Loyalty Demands Dissent 2ED

    Sulak Sivaraksa, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and winner of the prestigious Right Livlihood Award, is a prominent and outspoken Thai Buddhist social critic and activist. In his memoirs, LOYALTY DEMANDS DISSENT, Sulak recounts his life as a "radical conservative" -- both contemplative and activist, traditionalist and modernist, loyalist and dissident. Sulak was born 65 years ago, the same year that Thailand emerged from absolute monarchy into democracy, and his life has been intimately bound up with his country's modern history. In this inspiring autobiography, we see Sulak's indefatigable efforts to bring people together into community, common work, and a shared vivion of a more enlightened world.

1. Early Years
2. Life as a Novice Monk
3. School Days
4. An English Education
5. Living in London
6. Back in Saim
7. Working with the Monks
8. Forging Relations
9. Clashes
10. Organizing
,etc.

Sulak Sivaraksa is a teacher and organizer, a bodhisattva who devotes all of energies to helping other.
    -- Thich Nhat Hanh --
author of Peace in Ever Step

    A revealing portrait of S. Sivaraksa, Thailand's notable Buddhist social activities. Sulak's admirable honesty comes through-his foibles, as well as his sense of mission and its consequences.
    -- Donald K. Swearer --
Professor of religion, Swarthmore College