Buddhadasa
Monk, Author
1906 – 1993
Who was Buddhadasa?
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu was a famous and influential ascetic-philosopher of the 20th century. Known as an innovative reinterpreter of Buddhist doctrine and Thai folk beliefs, Buddhadasa fostered a reformation in conventional religious perceptions in his home country, Thailand, as well as abroad. Although he was a formally ordained ascetic, or "monk," having at the age of twenty years submitted to mandatory government religious controls, Buddhadasa developed a personal view that rejected specific religious identification and considered all faiths as principally one. His ground-breaking thought inspired such persons as French schooled Pridi Phanomyong, leader of Siam's 1932 revolution, and a group of Thai social activists and artists of the 1960s and 70s.
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- Born
- May 27, 1906
Chaiya District - Also known as
- Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
- Indapañño
- Ngüam PANID
- Nguam Panich
- Parents
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Ethnicity
- Thai Chinese
- Nationality
- Thailand
- Profession
- Died
- May 25, 1993
Chaiya District
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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