Capitalism brainwashes us through advertising and the skewing of priorities .... We need economies that promote human values, seek to limit suffering…

- Sulak Sivaraksa

Radical transformation of society requires personal and spiritual change first or at least simultaneously

- Sulak Sivaraksa

It is not a Buddhist approach to say that if everyone practiced Buddhism, the world would be a better place. Wars and oppression begin from this kind…

- Sulak Sivaraksa

We have more than enough programs, organisations, parties, and strategies in the world for the alleviation of suffering and injustice.

- Sulak Sivaraksa

The use of market values and technology as a social barometer has devalued the worth of individuals, rendered irrelevant the quality of their lives, …

- Sulak Sivaraksa

People seeking to live spiritually must be concerned with their social and physical environment.

- Sulak Sivaraksa

True development must be in harmony with the needs of people and the rhythms of the natural world.

- Sulak Sivaraksa

Buddhism is not concerned just with private destiny, but with the lives and consciousness of all beingsAny attempt to understand Buddhism apart from …

- Sulak Sivaraksa

I make a distinction between Buddhism with a Capital 'B' and buddhism with a small 'b'. Sri Lanka has the former, in which the state uses Buddhism as…

- Sulak Sivaraksa