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• Two orientations in the practice of Buddhism
• The setting and the fieldwork
• Children and religion
• Adolescents, amulets and tattooing
• 5The first period in the Sangha
• Leaving the order, courtship and marriage
• Building a house
• The precepts and ritual
• The pursuit of beneficial karma
• Old age, death, and the hereafter

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• Emergence of the conception of Sunnata in the Buddha's teaching
• the definition of the term and its meaning in general
• the teaching of Sunnata as presented in Pali Nikayas and the way to enter it
• the Abiding in Sunnata
• Sunnata as expounded in the commentaries
• A comparative study of Sunnata as expounded in Theravada and Madhyamika systems
• Sunnata as taught in the Theravada in Thailand

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• Before Ayutthaya : Sukhothai Kingdom
• U-Thong Dynasty (First Reign)
• Suphannaphum Dynasty (First Deign)
• U-Thong Dynasty (Second Reign)
• Suthothai Dynaty
• Prasay Tong Dynasty
• Ban Phu Luang Dynasty

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• Part I Emotion
• Part II Attachment
• Part III Karma

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• Message from the Minister of Culture
• Introduction by the Director of Department of Religious Affairs
• 1 The Beginnings of Buddhism in Thailand
• 2 The Thai Monarch and Buddhism
• 3 Buddhism in Thailand
• 4 Promotion of Buddhism in Thailand

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• Introduction
• A Fabled Land
• Exotic Allure
• The Royal Contricution
• Attracting the World
• Bangkok and Beyond
• Laying the Foundations
• Accommodating the World
• Blue Skies
• Broadening the Appeal
• Acknowledgements

The Ascendancy of Theravada Buddhism is a comprehensive study of the advent of Buddhism in Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand during the first millennium CE
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• Introduction
• Early belief systems in mainland Southeast Asia
• Introduction of Buddhism into Southeast Asia
• Features of Southeast Asian Buddhism prior to the eleventh century
• Perceptions toward religion in Southeast Asia
• "Theravada" Buddhism in Southeast Asia
• Conclusion

Part I: Thai and Southeast Asian Studies Thai Historiography from Ancient Times to the Modern Period Preliminary on Thai Historiography Siam/Civilization - Thailand/Globalization : Things to Come? De Lancien Regime Au Nouveau Regime Overview of Research and Studies on Southeast Asia in Thailand : Where do we come from? Who are we? Where are we going? Southeast Asian Studies in Thailand The Kingdom of Ayutthaya (1351-1767 AD) Origins of a Capital and Seaport: The Early Settlement of Ayutthaya and Its East Asian Trade Buddhism and Political Integration in Early Ayuttaya: 1351-1448 Zheng He-Sam Po Kong: History and Myth in Thailand Is' Thai Studies still Possible? From Dynastic to National History : A Siam/Thailand Case Part II : From Siam to Thailand The Front Palace : The Office of the Heir Apparent? The First Phibun Government and Its Involvement in World War II Each Generation of Elites in Thai History 14 October 1973 From Siam to Thailand Part III: Siam and Indonesia A Nineteenth-Century Siamese Account of Bali with Introduction and Notes The Kingdom of Ayutthaya and Its Founder: King Uthong and Feasibility for Comparative Studies with Majapahit Dari Siam Ke Nusantara The Construction of National Heroes and /or Heroines Part IV : Siam and CVMV Thai-Burmese-Lao-Cambodian Border: A Survey Report Thailand-Combodia: A Love-Hate Relationship The Future of Monarchy in Cambodia Will the Mekong Survive Globalization?

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• Small States and Alliances
• Background to Thai Foreign Policy
• Causes and Consequences of the Coup d'Etat of 1947
• 1948-51 : Seeking Western Protection and Assistance
• The Impact of American Aid
• External Threat and the Collective Defence Treaty of 1954
• Conclusion