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• Anapanasati. Mindfulness Of Breathing

• Handbook For Mankind

• No Religion

• In Samsara Exists Nibbana

• Another Kind Of Birth

• Two Kinds Of Language

• The Danger Of 'I'

• Why Were We Born?

• Towards Buddha-Dhamma

• Key To Natural Truth
  
   

Dhamma master and speaker of repute during his time.

Read Bhikkhu Buddhadasa for a critical, direct and reasoned discourse of Buddhist teachings.


Ordained as a monk at the age of 20 in 1926.

After a few years of study in Bangkok, he was convinced it was not suitable for his practise. He was inspired to live close with nature in order to investigate the Buddha-Dhamma in total solitude for almost 6 years. He established Suan Mokkhabalarama (The Grove of the Power of Liberation) in 1932, near his hometown of Pum Riang (now in Chaiya District).

Over the years Suan Mokkh’s repute spread. He worked to establish Buddhism without the taints of ritualism, clerical politics, commentaries and the like. His work was based in extensive research of the Pali texts (canon and commentary), especially of the Buddha's Discourses (Sutta Pitaka), followed by personal experiment and practice with these teachings. His approach was always scientific, straightforward and practical.

Although having little formal education he was given five Honorary Doctorates by Thai universities. His books, both written and transcribed from talks, fill a room at the National Library and influence all serious Thai Buddhists in Siam. Doctoral dissertations are still being written about him and his legacy.

Since the 1960's, activists and thinkers in areas such as education, ecology, social welfare, and rural development have drawn upon his teaching and advice. He inspired most of the monks involved in nature conservation and community development. He provided the link between the scriptural tradition and engaged-Buddhism practice today.