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	Sasai is one of the main leaders of the campaign to free the [[Mahabodhi Temple]] at [[Bodh Gaya]] from Hindu control.{{sfn \|Doyle \|2003\|p=249-280}}{{sfn \|Knopf\|2000\|pp=289-314}}{{sfn \|Geary\|2017\|p=76}} As the president of the Bodhisatva Nagarjun Smarak Samstha Va Anusandhan Kendra he supported the excavations at [[Mansar, India\|Mansar]].{{sfn \|Joshi\|2005\|p=1}} Sasai represented the Buddhists as a member of the [[National Commission for Minorities]] from 2003-2006.{{sfn \|National Commission for Minorities\|2005\|p=}} Arya Bhadant Surai Sasai is the president of the [[Deekshabhoomi\|Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Smarak Samiti Deekshabhoomi]] (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial committee Deekshabhoomi), Nagpur.<ref>https://nmp1toi.indiatimes.com/india/dr-ambedkars-deekshabhoomi-would-continue-to-motivate-crores-of-indians-pm-modi/articleshow/58181376.cms</ref><ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/vidarbha-emerge-champions-in-state-level-disabled-cricket-tournament/articleshow/74542159.cms</ref>		Sasai is one of the main leaders of the campaign to free the [[Mahabodhi Temple]] at [[Bodh Gaya]] from Hindu control.{{sfn \|Doyle \|2003\|p=249-280}}{{sfn \|Knopf\|2000\|pp=289-314}}{{sfn \|Geary\|2017\|p=76}} As the president of the Bodhisatva Nagarjun Smarak Samstha Va Anusandhan Kendra he supported the excavations at [[Mansar, India\|Mansar]].{{sfn \|Joshi\|2005\|p=1}} Sasai represented the Buddhists as a member of the [[National Commission for Minorities]] from 2003-2006.{{sfn \|National Commission for Minorities\|2005\|p=}} Arya Bhadant Surai Sasai is the president of the [[Deekshabhoomi\|Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Smarak Samiti Deekshabhoomi]] (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial committee Deekshabhoomi), Nagpur.<ref>https://nmp1toi.indiatimes.com/india/dr-ambedkars-deekshabhoomi-would-continue-to-motivate-crores-of-indians-pm-modi/articleshow/58181376.cms</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/vidarbha-emerge-champions-in-state-level-disabled-cricket-tournament/articleshow/74542159.cms \| title=Vidarbha beat rest of maharashtra: Vidarbha emerge champions in state-level disabled cricket tournament \| Nagpur News - Times of India \| website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref>

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{{short description|Indian Buddhist monk}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}}

{{Infobox religious biography
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|name= Surai Sasai
|image= Surai Sasai 1.JPG
|caption = Surai Sasai, 2009
| alias = Sasai, Shūrei, Bhadant Nagarjuna Arya Surai Sasai, Bhadant Sasai, Minoru Sasai, Tenjit Surai<ref>[http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2011169925/ WorldCat Identities: 佐々井秀嶺 1935-]</ref>{{sfn |Doyle |2003|p=257}}
| dharma name = Bhadant Nagarjun Surai Sasai
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|8|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Sugao ([[Niimi]]), [[Okayama Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = Naturalized [[India]]n
| religion = [[Buddhism]]
| school = [[Shingon]] and [[Navayana]]
| lineage =
| title =
| location = [[Nagpur]]
| education = Taisho University, Tokyo{{sfn |Doyle |2003|p=257}}
| teacher = Shujuma Yamamoto, [[Nichidatsu Fujii]]{{sfn |Doyle |2003|p=257}}
| reincarnation of =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| students = Bhante Bodhi Dhamma, Bhikkhu AbhayaPutra [[or Phra Anand Lanjewar]] {{sfn |Enoki |2010|p=30}}
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{{Nihongo|'''Bhadant Nagarjun Arya Surai Sasai'''|佐々井秀嶺|Sasai Shūrei|born {{Nihongo|'''Minoru Sasai'''|佐々井実|Sasai Minoru}}}}, popularly known as '''Sasai''', is a Japanese-born Indian [[Bhikkhu|Buddhist monk]] who later chose India as his home. He is the president of the [[Deekshabhoomi|Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial committee Deekshabhoomi]].

==Early years==
Surai Sasai was born in [[Niimi, Okayama|Niimi]], [[Okayama Prefecture]], with the [[lay name]] Minoru Sasai on 30 August 1935.
He took tonsure as a novice monk at the age of 14 and was given the ordination name Tenjit Surai, "Light of the Sun, beautiful Mountain Peak", by his [[Tendai]] teacher Shujuma Yamamoto.{{sfn |Doyle |2003|p=257}} In 1955 he joined the monastic order of the [[Shingon]] school and in 1966 he travelled to Thailand to study [[vipassana]].{{sfn |Enoki |2010|p=30}}

==Spreading Buddhism in India==
Sasai came to India in 1966 and met [[Nichidatsu Fujii]], whom he helped with the building of a [[Peace Pagoda|peace pagoda]] at Rajgir. He fell out with Fuji, however, but he related that on his return journey he was stopped by a vision of a figure resembling [[Nagarjuna]] who said, "Go to Nagpur". In [[Nagpur]], he met Wamanrao Godbole, the person who had organized the [[Deekshabhoomi|conversion ceremony]] for [[B. R. Ambedkar]] in 1956. Sasai claims that when he saw a photograph of B. R. Ambedkar at Godbole's home, he realized that Ambedkar had appeared in his dream.{{sfn |Karlsson|2015|pp=}}{{sfn |Doyle |2003|p=257}} At first, Nagpur residents considered Surai Sasai very strange, but he became popular after he began to greet them with "[[Jai Bhim]]" (victory to Ambedkar) and to build [[viharas]].{{sfn |Doyle |2003|pp=267-268}}

