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The Crisis in Thai Buddhism

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Feb 02, 2013
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If Thai Buddhism has been corrupted and lost its way, as critics are alleging, you would never know it by talking to Mod and her friends, whose devotion keeps them making merit and seeking solace at Wat Tha Mai, one of Bangkok's scores of Buddhist temples, every weekend.

It's still morning but the heat in Bangkok is already oppressive. Yet that doesn't …

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