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: 978-1-61180-649-6
EAN: 9781611806496
Produktnummer: 25204282
Verlag: Random House N.Y.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 384 S.

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.