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Thai writer and social activist (born 1933)

Sulak Sivaraksa (Thai: สุลักษณ์ ศิวรักษ์, pronounced[sù.láksì.wá.rák]; RTGS: Sulak Siwarak; born 27 March 1933^[1]) is a Thai social activist, professor,^[2] writer and the founder and director of the Thai NGO "Sathirakoses-Nagapradeepa Foundation", named after two authorities on Thai culture, Sathirakoses (Phya Anuman Rajadhon) and Nagapradeepa [th] (Phra Saraprasoet).

Celebrating Ajahn Sulak Sivaraksa’s 90th Birthday – INEB

He initiated a number of social, humanitarian, ecological and spiritual movements and organizations in Thailand, such as the College SEM (Spirit in Education Movement).

Sulak Sivaraksa is known in the West as one of the fathers of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB), which was established in 1989 with leading Buddhists, including the 14th Dalai Lama, the Vietnamese monk and peace-activist Thich Nhat Hanh, and the Theravada Bhikkhu Maha Ghosananda, as its patrons.

When Sulak Sivaraksa A conversation with Sulak Sivaraksa - COXA