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Mongkol Dejnakarintra

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Professor Emeritus Mongkol Dejnakarintra taught Electrical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok between 1968 and 2002. He was an outstanding scholar and researcher who had authored and translated a number of academic books and articles. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Thailand. His interest covers different areas including science and technology, electrical mathematics, and Buddhism.

In the 1980’s he was a member of a group of Bangkok academics who studied and worked with Ajahn Runjuan Indarakamhaeng. 

Professor Mongkol has co-translated with Dhamma friends various teachings of Ajahn Buddhadasa into English, including these titles:

  • The Buddha’s Doctrine of Anatta (translated with others, 1990)

  • A Buddhist Charter (translated with Somsri Thammasarnsophon, 1990)

  • Disadhamma - Mankind's Pathway Dhamma (published year unidentified)

  • The First Ten Years Of Suan Mokkh (1990)

  • Messages of Truth from Suan Mokkh (translated with others, 1990)

  • Some Marvellous Aspects of Theravada Buddhism (edited and revised with Samanera Nattakaro, 1991)