FOREWORD

In 1978 the World Fellowship of Buddhists published a booklet titled //A 
Brief Guide to Meditation Temples of Thailand.// It is now out of print, 
so the W.F.B. is publishing this new one. Since the publication of the 
first booklet, many changes have taken place.

In publishing this new revised booklet, we have been able to include 
updated information on monasteries and meditation centres in this 
country through the painstaking efforts of Mr. Bill Weir. He spent 
several months in Thailand travelling to various parts of the country 
visiting monasteries and meditation centres, seeking information on 
their current meditation practices and instructions. Apart from 
collecting information on good places for meditation, Mr. Weir has also 
made some observations in his introduction on the practices in those 
monasteries which will be of interest and use to foreigners.

We are very grateful to Mr. Weir and, as mentioned in his preface in 
this booklet, "to the abbots, vice abbots, and teachers who so patiently 
supplied the many details" and have rendered assistance and courtesy to 
Mr. Weir.


					The Secretariat
					World Fellowship of Buddhists


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