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Reform temples, or lose public faith
Editorial, Published on 08/06/2025
» Temple corruption no longer raises eyebrows. The Wat Rai Khing scandal is just bigger, louder, and harder to ignore. It demands serious reform before public faith erodes further.
Reform, or repeat monk scandals
Editorial, Published on 27/10/2024
» A senior monk promoting what is alleged to be a pyramid scheme disguised as an online direct sales company reveals just how far the clergy has strayed from Buddha's teachings.
Great expectations
Oped, Postbag, Published on 25/06/2022
» Re: "Decree to remain in place: PM," (BP, June 21).
Too much Pali
Oped, Postbag, Published on 17/05/2022
» Re: "Sex, money and monkhood don't mix", (Opinion, May 12). Your columnist Sanitsuda Ekachai writes, " A monk's education focuses only on rote-learning of the ancient Pali texts, forsaking spiritual training and the goal of monkhood -- spiritual liberation." This is a point I have been stressing throughout the 18 years that I have been a monk in Thailand.
Sincerity forsaken
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/05/2021
» Re: "Thamanat saga a blight", (Editorial, May 7).
Craving Buddhism
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/05/2021
» Re: "Save true Thai Buddhism", (PostBag, May 2).
Licence to kill
News, Postbag, Published on 20/07/2019
» Of all the retrograde events in Thailand over the past two decades, the death of a 15-year-old student at Phra Pratom Wittayalai School from so-called Thai "hazing" tradition is the worst.
Corruption complexities mar Thai politics
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 15/04/2019
» This summer seems hotter than usual to me, and the Songkran water splashes don't seem to cool me down at all. Well, the major culprit isn't El Nino, which is hitting the country this year, but rather the political tension that has been escalating since the March 24 election.