‘Checkbook Buddhism’ offers Thais a stairway to heaven but brings corruption to temples – AFP, April 5, 2015
[Thanks to Tom for pointing this out.]
…But last year the National Institute of Development Administration estimated the country’s 38,000-odd temples receive between 100 billion and 120 billion baht ($3.07 billion to $3.62 billion) in donations every year…”
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