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100th Anniversary of Buddhadasa Bhikku (2006)

 

Buddhadasa Bhikku   Nothingness

Khao Phutthong   Suan Mokkha Phalarahm with signature and seal of Buddhadasa

 

 Issue Name:

100th Anniversary of Buddhadasa Bhikku

 Thai Issue Name:

พุทธทาส 100 ปี

 Issue Date:

2006/2549-05-27

 Cause:

To mark the 100th Anniversary of Buddhadasa Bhikku, who was born on 27 May 1906

 Catalogue Number:

2006/25-28

 Denomination:

3 Baht, 3 Baht, 3 Baht, 3 Baht

 Unused Value:

4 Baht, 4 Baht, 4 Baht, 4 Baht

 Complete Set: 

16 Baht (unused), 8 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

Unused set

 Size:

28 x 28 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

1,500,000 pieces per design

 Printer:

Chan Wanich Security Printing Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Design 1: Phuttathaat, who in Pali is known as Buddhadasa, holding his walking stick and sitting on a rock in Suan Mokkha Phalarahm meditation centre in Chaiya, in Surat Thani; 2. Phuttathaat with the Thai text: tam soong sut - thang mot - kheu khwahm wahng (ธรรมสูงสุด - ทั้งหมด - คือความว่าง), i.e. ‘The highest dhamma - totally - is Nothingness’, i.e. Sunyata; 3. Phuttathaat giving a sermon to monks gathered in front of the main Buddha image at the garden ubosot of Khao Phutthong; 4. Suan Mokkha Phalarahm's multipurpose ground, called Curved Stone Court, as well as the signature and personal Chinese seal (yin zhang) of Buddhadasa

 Related Link:

Phuttathaat, bhikku, Suan Mokkha Phalarahm, Pali, Chaiya, Surat Thani, Buddha image, ubosot, moksha, araam, yin zhang, Khao Phutthong, Sunyata, dhamma, tam