Wandering Buddhist monks, passing through the dense jungles, occasionally came upon the awesome ruins.
None questioned an insurgent campaign which has targeted teachers, Buddhist monks and anyone working for the Thai state.
"People on television ask what Buddhist monks are doing to stop people going to cults like Aum, " he says.
In Burma, while some restrictions on religious activity have been eased, others remain, including the continued imprisonment of Buddhist monks.
So the British decision, and its approval by Buddhist monks (Buddhists make up 75% of the island's population), is a bonus.
The Irrawaddy, an opposition news Web site, quoted a doctor who said Buddhist monks were helping victims as much as they could.
In the congregation were members of Nepal's Sherpa community and Buddhist monks.
The government in Burma has apologised to Buddhist monks for the injuries sustained during a police operation outside a copper mine nine days ago.
The farmers have little experience of political mobilisation, and have been encouraged by the involvement of political activists and the support of Buddhist monks.
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More likely it was paranoid about allowing foreigners in after the brutality used against rebellious Buddhist monks in September 2007 had outraged popular opinion.
In the town of Shifang, south-west of Jiangyou, Buddhist monks say prayers for victims in a temple where the government has settled hundreds of refugees.
Buddhist monks, who wield great power in the country, have threatened to go from house to house to persuade people to oppose the devolution scheme.
Wirathu has become the figurehead of a virulent strain of religious nationalism being spread by some of the most venerated members of Burmese society: Buddhist monks.
Buddhist monks say hundreds of precious metal and wooden idols of Lord Buddha were stolen during the riots and religious books in different languages were torched.
We took an excursion to see ancient Buddhist monks' caves with their elaborate meditation paintings and tall Buddha statues in Bamiyan (since destroyed by the Taliban).
Since then, the region has suffered violent incidents almost daily, including bombings of government offices, arson attacks on schools and assassinations of officials, soldiers and Buddhist monks.
Monastic communities continue to live throughout Angkor, with Buddhist monks often passing through the historic sites on their way to and from their pagodas (a blend of temple and monastery).
When, in 2007, the military opened fire on unarmed protesters led by Buddhist monks, Thant decided to leave the UN and become more involved in his home country.
Now much of the ruling party's core Sinhalese base seems to be lining up behind Mr Wickremanayake, and he has the backing of the country's powerful Buddhist monks.
Buddhist monks are particularly frowned on by the secular leaders.
The film therefore splits between their home town of Seattle (gray and blue, glass and steel) and the mountain stronghold of the Buddhist monks (red and orange, silk and wood).
Some 500 Buddhist monks and scholars from across South Asia and the West have gathered in the tiny village of Lumbini, a long day's bus ride from Kathmandu on the Indian border.
Human rights groups had warned that unrest in the west could spread to other parts of the country, and last year, prominent Buddhist monks rallied against Muslims in the central Myanmar town of Mandalay.
After Tuesday's alleged immolation, an irate crowd of more than 100 people, including Buddhist monks, gathered outside a police station demanding that the alleged attacker be handed over, said a local politician, Sai Myint Maung.
The farmers, who have little experience of political mobilisation, have certainly been encouraged by the involvement of political activists from other parts of the country, who are also taking advantage of the recent opening in Burma, and from the support of Buddhist monks.
"Burmese military officials ordered monks not to use monasteries as safe houses for survivors and, according to journalists in Rangoon, the Ministry of Information ordered news agencies not to publish photographs of Buddhist monks aiding survivors, working in the streets or rebuilding homes, " the Web site alleged.
In Myanmar, where Buddhist temples and monks proliferate, merit is attained through good deeds such as the release of caged birds and trapped fish.
The strenuous efforts and encouragements made by other Buddhist nuns and monks who established monasteries in Lumbini and in Kathmandu made my transition here much easier.
It was not immediately clear which side bore the brunt of the latest violence, but terrified Muslims, who make about 30 percent of Meikhtila's 100, 000 inhabitants, stayed off the streets Friday as their shops and homes continued to burn and angry Buddhist residents and monks prevented authorities from putting out the blazes.
Chanting monks led Buddhist prayers for the former king, before an artillery salute sounded out and fireworks were set off.
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