A network of socially conscious Buddhists is challenging conceptions of personal devotion to tackle pressing problems in the faith and even beyond their country's borders.
Sulak Sivaraksa in March 2023. Photo by Kalpana Jain. A devotee receives a blessing after offering alms to a Buddhist monk on a sidewalk in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, March…
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The Songkran festival is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 15 April. The word "Songkran" comes from the Sanskrit word saṃkrānti, or literally "astrological passage") meaning transformation or change. It coincides with the rising of Aries on the astrological chart, the New Year of many calendars of…