The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk: Practicing Buddhism in Modern Thailand

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Phuttha sasana kap naeokit thang kanmuang nai racha sa- mai Phrabat Somdet Phraphuttha Yotfa Chulalok (2325–2352). Bangkok: Samnakphim Matichon, 2546 2003. Salguero, C. Pierce. Traditional Thai Medicine: Buddhism, Animism,  ...

• ISBN bar code 9780231153775 ξ1 registered September 21 2015
  
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Focusing on representations of a famous ghost and monk from the late eighteenth century to today, Justin Thomas McDaniel builds a case for interpreting modern Thai Buddhist practice through the movements of these transformative figures. He follows embodiments of the ghost and monk in a variety of genres and media, including biography, drama, ritual, art, liturgy, film, television, and the Internet. Sourcing nuns, monks, laypeople, and royalty, McDaniel shows how relations with these figures have been instrumental in crafting histories and modernities, particularly local conceptions of being "Buddhist," and the formation and transmission of such identities across different venues and technologies.

^ Justin Thomas McDaniel (2013). The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk: Practicing Buddhism in Modern Thailand ISBN 9780231153775 (revised May 2016)