摘要:An image come to mind when talking about Theravada Buddhist countries of Southeast Asia: devoutmonks who dwell in the remote wilderness or forest dwellings and care no more about the secularworld. Business Practices in Southeast Asia by Scott A. Hipsher and Modern Buddhist Conjuncturesin Myanmar by Juliane Schober succeed in re-examining something we think we know about theTheravada Buddhist countries of Southeast Asia (i.e., Cambodia. Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand),and providing readers with a better understanding of the four countries in which Theravada Buddhismhas significant economic and political power