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Patronage system breeds malaise in the monkhood
News, Phra Paisal Visalo, Published on 03/03/2015
» The problems surrounding the Dhammakaya temple and its abbot Dhammachayo are serious in themselves. But they also reflect larger and more acute malaises in the Thai Buddhist clergy.
UTCC: Corruption ramped up in June
Business, Phra Paisal Visalo, Published on 26/07/2013
» Corruption remains vibrant and is not slowing, and most people point to the government's controversial rice pledging scheme as providing the biggest opportunities for corruption, a survey by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) concluded.
Thai buddhism in the next decade
Life, Phra Paisal Visalo, Published on 07/02/2012
» Ten years ago, some observers were voicing doubts about whether the increasing popularity of meditation retreats among the middle class would just be a passing fad. What we are witnessing today has shown that the meditation retreats are still growing and steadily expanding into all sectors of the middle class.