The Impact of Political Instability on 171 the Education of the Sangha in the 17th Century Siam
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From 1569 to 1809 there were periods of great instability
at Ayutthaya, in which the monarchs, if they were strong enough,
felt the need to apply greater control over the Order. One of those
periods that has drawn our attention is some critical years during
the reign of King Narai (1656-1688). Towards the end of his reign,
now famously known as “the 1688 Revolution”, King Narai is
reported by La Loubère, the French ambassador to Ayutthaya, to have
defrocked “thousands” of monks at Ayutthaya on account of their
“not being learned enough”. The King employed an instrument,
formal examinations, later came to be known as Parian, to assess
monks’ the knowledge of Buddhist scriptures.
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Dhammasami, K. (2019). The Impact of Political Instability on 171 the Education of the Sangha in the 17th Century Siam. The Journal of International Association of Buddhist Universities (JIABU), 1(1), 171–202. Retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/Jiabu/article/view/201959
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