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The Fate of Rural Hell: Asceticism and Desire in Buddhist Thailand
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| #1066255 in Books | 2012-06-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.75 x.50 x5.50l,.70 | File type: PDF | 99 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| One of a kind|By JDV|As far as I know, this is the only book written that discusses the "Hell Temples" of Thailand. I have been to the one in Khorat, and this one in Suphanburi. What I found to be the most useful is translations of the Thai writing on the various sculptures that inform the reader about the "sins" that the tormented are suffering for. I took this book with me||
“Anderson presents us with a miniature masterpiece of political and social interpretation, using a popular but atypical religious site to explore, from an unusual angle, the intersection of Buddhist piety, educational and social hierarchy, erotic se
In 1975, when political scientist Benedict Anderson reached Wat Phai Rong Wua, a massive temple complex in rural Thailand conceived by Buddhist monk Luang Phor Khom, he felt he had wandered into a demented Disneyland. One of the world’s most bizarre tourist attractions, Wat Phai Rong Wua was designed as a cautionary museum of sorts; its gruesome statues depict violent and torturous scenes that showcase what hell may be like. Over the next few decades, An...
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