Buddhism with Open Eyes:
Belief and Practice of Santi Asoke

By Marja-Leena Heikkilä-Horn

238 pages

The reasons for banning the Asoke group and using legislation to outlaw it have more to do with Thai politics than with Buddhist concerns.

An ethnography of the controversial group of vegetarian monks and nuns founded by Bhikkhu Bodhiraksa in Thailand in 1975 along with a few words on the reasons behind their persecution in the late ‘80s.

About: Nuns Engaged Buddhism

Published in 1997 by Fah Apai, Bangkok.

Bibtex Data

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    title={{B}uddhism with {O}pen {E}yes: {B}elief and {P}ractice of {S}anti {A}soke},
    author={Marja-Leena Heikkilä-Horn},
    publisher={Fah Apai},
    address={Bangkok},
    year=1997,
    month=jul,
    pagecount=238,
    keywords={thai,nuns,engaged},
    oclc={39499403},
    olid={OL49653855M},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://www.academia.edu/4244347/Buddhism_With_Open_Eyes_1997_}
}

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