Welcome to www.sulak-sivaraksa.org, homepage of the Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation; a network committed to social justice with ecological vision and based on engaged spirituality and Sulak Sivaraksa, Our Founder, Honouring seventy years if living and working for justice, peace, democracy and sustainable livelihoods.
Personal Appeal for Peace from Thai Buddhist Sulak Sivaraksa
We would like to appeal to the Sinhala Buddhists first of
all to acknowledge the crimes that they committed against their own Tamil
sisters and brothers and ask for forgiveness from the Tamils. Rejoicing at the
war victories, when thousands have been killed, ‘disappeared', maimed, raped
and hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced and detained, is
totally against the dhamma.
Ecovillage Design Education and Training of Trainers 2012
Around the world, in urban and rural settings, in the
global North and South, you can find ecovillages. Existing, traditional
communities, indigenous tribal villages and new intentional communities
– all communities of people who have come together, usually sharing
common values or spirituality (sometimes called worldviews). In all cases, people together building sustainable life styles with a common social framework. Ecovillages are designed according to ecological principles, working in co-operation with nature, rathere than against or over it, promoting low-impact lifestyles and an economics that is based on shared self-reliance which reweaves local inter-connections.
Awakening Leadership: A Training of Trainers Intensive
Sustainable leadership
is only really possible with a deep understanding of the mutually
supportive relationships between body, mind and spirit.We are nature, dependent and deeply connected.Out of this consciousness a truly sustainable leadership style can emerge.
Since late last year it seems that I've continuously lost
good friends-one after another. It is a sad but inescapable fact for a 77-year-old
man like me. The latest on the list is Professor
Yoneo Ishii who passed away on 13th February 2010 in Japan.
Professor Ishii was my first Japanese friend, and he had
been a good friend for almost half a century. He was a vital figure in the Thai
Studies and Southeast Asian Studies circles. He had a profound love for and
understanding of Thai culture. He had wanted to live in the Thai kingdom and to
study the Thai language since he was very young. He sat on an entrance
examination and got accepted by the Japanese ministry of foreign affairs. Given
his impressive capability and diplomatic skills, he was highly rated by his
superiors. They asked him where he would like to be posted abroad. They thought
Ishii would choose the US or England. To their surprise, Ishii said he wanted
to work in the Thai kingdom.
Once they assumed power many of my close friends
would often alter their stance toward me, become indifferent, or even declare
that I'm their enemy. Wahid was an important exception. Even when he was
president of Indonesia
(the first to do so through the democratic process) he remained steadfast in
our friendship. He had even invited me to be a guest at the presidential
palace.
George and
Lillian Willoughby served as a model couple. They lived together for more than
60 years with love and understanding. They led a simple lifestyle that
challenged mainstream society nonviolently. In this respect they are worthy of
emulation and respect.
SULAK Sivaraksa, who is in Melbourne for the Parliament of the World's
Religions, says he is known by many labels in his home country of
Thailand.
To some he is "the Siamese intellectual". "To the Thai Government," he says with some merriment, "I am the troublemaker."
Aged 77, Mr Sivaraksa faces three charges of defaming the Thai king,
which carries a possible sentence of 45 years in prison. "I could spend
my 120th birthday in jail," he says, again with some merriment.
The Wisdom of Sustainability
Buddhist Economics for the 21st Century By Sulak Sivaraksa
"Sulak Sivaraksa and I share a conviction that if we are to solve human problems, economic and technological development must be accompanied by an inner spiritual growth." -- H.H. the Dalai Lama
Trade Paperback Original • 102 pps • $12.50 • May 2009
ISBN 978-0-9821656-1-4
Published by Koa Books, Hawai‘i
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Around the world, in urban and rural settings, in the
global North and South, you can find ecovillages. Existing, traditional
communities, indigenous tribal villages and new intentional communities
– all communities of people who have come together, usually sharing
common values or spirituality (sometimes called worldviews). In all cases, people together building sustainable life styles with a common social framework. Ecovillages are designed according to ecological principles, working in co-operation with nature, rathere than against or over it, promoting low-impact lifestyles and an economics that is based on shared self-reliance which reweaves local inter-connections.
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Since late last year it seems that I've continuously lost
good friends-one after another. It is a sad but inescapable fact for a 77-year-old
man like me. The latest on the list is Professor
Yoneo Ishii who passed away on 13th February 2010 in Japan.
Once they assumed power many of my close friends
would often alter their stance toward me, become indifferent, or even declare
that I'm their enemy. Wahid was an important exception. Even when he was
president of Indonesia
(the first to do so through the democratic process) he remained steadfast in
our friendship. He had even invited me to be a guest at the presidential
palace.
