page_title: Rishi
section_title: Ruesi in Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and Laos
hierarchical_section_title: Rishi / Ruesi in Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and Laos
caption_attribution_description: English: A statue of a ruesi (Thai script: ฤษี), a Thai hermit and/or mystic, in his usual attire, at Wat Suan Tan. Ruesi perform certain specific rituals, practice astrology, alternative medicine, and create amulets. Their mysticism is infused with Buddhist and animist practices.
context_page_description: Rishi is a Vedic term for an accomplished and enlightened person. Rishis have composed hymns of the Vedas. Post-Vedic tradition of Hinduism regards the rishis as "great sadhus" or "sages" who after intense meditation realized the supreme truth and eternal knowledge, which they composed into hymns.
context_section_description: Ruesi (sanskrit: ṛṣi, Khmer: តាឥសី, Thai: ฤๅษี, Lao: ລືສີ) is a hermit sage, the equivalent of Rishi in India. In Myanmar, there are some known as ရေသ့ Rase.
caption: A statue of a Ruesi at Wat Suan Tan in Nan, Thailand
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