The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Thursday October 27th, 2022
The Decline of Buddhism in #Thailand by Murray Hunter
To tourists, Thailand is the most religious of countries, with 92 percent of Thais officially deemed to follow the state religion. The king must be a Buddhist, with Buddhist rituals enwrapped within royal ceremonies amid some of the most spectacular religious architecture in the world, which as much as anything gives the country its national character.
It is areligion that seemingly permeates the very fiber of the country. Wrongdoers repair to the monkhood to atone. Buddhist artefacts adorn government buildings. Young males are expected to spend three months as novice monks.Thais can be seen every morning, giving alms to monks along the roadside to the tinkling of bells around all parts of the country.
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A Graveyard Meditation #poem by George Cassidy Payne
“I know the forests are burning
to the charnel ground, and probably,
there is little that can be done about it now”
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A fistful of cactus #39 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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