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Showing posts with label Thai nuns. Show all posts
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Monday, September 21, 2015

Buddhist Women As Agents of Change: Case Studies from Thailand and Indonesia

Lai Suat Yan


While in Thailand the majority of its population are adherents of the Theravada Buddhist ‘tradition’, in Indonesia, Buddhism is a minority religion with the Theravada Buddhist ‘tradition’ embraced by the majority of Buddhists. However, the development of the Theravada tradition in Indonesia is much influenced by its counterparts in Thailand.