August 22, 2010
The Nation
In the King Rama V era, he decided to cut some parts [of Thailand, then Siam] to England and France. It needed courage as the people didn't want it. He faced the pain but with his vision, he saw that sacrificing small parts to keep the majority was necessary. Otherwise, we might have lost all.Phra Paisal Visalo, a thinker, writer and dhamma practitioner who is a member of the committee on national reform led by Anand Panyarachun, shares his views with The Nation's Somroutai Sapsomboon and Kornchanok Raksaseri about the rifts in Thai society. He also advises how to deal with the problems mentally, and proposes ways to bring Thailand back to peace. This is the first of a two-part interview.
Q: Amidst the current severe conflicts in Thai society, what dhamma principles do you think Thais should keep in mind?
A: In general, Thai society is facing a big change, with mobilised movements by many groups. Although the conflicts are focused on people such as Thaksin (former prime minister Shinawatra), the root of the problems are the changes in the structure of Thai society in various dimensions. For example, Thais have more political sense They might be the lower class, the poor or the lower middle class. They might have accepted the disparity in the past, but not anymore.
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