Buddhism, Culture and Charm - Contributions to Thai Lifestyle - The Underlying Importance of the Saffron Robe

Glorious, elaborately decorated temples; spirit houses filled with food offerings; carved elephants and fragrant incense-sticks; shaven-headed monks, usually male but sometimes female, in saffron and light-pink robes respectively; multi-tiered outlines of towering temples with glittering, gilded roofs and complicated, gold carvings.

This is the very hub of Thai life, and is admired by most visitors to Thailand. But few will leave with even a basic understanding of just how deeply a blend of Buddhism, symbiotic with a touch of animism, a search for tranquillity, and a national respect for Thai royalty, touches the lives of citizens at every level of society.


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