In the Cool Shade of Compassion Paperback by Kamala Tiyavanich

Product Details

• Publisher: Shambhala (2018-09-04)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 382 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781611806496
• Item Weight: 430.92 grams
• Dimensions: 20.9 x 13.82 x 2.62 cm

A fascinating collection of stories of the Thai forest monks that illuminates the Thai Forest tradition as a vibrant, compassionate, and highly appealing way of life.

This work ingeniously intermingles real-life stories about nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Buddhist monks in old Siam (today’s Thailand) with experiences recorded by their Western contemporaries. Stories of giant snakes, bandits, boatmen, midwives, and guardian spirits collectively portray a Buddhist culture in all its imaginative and geographical brilliance. By juxtaposing these eyewitness accounts, Kamala Tiyavanich presents a new and vivid picture of Buddhism as it was lived and of the natural environments in which the Buddha’s teachings were practiced.

This book was previously published under the title The Buddha in the Jungle.

About the Author

Kamala Tiyavanich is a Thai Buddhist with a PhD in Southeast Asian history from Cornell University. She is the author of Forest Recollections: Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand.