Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

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Buddhist reformer Thai Buddhist monk Theravada Buddhist religious philosopher

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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Bhikkhu Buddhadasa	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist reformer ⓘ Thai Buddhist monk ⓘ Theravada Buddhist ⓘ religious philosopher ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ Suan Mokkh International Dharma Hermitage NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Engaged Buddhism movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Sulak Sivaraksa NERFINISHED ⓘ Thai social activists ⓘ modern Theravada thought ⓘ
influencedBy	Pali Canon NERFINISHED ⓘ early Buddhism ⓘ
knownFor	critique of merit-making consumerism ⓘ 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 ⓘ Handbook for Mankind NERFINISHED ⓘ Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree NERFINISHED ⓘ Me and Mine (Aspects of the Self) NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposed	commercialization of Buddhism ⓘ superstitious practices in Thai Buddhism ⓘ
philosophicalView	Dhamma as law of nature ⓘ 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 ⓘ monastic training at Suan Mokkh ⓘ

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Engaged Buddhism → associatedWith → Buddhadasa Bhikkhu ⓘ

socially engaged Buddhism → hasKeyFigure → Buddhadasa Bhikkhu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bhikkhu Buddhadasa