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Kamala Tiyavanich

In the Cool Shade of Compassion

The Enchanted World of the Buddha in the Jungle

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A fascinating collection of stories of the Thai forest monks that illuminates the Thai Forest tradition as a vibrant, compassionate, and highly appealing way of life.This work ingeniously intermingles real-life stories about nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Buddhist monks in old Siam (today's Thailand) with experiences recorded by their Western contemporaries. Stories of giant snakes, bandits, boatmen, midwives, and guardian spirits collectively portray a Buddhist culture in all its imaginative and geographical brilliance. By juxtaposing these eyewitness accounts, Kamala Tiyavanich presents a new and vivid picture of Buddhism as it was… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-8348-4177-2
  • EAN: 9780834841772
  • Produktnummer: 27676121
  • Verlag: Shambhala
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
  • Seitenangabe: 384 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 62'448 KB

Über den Autor


Kamala Tiyavanich is a Thai Buddhist with a PhD in Southeast Asian history from Cornell University. She is the author of Forest Recollections: Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand.

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