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Thailand: Struggling with Buddhism

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006 @ 20:43 UTC

by Jose Manuel Tesoro

Countries:: Thailand
Topics:: Religion

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Paul at thai-blogs.com worries about the state of Buddhism in Thailand: “it seems that for many people Buddhism is about merit making. About giving money to monks and about trying to improve your own social status. Sorry but to me this is not Buddhism.”

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