Changing Patterns of Authority

Monk Receives Offerings at the Lao Temple of Minnesota (Farmington, MN)

Monk receiving offerings at Lao Temple of Minnesota in Farmington, Minnesota

Monastic and Lay Teachers of Theravada Buddhism at a Conference (Barre, MA)

Monastic and lay teachers of Theravada Buddhism at a conference on Theravada in the West at Barre Center for Buddhist Studies in Barre, Massachusetts, circa 1994 (Photo: Courtesy of Barre Center for Buddhist Studies)