BANGKOK: Vigorous reforms of the religion, along with punishment of errant monks, would halt its slide into irrelevance.
Buddhism is said to have been in a crisis for as long as anyone can remember. Yet little has been done by the majority of Thais who profess to belong to the faith despite a steady decline over the years to the extent that the “national” religion is no longer considered relevant to modern Thai society.
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