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Buddhadasa

1906 - 1993

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Buddhadasa is the 3,037th most popular writer (up from 3,155th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Thailand and the 2nd most popular Thai Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Buddhadasa ranks 3,037 out of 7,302. Before him are Takuboku Ishikawa, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, Gerard Reve, Arthur Cravan, Þorbjörn Hornklofi, and Friedrich Wolf. After him are Silvio Pellico, Hyginus Gromaticus, Jean Richepin, M. Karunanidhi, Aeneas Tacticus, and Carl Robert Jakobson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Buddhadasa ranks 164. Before him are Samad Vurgun, Thomas S. Gates Jr., T. H. White, Bob King, Jørgen Juve, and Jack Churchill. After him are Jacques Pills, Charley Borah, Flávio Costa, Philo Farnsworth, Princess Anne of Orléans, and H. C. Hansen. Among people deceased in 1993, Buddhadasa ranks 117. Before him are Richard Jordan, Guido Masetti, Stanley Myers, Henry Hazlitt, Yuri Bezmenov, and Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo. After him are Freya Stark, Deke Slayton, Pierre Victor Auger, Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Jan Gies, and Cyril Cusack.

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In Thailand

Among people born in Thailand, Buddhadasa ranks 48 out of 186. Before him are Ekkathat (1800), Sonthi Boonyaratglin (1946), Mahidol Adulyadej (1892), Seni Pramoj (1905), Buakaw Banchamek (1982), and Si Inthrathit (1188). After him are Chatichai Choonhavan (1920), Sunanda Kumariratana (1860), Anand Panyarachun (1932), Wan Waithayakon (1891), Kukrit Pramoj (1911), and Pumpuang Duangjan (1961).

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Among WRITERS In Thailand

Among writers born in Thailand, Buddhadasa ranks 2. Before him are Emmanuelle Arsan (1932). After him are Sunthorn Phu (1786).

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