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Phra Khru Vivekbuddhakij (Sao Kantasilo) | |
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Title | Luang Por |
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Born | Sao (1859-11-02)November 2, 1859 |
Died | February 3, 1942(1942-02-03) (aged 82) Wat Amatayaram, Amphoe Wan Waithayakon, Champasak Province (under Thai rules) |
Religion | Buddhism |
Nationality | Thai |
School | Theravada, Dhammayuttika Nikaya |
Lineage | Thai Forest Tradition |
Other names | Ajahn Sao Luang Pu Sao |
Dharma names | Kantasilo |
Profession | Buddhist monastic |
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Profession | Buddhist monastic |
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Ajahn Sao Kantasilo (1859–1942) was a monk in the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravada Buddhism. He was a member of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya.
Ajahn Sao was ordained as a monk at the "age of 20," entering the Maha Nikaya order. In 1887 he re-ordained in the Dhammayut order. Both ordinations were in Ubon Ratchathani Province.
Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta Mahathera was one of his most well-known students. The two were known to often travel together, wandering throughout the forests of Thailand in the “tudong” tradition of monks who leave behind the more sedentary monastery life and take up many (if not all) of the thirteen dhutanga austerities/ascetic practices allowed by the Buddha in the Pali Canon.
Ajahn Sao was greatly influenced, in his own practice and "in teaching his disciples," by the methods advocated by Somdet Phra Vanarat Buddhasiri (1806-1891), one of the founders of the Dhammayut order. The latter’s teachings are found summarized in his treatise “Caturarakka Kammathana,” or “The Four Objects of Meditation That Give Protection.”
As a teacher, Ajahn Sao urged his disciples to be diligent, systematic and consistent. He taught them to wake at 3 a.m. and to practice sitting. Or walking meditation until 10 p.m.
He died on 3 February 1942 at the age of 82 at a monastery in Champasak Province while prostrating in front of the main Buddha image in the Uposatha hall, "with full mindfulness and plenitude".
After his cremation, his bone fragments were distributed to people around the Thai provinces. According to his followers, they transformed into crystal-like relics (Pali: Sarira-Dhatu) in various hues.
References※
- ^ The Four Objects of Meditation that Give Protection (First Edition: 2012) by the Venerable Phra Ajahn Sakron Dhammavuddho. Copyright 2012. Wat Veruwan. Thingphaphum District, Kanchanaburi Province, 71180.
- ^ The Four Objects of Meditation that Give Protection (First Edition: 2012) by the Venerable Phra Ajahn Sakron Dhammavuddho. Copyright 2012. Wat Veruwan. Thingphaphum District, Kanchanaburi Province, 71180.
- ^ The Four Objects of Meditation that Give Protection (First Edition: 2012) by the Venerable Phra Ajahn Sakron Dhammavuddho. Copyright 2012. Wat Veruwan. Thingphaphum District, Kanchanaburi Province, 71180.