Sulak Sivaraksa

Sulak Sivaraksa is a Thai Buddhist social critic, writer, and peace activist whose work helped develop the modern movement of socially engaged Buddhism. After returning to Thailand in 1961, he taught, founded and edited the influential Social Science Review, and established organizations supporting democracy, sustainable development, and grassroots social change. He received the Right Livelihood Award in 1995 and the Niwano Peace Prize in 2011 for his advocacy of peace, justice, and nonviolence.