Buddhist holy men in a rapidly transforming world Charismatic monks are central to the Lanna Buddhist tradition, a variant of Theravada Buddhism that evolved about 500 years ago in northern Thailand and neighbouring regions. Some of these monks are renowned for their asceticism,...
Lanna Buddhism is a variant of Theravada Buddhism found in northern Thailand and neighbouring areas. A salient feature is the belief in charismatic monks. These monks and their (at times) troubled relations with both the Thai state and state-controlled monkhood (sangha), their...