100th Anniversary of
Buddhadasa
Bhikku
(2006)
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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 |
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