About the Author

Dony Sinanda Putra

Writer · Researcher · Insurance Risk Professional · Jakarta, Indonesia

Two Currents

This book was written from a position neither fully "inside" nor fully "outside" any single system. One current: rational, academically high-achieving, Catholic schooling, twenty-two years in multinational corporations, almost no fellow Buddhists in sight. The other: spiritual, rooted in Nusantara Dharmic traditions, intensive contemplative practice, pilgrimage to sacred sites.

The vantage point between these two currents — belonging fully to neither — is the actual intellectual source of Buddhist KTP.

The Through-Line

The deepest thread connecting 22 years in insurance, now psychology, and this book is a single question in two registers: what counts as legitimate, who gets to decide, and what it costs when the wrong grammar is applied to someone else's reality.

For the full profile — professional background, academic trajectory, spiritual biography, and other projects:

donysinandaputra.com ↗
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Publisher Enquiries

The complete manuscript is available on request. This book is positioned on the sociology/psychology of religion shelf, written for a general readership — not exclusively for Buddhist communities. Synopsis, author profile, and a first portion of the manuscript can be sent in whatever format you require.

dsp@buddhist-ktp.com

Interview / Media

For interview requests, speaking invitations, and media inquiries — use the same address.

Readers

Questions about the book's content, discussion of concepts, or reader correspondence are equally welcome.

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Buddhist KTP is not counter-preaching, not cold academic writing, and not generic Buddhism detachable from its Indonesian context.
— from the Author's Preface
सब्ब दानं धम्म दानं जिनाति