Buddhadasa
Buddhadasa | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Ngueam Phanit 27 May 1906 Chaiya, Chaiya (now Surat Thani), Thailand |
| Died | 25 May 1993 (aged 86) Chaiya, Surat Thani, Thailand |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Order | Mahā Nikāya |
| School | Theravāda |
| Dharma names | Indapañño |
| Monastic name | Phra Dharmakosācārya |
| Ordination | 29 July 1926 (aged 20) |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Suan Mokkh |
| Signature | |
Buddhadasa (27 May 1906 – 25 May 1993) was a Thai Buddhist monk. Known as an innovative reinterpreter of Buddhist doctrine and Thai folk beliefs, he fostered a reformation in conventional religious perceptions in his home country, Thailand, as well as abroad. He developed a personal view that those who have penetrated the essential nature of religions consider "all religions to be inwardly the same", while those who have the highest understanding of dhamma feel "there is no religion".