Forest Recollections : : Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand / / Tiyavanich Kamala.
"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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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [1997] ©1997 |
Year of Publication: | 1997 |
Language: | English |
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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