아세안

The key to the perspective that James Taylor adopts in analyzing "religiosity" in contemporary Thailand is remembering that, after having established himself as a student of Thai Buddhism, and especially the roles of "forest monks" (see his earlier Forest Monks and the Nation-State [Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1993]), he himself ordained in a forest monastery. "Before the rains period (vassa) of 2007 I ordained as a kammathaan [meditation] monk... at Wat Paa [forest monastery] Naakamnoi,... Udornthani Province" (p. 155).