Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
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Buddhadasa Bhikkhu was a highly influential 20th-century Thai Buddhist monk and reformer known for his rational, socially engaged interpretation of Theravada Buddhism and his role in inspiring the Engaged Buddhism movement.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bhikkhu Buddhadasa | 1 |
| Buddhadasa Bhikkhu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4580777 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buddhadasa Bhikkhu Context triple: [Engaged Buddhism, associatedWith, Buddhadasa Bhikkhu]
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Sulak Sivaraksa
Sulak Sivaraksa is a Thai social activist, Buddhist scholar, and intellectual known for his advocacy of nonviolence, social justice, and engaged Buddhism.
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B.
Saw Maung
Saw Maung was a Burmese military general who briefly served as the head of state of Myanmar after leading the 1988 military coup.
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C.
Dōgen
Dōgen was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk, philosopher, and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen, renowned for his influential writings on meditation and enlightenment.
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Somānanda
Somānanda was an early Kashmiri Śaiva philosopher and theologian whose non-dual Trika teachings helped lay the foundations for later thinkers like Abhinavagupta.
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E.
Dignaga
Dignaga was a 5th–6th century Indian Buddhist philosopher and logician whose work laid the foundations of the Buddhist epistemological tradition and profoundly influenced later Indian and Tibetan thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buddhadasa Bhikkhu Target entity description: Buddhadasa Bhikkhu was a highly influential 20th-century Thai Buddhist monk and reformer known for his rational, socially engaged interpretation of Theravada Buddhism and his role in inspiring the Engaged Buddhism movement.
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A.
Sulak Sivaraksa
Sulak Sivaraksa is a Thai social activist, Buddhist scholar, and intellectual known for his advocacy of nonviolence, social justice, and engaged Buddhism.
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B.
Saw Maung
Saw Maung was a Burmese military general who briefly served as the head of state of Myanmar after leading the 1988 military coup.
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C.
Dōgen
Dōgen was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk, philosopher, and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen, renowned for his influential writings on meditation and enlightenment.
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D.
Somānanda
Somānanda was an early Kashmiri Śaiva philosopher and theologian whose non-dual Trika teachings helped lay the foundations for later thinkers like Abhinavagupta.
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E.
Dignaga
Dignaga was a 5th–6th century Indian Buddhist philosopher and logician whose work laid the foundations of the Buddhist epistemological tradition and profoundly influenced later Indian and Tibetan thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist reformer
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Thai Buddhist monk ⓘ Theravada Buddhist ⓘ religious philosopher ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu
NERFINISHED
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Phra Dharmakosacarya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Nguam Panitch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-05-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1993-05-25 ⓘ |
| developedConcept | Dhammic Socialism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasized |
cooperation between religions based on shared truths
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direct experience of Dhamma over ritual ⓘ study of Pali Canon in context of practice ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Thai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Buddhist philosophy
ⓘ
meditation teaching ⓘ socially engaged Buddhism ⓘ |
| founded |
Suan Mokkh (Garden of Liberation)
NERFINISHED
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Suan Mokkh International Dharma Hermitage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Engaged Buddhism movement
NERFINISHED
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Sulak Sivaraksa NERFINISHED ⓘ Thai social activists ⓘ modern Theravada thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Pali Canon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Buddhism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of merit-making consumerism
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emphasis on inner liberation here and now ⓘ interreligious dialogue ⓘ rational interpretation of Buddhism ⓘ reinterpretation of rebirth and karma ⓘ socially engaged interpretation of Theravada Buddhism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Pali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thai ⓘ |
| monasticOrdinationYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| movement | Engaged Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dhammic Socialism (concept and talks)
NERFINISHED
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Handbook for Mankind NERFINISHED ⓘ Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree NERFINISHED ⓘ Me and Mine (Aspects of the Self) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed |
commercialization of Buddhism
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superstitious practices in Thai Buddhism ⓘ |
| philosophicalView |
Dhamma as law of nature
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emphasis on emptiness (suññatā) ⓘ naturalistic understanding of Dhamma ⓘ non-attachment to views ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chaiya District, Surat Thani Province, Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Surat Thani Province, Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfMonasticResidence | Suan Mokkh, Chaiya, Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taught |
meditation retreats for laypeople
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monastic training at Suan Mokkh ⓘ |
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Subject: Buddhadasa Bhikkhu Description of subject: Buddhadasa Bhikkhu was a highly influential 20th-century Thai Buddhist monk and reformer known for his rational, socially engaged interpretation of Theravada Buddhism and his role in inspiring the Engaged Buddhism movement.
Referenced by (2)
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Bhikkhu Buddhadasa