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In the Cool Shade of Compassion

The Enchanted World of the Buddha in the Jungle

By Kamala Tiyavanich

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Shambhala Publications
09/04/2018
Pages: 382
Size: 5.5 x 8.25
ISBN: 9781611806496
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This work ingeniously intermingles real-life stories about nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Buddhist monks in old Siam (today’s Thailand) with experiences recorded by their Western contemporaries. Stories of giant snakes, bandits, boatmen, midwives, and guardian spirits collectively portray a Buddhist culture in all its imaginative and geographical brilliance. By juxtaposing these eyewitness accounts, Kamala Tiyavanich presents a new and vivid picture of Buddhism as it was lived and of the natural environments in which the Buddha’s teachings were practiced.


This book was previously published under the title The Buddha in the Jungle.

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Read an excerpt from In the Cool Shade of Compassion here.

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Author Bio
Kamala Tiyavanich

Kamala Tiyavanich is a Thai Buddhist with a PhD in Southeast Asian history from Cornell University. She is the author of Forest Recollections: Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand.

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"Part history book, part travelogue, part spiritual teaching, this wonderful book is like a window into another world. In the Cool Shade of Compassion shares an important and fascinating view into both human experience and human nature. This book arose at the intersection of careful scholarship and good storytelling and helps us shape our own view of the world." —Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real Love

"This is one of the most remarkable, honest, and rich accounts of how Theravada Buddhism actually flourished in Thailand. It gives us a new picture of the true breadth and fullness of the tradition in every part of life." —Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart

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