Sulak Sivaraksa

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Sivaraksa in 2007

Sulak Sivaraksa (March 27, 1933) is a Thai social activist, professor and writer. He is founder and director of Thai NGO Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation (SNF), one of the first social organizations founded in Thailand.

Quotes[edit]

Global Healing: Essays and Interviews on Structural Violence, Social Development and Spiritual Transformation (1999)[edit]

  • People seeking to live spiritually must be concerned with their social and physical environment.
  • Radical transformation of society requires personal and spiritual change first or at least simultaneously.

Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Societ (1992)[edit]

  • It is not a Buddhist approach to say that if everyone practiced Buddhism, the world would be a better place. Wars and oppression begin from this kind of thinking.
  • The use of market values and technology as a social barometer has devalued the worth of individuals, rendered irrelevant the quality of their lives, and stunted their creativity.
  • We have more than enough programs, organisations, parties, and strategies in the world for the alleviation of suffering and injustice.

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