Bhikkhuis widely regarded as modern Thailand's most influential Buddhist philosopher, His thought had a profound intellectual impact in Thailand in the second half of the twentieth century, His life mission was to undertake a complete reexamination of Theravada Buddhist teachings, By returning to the Buddha's original teachings in the Suttapitaka and by drawing on aspects of Zen Buddhism, Buddhadasa crafted a vision of Thai Buddhism as a socially, politically, and intellectually progressive force.
This vision of a modern Theravada Buddhism fit for a modern, democratic, and socially just Thailand continues to inspire large numbers of Thai people in the twentyfirst century,
In this book Peter Jackson examines Buddhadasa's life work and thought, placing them in the context of the political, economic, and intellectual changes that transformed Thailand in the twentieth century.
Combining biographical studies with critical philosophical and sociological analyses of Buddhadasa's reforms of Thai Buddhist teachings, Peter Jackson emphasizes the pathbreaking and often radical ideas of one of the greatest Buddhist thinkers of the last century.
This book is a revised and expanded edition of Peter Jackson's Buddhadasa A Buddhist Thinker for the Modern World, published in, It contains a new epilogue tracing the controversy surrounding Buddhadasa's death inand reflecting on the philosophermonk's lasting legacy in Thailand, Nice orientation to Thai Buddhism generally and Buddhasa specifically, This was an excellent book about the life of this extraordinary man, He really never took anything on faith and questioned every belief and practice, Peter A. Jackson is professor of Thai cultural studies in the Australian National Universitys College of Asia and the Pacific, He has written extensively on modern Thai cultural history with special interests in religion and sexuality, He is editor in chief of the Asian Studies and founder of the Thai Rainbow Archives Project, which is collecting and digitizing Thai gay, lesbian, and transgender magazines and community organization newsletters see sitelink.
Peter A. Jackson is professor of Thai cultural studies in the Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific, He has written extensively on modern Thai cultural history with special interests in religion and sexuality, He is editor in chief of the Asian Studies and founder of the Thai Rainbow Archives Project, which
is collecting and digitizing Thai gay, lesbian, and transgender magazines and community organization newsletters see sitelink.
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