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Celebrating Ajahn Sulak Sivaraksa&#;s 90th Birthday

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The well-known Siamese intellectual, social activist, author, and founder of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB),  Ajahn Sulak Sivaraksa, will turn 90 years of age on March 27, In honor of this auspicious time we celebrate how his life has touched ours, as well as many others. The tributes and birthday

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Sulak Sivaraksa, 85, faces 15 YEARS in prison for questioning whether a king&#;s duel fought on elephant-back years ago actually happened

<< Police escorted social critic Sulak Sivaraksa (pictured) to a Bangkok military court today, where he was officially charged with insulting the monarchy

Police escorted social critic Sulak Sivaraksa to a Bangkok military court today, where he was officially charged with insulting the monarchy.

The case stems from remarks Sulak made in , when he told a public forum to think critically about Thai history and questioned whether renowned monarch King Naraesuan had really won the Battle of Nong Sarai over years ago by defeating a Burmese prince in solo combat while mounted on a war elephant.

Sulak, who walks with the aid of a cane, said he had no idea why the case was going ahead now, so long after his speech.

'Perhaps they don't like me because inom never close my mouth,' he said.

'I speak the truth. I believe in the Quakers: speaking trut

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The Engaged Buddhism of Sulak Sivaraksa

BY MATTEO PISTONO, , March

Sulak Sivaraksa turns 80 years of age on March 27,

Bangkok, Thailand -- Prominent Buddhist writer and activist, Sulak Sivaraksa, changed his clothes to appear like other locals bartering and selling wares along the northern Thailand border. He pulled his hat low as he knew his face had been broadcast the previous three nights on national TV as a fugitive. Slipping a large bribe to a riverboat man to avoid the Thai border security check-post, Sulak made it across the Mekong River to Laos in a small canoe, undetected. In August , he was a wanted man, on the run.

<< Photo by Hannah Sommer

An arrest warrant had been issued for Sulak following a speech at Thammasat University entitled “The Regression of Democracy in Siam.” In response, he took refuge inside the German embassy in Bangkok. Police cars awaited Sulak outside the embassy gates, and plain-clothed officers were posted near his ho