Top Sulak Sivaraksa Quotes - Quotesmemo.com

Sulak Sivaraksa Biography

Sulak Sivaraksa

Sulak Sivaraksa (Thai: สุลักษณ์ ศิวรักษ์; RTGS: Sulak Siwarak; pronounced [sùlák sìwárák]; born March 27, 1932 in Siam) is the founder and director of the Thai NGO "Sathirakoses-Nagapradeepa Foundation", named after two authorities on Thai culture, Sathirakoses (Phya Anuman Rajadhon) and Nagapradeepa (Phra Saraprasoet). He initiated a number of social, humanitarian, ecological and spiritual movements and organizations in Thailand, such as the College SEM (Spirit in Education Movement).

Read about Sulak Sivaraksa in Wikipedia

Random Authors

Sulak Sivaraksa Quotes

True development must be in harmony with the needs of people and the rhythms of the natural world.

Development, Harmony, Needs, People, True, World

Buddhism is not concerned just with private destiny, but with the lives and consciousness of all beingsAny attempt to understand Buddhism apart from its social dimension is fundamentally a mistake. Until Western Buddhists understand this, their embrace of Buddhism will not help very much in the efforts to bring about meaningful and positive social change, or even in their struggle to transform their ego.

Bring, Buddhist, Meaningful, Mistake, Positive, Social

We have more than enough programs, organisations, parties, and strategies in the world for the alleviation of suffering and injustice.

Justice, Organisations, Party, Suffering, World

Capitalism brainwashes us through advertising and the skewing of priorities. . . . We need economies that promote human values, seek to limit suffering, and are committed to democratic principles, rather than ones dependent on global trade and a blind commitment to neo-liberal economic policies.

Advertising, Commitment, Economies, Priorities, Suffering, Trade

The use of market values and technology as a social barometer has devalued the worth of individuals, rendered irrelevant the quality of their lives, and stunted their creativity.

Creativity, Irrelevant, Quality, Technology

I make a distinction between Buddhism with a Capital 'B' and buddhism with a small 'b'. Sri Lanka has the former, in which the state uses Buddhism as an instrument of power, so there are even Buddhists monks who say the Tamils should be eliminated. Thai Buddhists are not perfect either. Some Thai Buddhist monks have compromised with the kind and possess cars and other luxuries. In many Buddhist countries, the emphasis is on being goody-goody, which is not good enough. I am for buddhism with a small 'b' which is non-violent, practical and aims to eliminate the cause of suffering.

Buddhism, Buddhist, Country, Humility, Instrument, Monks

Radical transformation of society requires personal and spiritual change first or at least simultaneously

Change, God, Personal, Requires, Society, Spiritual

People seeking to live spiritually must be concerned with their social and physical environment.

Concerned, God, People, Seeking, Spirituality, Spiritually

It is not a Buddhist approach to say that if everyone practiced Buddhism, the world would be a better place. Wars and oppression begin from this kind of thinking.

Buddhism, Buddhist, Kind, Say, Thinking, War

Amal El-Mohtar

Amal El-Mohtar

James J. Hill

James J. Hill

William Sims

William Sims

George Saunders

George Saunders

Nicholas Culpeper

Nicholas Culpeper

Nayantara Sahgal

Nayantara Sahgal

Jacqueline McKenzie

Jacqueline McKenzie

Amilcar Cabral

Amilcar Cabral

Matthew Williamson

Matthew Williamson

Santosh Mohan Dev

Santosh Mohan Dev

Tim Reid

Tim Reid

Amby Burfoot

Amby Burfoot