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  3. The Buddhist Saints of the Forest and the Cult of Amulets
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      December 2009
      June 1984
      ISBN:
      9780511558177
      9780521277877
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511558177
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      Dimensions:
      (222 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.544kg, 432 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Buddhism and Eastern Religions, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Religion, Anthropology
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology (49)
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    Subjects:
    Buddhism and Eastern Religions, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Religion, Anthropology
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology (49)
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    The central actors in this book are some reclusive forest-dwelling ascetic meditation masters who have been acclaimed as 'saints' in contemporary Thailand. These saints originally pursued their salvation quest among the isolated villages of the country's periphery, but once recognized as holy men endowed with charisma, they became the radiating centres of a country-wide cult of amulets. The amulets, blessed by the saints, are avidly sought by royalty, ruling generals, intelligentsia and common folk alike for their alleged powers to influence the success of worldly transactions, whether political, economic, martial or romantic.

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