@dt79 Full disclosure, I never lived in Thailand. I visited there, as well as the Philippines, while I was in the Navy. I think you got that idea from the ‘discussion’ I got into with that mozzer dude over in this thread: What are Guys Looking for In a Girl? - #45 by Jewbacca
But yeah, Westerners who are open to woo woo stuff have been seeing a whitewashed, idealized version of Eastern religion since at least the 60’s when the Beatles went and hung out with the Maharishi Yogi dude. I’m not saying people can’t get value out of it, but it’s definitely different from how it’s practiced in its locations of origin.