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<br> In <i>The Buddha in the Jungle,</i> real-life stories about 19th and early 20th century Buddhist monks in Thailand are ingeniously intermingled with experiences recorded by their Western contemporaries. Stories tell of giant snakes, bandits, boatmen, midwives, and guardian spirits and collectively portray a Buddhist culture in all its imaginative and geographical concreteness. By juxtaposing these eyewitness accounts, Kamala Tiyavanich presents a new and vivid picture of Buddhism as it was lived and of the natural environments in which the Buddha's teachings were practiced. <p><b>Kamala Tiyavanich</b> is a Thai Buddhist and the author of <i>Forest Recollections: Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand</i>. She lives in Ithaca, New York.</p> <p>"Reading <i>The Buddha in the Jungle</i> is a wondrous journey to an exotic land, full of magic chants, wise grandmothers, ghosts, elephants, snakes, and compassionate Buddhist monks. This is a book of history, anthropology, and Buddhist teachings, and it is delightfully easy and fun to read." - Wes Nisker, co-editor of <i>Inquiring Mind</i></p> <p>"This is one of the most remarkable, honest, and rich accounts of how Theravada Budd

Author

Tiyavanich, Kamala, 1948-

Publisher

University of Washington Press ; Combined Academic

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9789749575277

Subjects

Religion, Buddhism, History

Rating

3 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24