The statistics in 2006 reveal that there are 134 monastics including 104 monks, 3 novices, and 27 female monks (sikhamatu) in the Santi Asoke movement. In all the communities combined, there are eighteen hundred residents, eight hundred students, nine thousand active supporters, and tens of thousands of members at the vegetarian clubs within the network. According to the Santi Asoke philosophy, sila or ethical purity has central importance on the path toward enlightenment whereas a self-sustained economy is crucial for the economic survival of the community and the country within the context of contemporary transnational capitalism. Bodhiraksa and the Santi Asoke movement represent the ethical dimension both personal and social of contemporary Thai Buddhism