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Prayudh Payutto (also P.A. Payutto; (タイ語:ประยุทธ์ ปยุตฺโต), ป.อ. ปยุตฺโต) (b. 1938), also known by his current monastic title, Phra Bhramagunabhorn, is a well-known Thai Buddhist monk, an intellectual, and a prolific writer. He is among the most brilliant Buddhist scholars in the Thai Buddhist history. He authored Buddha Dhamma, which is acclaimed as one of the masterpieces in Buddhism that puts together Dhamma and natural laws by extensively drawing upon Pali Canon, Atthakatha, Tika, etc., to clarify Buddha's verbatim speech. Prayudh has lectured and written extensively about a variety of topics related to Buddhism, including the position of women in Buddhism〔(Where women stand by Bhikkhu Prayudh Payutto - Dharmaweb )〕 and the relationship between Buddhism and the environment.〔(Buddhism :: Ecology :: Wheel of Life )〕 He was awarded the 1994 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education.〔(Faces and Lives of Prayudh Payutto, Ven )〕 Because changes in Thai monastic title involve adding or changing monastic names, Payutto has been known by, and published under, a variety of different names over his career. Previously, he was known as ''Phra Rajavaramuni'', ''Phra Debvedhi'', and ''Phra Dhammapitaka''. His current name is ''Phra Bhramagunabhorn''. ==Early life== Prayudh was born as the fifth child of Samran and Chunkee Arayangkoon on January 12, 1938 in Si Prachan District, Suphanburi Province, Thailand. Prayudh received his early education in Suphanburi. During his childhood, Prayudh suffered a lot of illnesses, some of which involved him in surgeries and many have followed him until today. Poor health made it difficult for him to commit to school and formal education. Discouraged by his health, Prayudh came back to Suphanburi after completing junior high school at Pathum Khongkha School in Bangkok in 1950. Being assured that he could continue his education without having to get involved physically, as is the case in school, he entered the monastery, with the family's support, to seek religious education, being ordained as a novice (samanera) at the age of 13. He began the study of Pali and received training in Vipassanā. Under his father's encouragement, he moved to ''Wat Phra Piren'' in Bangkok and went on to achieve the highest-level (ninth-level) studies in the Pali language while still a samanera, for which he was granted a royal ordination ceremony into monkhood in 1962.〔 He embraced the monastic name "Payutto", literally "a person with unrelenting efforts". Prayudh received a bachelor's degree in Buddhist studies from Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University in 1962. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prayudh Payutto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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