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For almost any subject, you can remain on the surface and try to grasp the overall whole, or at any point you can dig deeper. You decide when you are ready. Visit often and please send along any suggestions you may have. Nothing is permanent; this site is in flux; watch us grow... This site is dedicated to all students and teachers who are still students. Grant Olson with
research assistance from Manita Khemthong-Bentley
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examining several websites attempting to address the topic of Buddhism
in Thailand, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois
University contacted us for assistance. This website was developed to
meet the needs of students and teachers of various levels with a growing
curiosity about Thai Buddhism. When you try and make sense out of what
you have read and what is actually practiced, the subject of Buddhism
can seem pretty daunting. We hope to help present some of the dimensions
of Buddhist spirituality in Thailand and offer links and information
on other resources to assist people with more serious studies. It is
our hope that as you explore this site, novices as well as seasoned
scholars may find something of interest. You will see that our definition
of religion is at times quite broad or even stretched — we will
take this to be an expression of the Thai imagination. This, of course,
will demand a bit more explanation and will be a part of the unfolding
process of exploring this site. We have tried to walk the slippery path
of keeping things simple while remaining true to complexity.
