire
  • CHAPTER 6. Wandering and Hardship
  • CHAPTER 7. Relations with Sangha Officials
  • CHAPTER 8. Relations with Villagers
  • CHAPTER 9. The Forest Invaded
  • CHAPTER 10. Many Paths and Misconceptions
  • Conclusion
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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