Sulak Sivaraksa

thumb|Sivaraksa in 2007 Sulak Sivaraksa (March 27, 1933) is a Thai social activist, professor and writer. He is founder and director of Thai NGO Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation (SNF), one of the first social organizations founded in Thailand. Quotes Global Healing: Essays and Interviews on Structural Violence, Social Development and Spiritual Transformation (1999) People seeking to live spiritually must be concerned with their social and physical environment. Radical transformation of society requires personal and spiritual change first or at least simultaneously. Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Societ (1992) 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. 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. We have more than enough programs, organisations, parties, and strategies in the world for the alleviation of suffering and injustice. External links Sulak Sivaraksa Category:Social activists Category:Nonviolence advocates Category:Pacifists Category:Buddhists from Thailand Category:1933 births Category:Living people