He has been a visiting professor at uc berkeley, university of hawaii, cornell, and swarthmore. The selfproclaimed royalist sulak sivaraksa has faced at least three lese majeste charges. Why thai buddhist activist sulak sivaraksa could go to jail. Sulaks life and times educated in england and wales, sulak. His wideranging work includes founding the international network of engaged buddhists, inviting those in war zones from burma and sri lanka to. Sulak sivaraksa author of the wisdom of sustainability. Sulak sivaraksa books list of books by author sulak. Among those organizations directly aiding sulaks ventures are. Building a culture of nonviolence sixty years after hiroshima sulak sivaraksa the gandhi peace lecture 2005 sulak sivaraksa, born 1933, is a prominent and outspoken thai intellectual and social critic. Sulak sivaraksa is the founder and director of the thai ngo sathirakosesnagapradeepa foundation, named after two.
Oct, 2017 sulak sivaraksa, 85yearold founder of the international network of engaged buddhists, could face 15 years in prison because he suggested that a 16thcentury elephant battle might not have really happened. Hardtalk is in bangkok as part of bbc world news power of asia season. You could only rest and also stay in your location to obtain this book wisdom of sustainability. Sulak is situated on the left bank of the sulak river, near the point where it empties into the caspian sea, 35 km north of makhachkala.
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He uses a wide range of toolsinsights, personal example, and raw persistenceto change the views of political leaders, scholars, and young people, in thailand, asia, and the. All articles a cloud in a piece of paper sulak sivaraksa issue 215 novemberdecember 2002 the power of nature feature articles buddhism and reverential ecology. For his activism and writings, he has been exiled from thailand 197677 and 199194, jailed four times, and been. Get ebooks the experience of buddhism on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. Sulak first published his widely reprinted meditation manual. I believe sulak and i share a conviction that if we are to solve human problems, economic and. Seeds of peace by sulak sivaraksa overdrive rakuten. Engaged buddhism, established by sulak sivaraksa, is well known. Sulak sivaraksa and the path of socially engaged buddhism 9781623173326. Sulak an urbantype settlement in the dagestan assr, under the jurisdiction of the soviet raion council of the city of makhachkala. Sulak sivaraksa, aged 85, is a wellknown social critic and the author of at least 100 books and monographs published in thai and english addressing thai society and culture, including conflict, culture, change. We furnish the full variation of this ebook in epub, djvu, pdf, doc, txt formats. The latest one filed against him at the age of 82 was brought by two retired general who were not. Sulak sivaraksa is known in the west as one of the fathers of the international network of engaged buddhists ineb, which was established in 1989 with leading buddhists, including the 14th dalai lama, the vietnamese monk and peaceactivist thich nhat hanh, and the theravada bhikkhu maha ghosananda, as its patrons.
He is 85 years old and uses a walking stick, but sulak sivaraksa is the latest person to face a lengthy jail term under thailands strict law against offending the monarchy or at least a. Sulak sivaraksa is a selfprofessed royalist who has faced at least five lese majeste charges. Why thai buddhist activist sulak sivaraksa could go to. This conversation took place between sulak sivaraksa and donald rothberg at berkeley, california, in july 1992. He is a leading academic and longtime conservative critic of the lese majeste law. You can watch the full interview on bbc world news on tuesday 28 june 2011 at 0330, 0830, 1530 and 2030 gmt and on bbc news channel on tuesday 28 june at 0430. Engaged buddhism and the spiritual challenges in the 21st. Socially engaged buddhism download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
The captivating life story of renowned buddhist activist sulak sivaraksa. Often called a rat and a criminal by the establishment, sulak was even put behind bars four times, for defaming the thai monarchy. The latest one filed against him at the age of 82 was brought by. Besides being the initator of a number of social, humanitarian, ecological and spiritual movements and organizations in thailand, like the college sem spirit in education movement. Sulak sivaraksa, the 84yearold scholar and outspoken socially engaged buddhist, wrote in a public letter today that the latest case against him for criminal lesemajeste defamation of the monarchyh as been dropped sivaraksa was charged in october 2014 after he questioned the historical accounts of a 16thcentury royal duel on elephantback between the siamese king naresuan and. Social welfare and social justice in taiwanese engaged buddhism. Pdf buddhist economics download full pdf book download. Sulak sivaraksa has 18 books on goodreads with 645 ratings. From behind me, an old thai man wearing a white worn out cloth appeared and walked to. World peoples blog blog archive sulak sivaraksa thailand. Roar sulak sivaraksa and the path of socially engaged. Scholar, publisher, activist and founder of many organizations.
