Spreading the Dhamma: Writing, Orality, and Textual Transmission in Buddhist Northern Thailand Africa where the same person may

where the same person may appear under totally different names

At present he is mainly engaged in the practice of meditation

in Bandung

During the first half of this century the forests of Thailand were home to wandering ascetic monks

Spreading the Dhamma: Writing, Orality, and Textual Transmission in Buddhist Northern Thailand Africa where the same person mayHow did early Buddhists actually encounter the seminal texts of their religion? What were the attitudes held by monks and laypeople toward the written and oral Pali traditions? In this pioneering work, Daniel Veidlinger explores these questions in the context of the northern Thai kingdom of Lan Na. Drawing on a vast array of sources, including indigenous chronicles, reports by foreign visitors, inscriptions, and palm leaf manuscripts, he traces the