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Assignment: Thai Buddhism: Monks, Mercs and Women

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Thai Buddhism: Monks, Mercs and Women

31/03/2016 GMT

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The rifts and sexual politics challenging Thai Buddhism and its devotees.

For Assignment, Linda Pressly explores the rifts and sexual politics challenging Thai Buddhism and its devotees.

An unholy spat is stirring the Sangha, Thailand’s top Buddhist authority – who will become the next Supreme Patriarch, Thailand’s most senior monk?  Meanwhile, allegations of ‘cheque-book Buddhism’, cronyism and corruption abound – including allegations about tax-evasion on an imported vintage Mercedes car. Watching quietly from the side-lines are the women who shouldn’t be there at all...  For Assignment, Linda Pressly explores the rifts and sexual politics challenging Thai Buddhism and its devotees.

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