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Strange cult makes a comeback in Isan school

Early this month I came across an interesting news story about a school in Ubon Ratchathani that was accused of forcing its students to join the activities of a Chinese religious sect presented under the guise of dhamma training.

According to the report, the school hosted a one-day camp to promote dhamma for its Matthayom 5 students. It turned out to have nothing to do with Buddha's teachings but was more of a cult-like ritual.

The students were given a talk about death before they joined what the lecturer claimed to be a ceremony to eliminate their names from the list of the "angel of death".

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