Phra Paisal Visalo

Phra Paisal Visalo (born 10 May 1957) is the abbot of ^[1] in Chaiyaphum province of Thailand. He was involved in student activism and human rights protection before entering the monkhood in 1983. He is the co-founder of , a network of socially engaged monks all over the country. Besides writing and editing books on environment and Buddhism, he holds training courses on nonviolence and meditation as well. He was recently the recipient of the Asian Public Intellectual Fellowship of the Nippon Foundation.

References[]

^ Jones, Michael Ernest. The Social Movement of Spiritually Engaged Alternative Education in Thailand Against the Background of Reform and Globalization. Universal-Publishers. pp. 245–. ISBN 978-1-59942-366-1. Retrieved 23 August 2011.

External links[]

www.visalo.org

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[Jones-1] Jones, Michael Ernest. The Social Movement of Spiritually Engaged Alternative Education in Thailand Against the Background of Reform and Globalization. Universal-Publishers. pp. 245–. ISBN 978-1-59942-366-1. Retrieved 23 August 2011.

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