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Loyalty Demands Dissent: Autobiography of an Engaged Buddhist

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Bangkok Thai Inter-Religious Commission For Development 1998Description: xvii,282 p. HB 23.5x16 cmISBN:
  • 1888375108
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 954.304092 SIVL
Summary: Biography/ Sulak Sivaraksa, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and winner of the prestigious Right Livlihood Award, is a prominent and outspoken Thai Buddhist social critic and activist. In his memoirs, LOYALTY DEMANDS DISSENT, Sulak recounts his life as a "radical conservative" -- both contemplative and activist, traditionalist and modernist, loyalist and dissident. Sulak was born 65 years ago, the same year that Thailand emerged from absolute monarchy into democracy, and his life has been intimately bound up with his country's modern history. In this inspiring autobiography, we see Sulak's indefatigable efforts to bring people together into community, common work, and a shared vivion of a more enlightened world.
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George Fernandes Collections George Fernandes Collections St Aloysius Library History 954.304092 SIVL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available GF02083
George Fernandes Collections George Fernandes Collections St Aloysius Library History 954.304092 SIVL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available GF02074
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Biography/ Sulak Sivaraksa, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and winner of the prestigious Right Livlihood Award, is a prominent and outspoken Thai Buddhist social critic and activist. In his memoirs, LOYALTY DEMANDS DISSENT, Sulak recounts his life as a "radical conservative" -- both contemplative and activist, traditionalist and modernist, loyalist and dissident. Sulak was born 65 years ago, the same year that Thailand emerged from absolute monarchy into democracy, and his life has been intimately bound up with his country's modern history. In this inspiring autobiography, we see Sulak's indefatigable efforts to bring people together into community, common work, and a shared vivion of a more enlightened world.

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