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Buddhism and the Spirit Cults in North-east ThailandStanley J. Tambiah

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Buddhism and the Spirit Cults in North-east Thailand

by Stanley J. Tambiah

An anthropological study of a village in north-eastern Thailand showing how Buddhist rites, the cult of guardian spirits and Brahmanical ceremonies form a single religious field. It remains a classic account of the relationship between Buddhism and spirit belief in Southeast Asia.

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