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...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005 ... ...R DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World ... ... A VILLAGE IN NORTHERN THAILAND ... ...03 * From tradition to belief in development 104 Buddhist religion Buddhism of the village community 107 From local religion to national fait... ... that everyone in this village should learn the five basic commandments of Buddhism. If we were to obey them, we wouldn't commit sins or be too selfis... ...ers.As well as Northern Thailand, it has included the Shan state in Burma (Myanmar), Yunnan in South China, and Northern Laos. Lampang belonged to the... ...In his view, local economy works even when large-scale industry stagnates. Buddhism has thrived in village communities, and its ideology supports the ... ...the northern hills of Thailand, opium growing has ceased, but continues in Myanmar and Laos, and in any case, synthetic drugs like amphetamine have di...
...lagers' housing, rice farming and other means of livelihood, community life, festivals, weddings, funerals, sorcerers and healers, as well as village Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based ...
... Under the following conditions: Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way tha... ...n forces. The Odyssey is the greatest love story that has ever been told in the history of world literature. It is based not on love and death (li... ... from Greek into English of the concept of “glorious concordance”, as found in Calzecchi Onesti’s work, which is an essential theme in the Author’s w... ...sty that were the fruits of their money and their labour. Still today in Myanmar, thousands and thousands of gold leaves cover the cupolas of the ... ...lity” cannot exist without the illusory reality and this is a mystery that Buddhism does not know how to explain. Every human being that comes i... ...f one does not first free themselves of these poisons. 89 Over time, Buddhism has branched out into many different schools of thought. The typ... ...hism has branched out into many different schools of thought. The types of Buddhism that are most known in the west are Tibetan Buddhism (the Dalai ...
...fe of the universe. It tells the tale of a love story that is based on love as a decision and as a project. It is not a tale of love based on falling in love or, worse, on love as passion, which is so greatly celebrated in literature and in the public opinion, but which has never brought happiness to anyone and has, instead, brought great grief and tragedy. It is based on ...
...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ... ... Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gul... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL ................................................................. ...n a special god, but some Buddhist sects do and some, such as ‗Pure Land‘ Buddhism believe in a hereafter like the monotheistic religions. While eac... ...ther aspect of the world because all is god. ―And then there is Buddhism which should probably not even be called a religion because it is... ...o to your neighbor. This is the whole torah; all the rest is commentary.‘ Buddhism teaches ‗Treat not others in ways that yourself would find hurtful... .... ―Back in 2008 after a huge storm that killed 100,000 people in Myanmar, the world was generous with its relief supplies, but the governme...
...ine and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search ...