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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu canonical 2
Bhikkhu Buddhadasa 1
Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist reformer ⓘ
Thai Buddhist monk ⓘ
Theravada Buddhist ⓘ
religious philosopher ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu ⓘ
linked to: Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

Phra Dharmakosacarya ⓘ
birthName Nguam Panitch ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Thailand ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1906-05-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1993-05-25 ⓘ
developedConcept Dhammic Socialism ⓘ
linked to: Buddhist socialism
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 ⓘ
fieldOfWork Buddhist philosophy ⓘ
meditation teaching ⓘ
socially engaged Buddhism ⓘ
founded Suan Mokkh (Garden of Liberation) ⓘ
Suan Mokkh International Dharma Hermitage ⓘ
influenced Engaged Buddhism movement ⓘ
linked to: Engaged Buddhism

Sulak Sivaraksa ⓘ
Thai social activists ⓘ
modern Theravada thought ⓘ
influencedBy Pali Canon ⓘ
linked to: the Pali Canon

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 ⓘ
Thai ⓘ
monasticOrdinationYear 1926 ⓘ
movement Engaged Buddhism ⓘ
notableWork Dhammic Socialism (concept and talks) ⓘ
linked to: Buddhist socialism

Handbook for Mankind ⓘ
Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree ⓘ
Me and Mine (Aspects of the Self) ⓘ
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 ⓘ
placeOfDeath Surat Thani Province, Thailand ⓘ
placeOfMonasticResidence Suan Mokkh, Chaiya, Thailand ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
religiousTradition Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
taught meditation retreats for laypeople ⓘ
monastic training at Suan Mokkh ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Engaged Buddhism → associatedWith → Buddhadasa Bhikkhu ⓘ
socially engaged Buddhism → hasKeyFigure → Bhikkhu Buddhadasa ⓘ
linked to: Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu → alsoKnownAs → Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu ⓘ
linked to: Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Thai Buddhism → hasNotableMonk → Buddhadasa Bhikkhu ⓘ