In 1987, Sasai was arrested for overstaying his visum but his followers protested against his planned deportation. A court case to deport him was dismissed and he was granted Indian citizenship, which cost him his Japanese citizenship.{{sfn |Quadir|2013|pp=}}

Sasai is one of the main leaders of the campaign to free the [[Mahabodhi Temple]] at [[Bodh Gaya]] from Hindu control.{{sfn |Doyle |2003|p=249-280}}{{sfn |Knopf|2000|pp=289-314}}{{sfn |Geary|2017|p=76}} As the president of the Bodhisatva Nagarjun Smarak Samstha Va Anusandhan Kendra he supported the excavations at [[Mansar, India|Mansar]].{{sfn |Joshi|2005|p=1}} Sasai represented the Buddhists as a member of the [[National Commission for Minorities]] from 2003-2006.{{sfn |National Commission for Minorities|2005|p=}} Arya Bhadant Surai Sasai is the president of the [[Deekshabhoomi|Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Smarak Samiti Deekshabhoomi]] (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial committee Deekshabhoomi), Nagpur.<ref>https://nmp1toi.indiatimes.com/india/dr-ambedkars-deekshabhoomi-would-continue-to-motivate-crores-of-indians-pm-modi/articleshow/58181376.cms</ref><ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/vidarbha-emerge-champions-in-state-level-disabled-cricket-tournament/articleshow/74542159.cms</ref>

==Disciples==
Sasai has hundreds of thousands of [[upāsaka|lay followers]]{{sfn |Karlsson|2015|pp=}} and hundreds of ordained monk and novice disciples. His most active disciples are Bhante Bodhi Dhamma (Dhammaji), Prajnasheela Bhikkhu, Ken Bodhi, and Bhikkhu Abhaya Putra. The first and last were trained as [[Theravada]] monk and the others as [[Mahayana]] monks. Bodhi Dhamma works in South India teaching [[Zen]]{{sfn |Enoki |2010|pp=28-44}} while Prajnasheela works in central India. Abhaya Putra is the founder of Metta India and trains Theravadin monks and novices of Indian origin in Thailand{{sfn |METTA|2012|pp=}}

== See also==
*[[Buddhism in India]]
*[[Buddhist modernism]]
*[[Dalit Buddhist movement]]
*[[Navayana]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources ==
* {{cite book |last=Doyle |first=Tara N.|title=Liberate the Mahabodhi Temple! Socially Engaged Buddhism, Dalit-Style. In: Steven Heine, Charles Prebish (eds), Buddhism in the Modern World|date=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=249–280|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jWhMCAAAQBAJ&q=Surai+Sasai&pg=PT339|isbn=0-19-514698-0}}
* Enoki, Miki (2010). Role and Network of Buddhist Institution in Bijapur, Karnataka ~ Renaissance of Indian Buddhism, in: [https://rindas.ryukoku.ac.jp/english/outcome/upfile/International%20Symposium%20Series%201.pdf Voices for Equity Minority and Majority in South Asia], RINDAS International Symposium Series 1, The Center for the Study of Contemporary India, Ryukoku University , pp. 28–44
* {{cite book|author= Geary, David|title=The Rebirth of Bodh Gaya: Buddhism and the Making of a World Heritage Site|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=meA5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA76|year=2017|publisher=University of Washington Press|isbn=978-0-295-74238-0|pages=76–}}
*Joshi, Jagadpati; Sharma, A.K. (2005). [http://mansar.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/FILES/root3/Puramanthana/Puramanthana-ocr.pdf Mansar Excavations 1998-2004: The Discovery of Pravarapur], Puramanthana 3, 1-26
*Karlsson, Hans (August 12, 2015), [https://web.archive.org/web/20150815224623/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/08/12/our-lives/surai-sasai-buddhist-monk-battling-caste-dragon Surai Sasai: a Buddhist monk battling the caste dragon], The Japan Times
* Kinnard, Jacob N. (2014), [https://books.google.de/books?id=uK_DAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA138&dq=Surai+Sasai&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAmoVChMI947tuLWhyAIVAjkaCh1qmwHX#v=onepage&q=Surai%20Sasai&f=false Places in Motion: The Fluid Identities of Temples, Images, and Pilgrims]. Oxford University Press, p. 138
* Knopf, Rainer (2000). [http://crossasia-journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/iaf/article/view/989 Bodh-Gaya: Ein internationales Zentrum des Buddhismus in nicht-buddhistischer Umgebung], [[International Quarterly for Asian Studies|Internationales Asienforum]] 31 (3-4), 289-314
* METTA (12 May 2012). [https://web.archive.org/web/20140223011012/http://www.mettaindia.org/?page_id=37 Meditation Education Training Treatment Academy Organization]. Retrieved 2 February 2014, from Meditation Education Training Treatment Academy Organization
* National Commission for Minorities, [http://ncm.nic.in/Composition_of_Commission.html Composition of Commission] (2003-2006)
* Quadir, Abdul (July 28, 2013). [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/21411623.cms Mahabodhi temple serial blasts: NIA in a fix over Sasai's quizzing], Times of India

==External links==
*[https://christinasjogren.photoshelter.com/gallery/Japanese-Monk-Surai-Sasai/G0000odr43P27AeE/ Photos by Christina Sjögren]

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