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Naoyuki ogi, graduate of ryukoku university and the institute of buddhist studies, berkeley, calif. This was about 67% of all the recorded sulaks in the usa. An essay on the life and times of sulak sivaraksa by danny campbell if you are searching for the book by danny campbell a siamese story. The prominent socially engaged buddhist and siamese intellectual, sulak sivaraksa, was taken by police on monday to face a military tribunal preparing a criminal case against him.
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