The initial charges against sivaraksa arose from a complaint made on 16 october 2014 by two lieutenant generals. From nobel peace prize nominee sulak sivaraksa comes this look at buddhisms innate ability to help change life on the global scale. This was about 67% of all the recorded sulaks in the usa. Sulak sivaraksa returned to thailand after receiving an education in great. Swearer tibet and the monastic army of peace by robert a.
Seeds of peace is a critique of modern society and a proposal for a more humane and livable world. Gomez nonviolence to animals in buddhism and jainism by christopher chapple exemplars of nonviolence in theravada buddhism by donald k. Conflict, culture, change explores the cultural and environmental impacts of consumerism, nonviolence, and compassion, giving special attention to the integration of mindfulness and social activism, the use of buddhist ethics to confront structural. Socially engaged buddhism download ebook pdf, epub. The police have permitted a renowned royalist intellectual accused of lese majeste to postpone hearing the charges against him. Sulak sivaraksa, founder of the international network of engaged buddhists, has been nominated twice for the nobel peace prize. He is a teacher, a scholar, a publisher, an activist, the founder of many organisations, and the author of more than a hundred books and monographs in both thai and english. Sulak sivaraksa of thailand is one of asias leading social thinkers and social activists. Books by sulak sivaraksa author of the wisdom of sustainability. In a second case, in 1991 he was again charged after giving a speech at. Sulak sivaraksa is a buddhist spiritual leader and humanitarian best known for his social criticism and grassroots organizing that uses spiritual models to advocate for sustainable change to better the lives of poor, rural thais. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. He is a teacher, a scholar, a publisher, an activist, the founder of many organisations, and the author of.
Sulak sivaraksa was chair of the asian cultural forum on development. Matteo pistono, author of a biography of sivaraksa, breaks down what the charges mean for sivaraksa and the rest of thailand. A buddhist vision for renewing society sulak sivaraksa edited by tom ginsburg berkeley. Sulak sivaraksa of bangkok, thailand or siam, as he prefers to call his country, is probably that countrys most prominent social critic and activist and a major contemporary exponent of socially engaged buddhism. The most sulak families were found in the usa in 1920.
The sulak family name was found in the usa, and canada between 1880 and 1920. His wideranging work includes founding the international network of engaged buddhists, inviting those in war zones from burma and sri lanka to come for meditation retreats in thai monasteries, and. One of asias foremost social thinkers, activists, and critics of the religion of consumerism and the thinkbig strategy of development. Affectionately called ajarn or teacher by the thai people, sulak does not mind being an outspoken critic of the thai monarchic system. Sulak sivaraksa on lese majeste, nationalistic history, coup. Sulak sivaraksa was born in 1933 and educated in britain before returning to thailand in 1961 to be a lecturer at the thammasat and chulalongkorn universities.
Now sixty years old, he has for the last thirty years combined provocative and innovative intellectual work with continual grassroots organizing. Sulak sivaraksa born march 27, 1933 in thailand is founder and director of the thai ngo sathirakosesnagapradeepa foundation. Buddhism and nonviolence years ago, a notorious thai buddhist monk told the bangkok press that it is not sinful to kill a communist he later modified his statement, saying, to kill communism or communist ideology is not a sin. Made famous by his encounters with thailands lese majeste laws in the 1980s and 1990s, sulak has given his site the motto loyalty demands dissent. A buddhist perspective sulak sivaraksa is founder and director of the thai ngo sathirakosesnagapradeepa foundation. Sulak sivaraksa, 85yearold founder of the international network of engaged buddhists, could face 15 years in prison because he suggested that a 16thcentury elephant battle might not have really happened. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. An essay on the life and times of sulak sivaraksa by danny campbell if you are searching for the book by danny campbell a siamese story. For the movements in taiwan, buddhist compassion relief tzu chi foundation, was founded by chengyen in the 1960s. Founder of the international network of engaged buddhists, sivaraksa draws on his buddhist tradition to offer alternatives to these destructive patterns of living that threaten our planet.
