The Buddhist Saints of the Forest and the Cult of Amulets PDF Download

Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download The Buddhist Saints of the Forest and the Cult of Amulets PDF full book. Access full book title The Buddhist Saints of the Forest and the Cult of Amulets by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah. Download full books in PDF and EPUB format.

The Buddhist Saints of the Forest and the Cult of Amulets

The Buddhist Saints of the Forest and the Cult of Amulets PDF Author: Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521277877
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432

Get Book Here

Book Description
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.