Sulak sivaraksa is the author of the wisdom of sustainability 3. This is not the usual interpretation of the fourth precept, which concerns lying in the conventional sense. Sulak sivaraksa political prisoners in thailand page 2. Buddhist economics for the 21st century, by sulak sivaraksa. Sulak sivaraksa seeds of peace is a critique of modern society and a proposal for a more humane and livable world. Pensioner sulak sivaraksa, 85, faces jail for doubting.
Seeds of peace, his first book published in the us, contains the seminal thinkers clearest and most forceful writings. All articles a cloud in a piece of paper sulak sivaraksa issue 215 novemberdecember 2002 the power of nature feature articles. Buddhist economics for the 21st century, by sulak sivaraksa it is easy after that. Naoyuki ogi, graduate of ryukoku university and the institute of buddhist studies, berkeley, calif. Sulak sivaraksas most popular book is the wisdom of sustainability. Sulak sivaraksa is one of asia s leading social thinkers and activists. Sulak sivaraksa is known in the west as one of the fathers of the international network of engaged buddhists ineb, which was established in 1989 with leading buddhists including the 14th dalai lama, the vietnamese monk and peaceactivist thich nhat hanh and the theravada bhikkhu maha ghosananda, as its patrons. But an examination of the use of buddhism in the defense of violence can see that it is a violation of buddhism and hence of the fourth precept. The experience of buddhism ebook download free pdf. Building a culture of nonviolence sixty years after hiroshima. Nov 06, 2014 the selfproclaimed royalist sulak sivaraksa has faced at least three lese majeste charges.
It flows first through the main sulak canyon depth, 7001,500 m and then through the akhetlin gorge, the chirkei plain, and the lesser sulak canyon. It originates at the confluence of the avar koisu and andi koisu rivers, which rise in the greater caucasus. Receiving a gift of dharma from sulak sivaraksa by rev. Sulak sivaraksa and the path of socially engaged buddhism. His wideranging work includes founding the international network of engaged buddhists and dozens of other educational and political grassroots organizations, and authoring more than 100 books in thai and english, including seeds of peace. Sulak s main works include siamese resurgence 1985, religion and development 1986, a socially engaged buddhism 1988, siam in crisis 1990, and seeds of peace 1992a. Founder of the international network of engaged buddhists, sivaraksa draws on his buddhist tradition to of. He was first arrested in 1984 in bangkok and charged with insulting the king. On 28 february 2017, a defence lawyer representing sulak sivaraksa, a renowned royalist and lese majeste critic, submitted a request to police officers of chanasongkram police station in bangkok asking for a postponement a hearing about the lese majeste charges. A buddhist vision for renewing society, and the wisdom of sustainability.
One reason that makes sulak sivaraksa a unique figure in the kingdom of thailand would certainly be his continued defiance against the military regime and the centuriesold monarchy. See all books authored by sulak sivaraksa, including seeds of peace. The wisdom of sustainability by sulak sivaraksa, 9780285638983, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Sulak sivaraksa has a new blog to take his brand of commentary to an online audience. Sulak sivaraksa berkley center for religion, peace, and. Sulak sivaraksa, at his home in bangkok, tells presenter stephen sackur what he believes is the key to happiness. In 1989, sivaraksa, a wellknown advocate of engaged buddhism, which integrates the practice of buddhism with social action for a healthy, just, and peaceful world, cofounded the international network of engaged buddhists. Emphasising humanscale, local, sustainable alternatives to globalised industry, sulak sivaraksa offers a way to restructure our economy on buddhist principles and on a basis that will promote personal development. Sulak sivaraksa is a buddhist activist in thailand. Sulak sivaraksa was selected as the 2011 winner because his life of dedication to peace and justice exemplifies the principles of the niwano peace prize. Niwano peace prize 2011 sulak sivaraksa thailand rla 1995. The 84year old sulak sivaraksa, a former monk turned sociallyengaged buddhist social activist and economist from thailand has reinterpreted almost everything from classic buddhist precepts to modernday education. Sulak sivaraksa has a dilemma in the contradictions between his continuing platitudes on the ills of western capitalism, neoliberalism and consumerism on the one hand, and on the other hand his inability to come to terms with supporting whenever this appeared in recent history a peoples elected government and endogenous grassroots democracy. Linked with sulak sivaraksas arrest raises free speech fears, and with global problemsolving.