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Ajahn Mun
Luang Pu Mun Bhuridatto (Thai: มั่น ภูริทตฺโต, RTGS: Man Phurithatto; 20 January 1870 – 11 November 1949) was a Thai bhikkhu from the Isan region credited, along with his mentor Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo, with establishing the Thai Forest Tradition or "Kammaṭṭhāna tradition" that spread throughout Thailand and abroad.
Ajahn Mun strictly followed the Buddha’s teachings and adhered to austere ascetic practices (dhutanga) with exemplary discipline. Highly respected as an outstanding ascetic monk, he laid down the path of practicing samatha (calming meditation) and vipassana (insight meditation) according to the Buddha’s doctrine, teaching monks and laypeople alike. His teachings became widely known as the Forest Tradition Teachings (Ajahn Mun lineage).
After his death in 1949, many disciples continued his meditation lineage, known as the Forest Meditation Tradition or Ajahn Mun Forest Tradition. For this reason, he is honored as the Great Teacher of the Forest Tradition or The Great Patriarch of the Forest Meditation Lineage.
Ajahn Mun was born Mun Kaenkaew on Thursday, 20 January 1870, at Ban Kham Bong, Song Yang Subdistrict, Khong Chiam District (now Si Mueang Mai District), Ubon Ratchathani Province. His parents were Mr. Kham Duang Kaenkaew and Mrs. Jan Kaenkaew.
At age 15, he was ordained as a novice monk (samanera) at Wat Ban Kham Bong. After two years, he disrobed to help family work at his father's request, but felt drawn back to monastic life, recalling his grandmother’s instruction to ordain for her. Later, Phra Kru Wiwek Buddhakit (Saen Kantasilo) came on ascetic pilgrimage and Ajahn Mun served him devotedly, admiring his strict discipline, becoming his disciple and traveling with him to Ubon Ratchathani.
At age 23, he was fully ordained as a monk at Wat Liap, Mueang Ubon Ratchathani District, on 12 June 1893, with Phra Ariyakhawi (On Dhammarakkhito) as preceptor. He received the Pali monastic name Bhuridatto, meaning "One who gives wisdom." Doubting aspects of his ordination and sanghati robe, he re-ordained about a year later in a ceremony led by Phra Kru Wijitthammaphani (Jan Sirijanto) at Pak Klang on the Mun River.
From 1893 Ajahn Mun studied meditation at Wat Liap, and began wandering ascetic pilgrimage (dhutanga) with Phra Kru Wiwek Buddhakit along the Mekong River on Thai and Laotian sides. With Luang Pu No Thitpanyo, he practiced seclusion at Wat Phra That Phanom Woramahawihan in 1900, inspiring local reverence for the sacred relic stupa, now a major religious monument in northeast Thailand.
He wandered through Ubon Ratchathani, Nakhon Phanom, Sakon Nakhon, Loei Province, and traveled to Myanmar.
Ajahn Mun
Luang Pu Mun Bhuridatto (Thai: มั่น ภูริทตฺโต, RTGS: Man Phurithatto; 20 January 1870 – 11 November 1949) was a Thai bhikkhu from the Isan region credited, along with his mentor Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo, with establishing the Thai Forest Tradition or "Kammaṭṭhāna tradition" that spread throughout Thailand and abroad.
Ajahn Mun strictly followed the Buddha’s teachings and adhered to austere ascetic practices (dhutanga) with exemplary discipline. Highly respected as an outstanding ascetic monk, he laid down the path of practicing samatha (calming meditation) and vipassana (insight meditation) according to the Buddha’s doctrine, teaching monks and laypeople alike. His teachings became widely known as the Forest Tradition Teachings (Ajahn Mun lineage).
After his death in 1949, many disciples continued his meditation lineage, known as the Forest Meditation Tradition or Ajahn Mun Forest Tradition. For this reason, he is honored as the Great Teacher of the Forest Tradition or The Great Patriarch of the Forest Meditation Lineage.
Ajahn Mun was born Mun Kaenkaew on Thursday, 20 January 1870, at Ban Kham Bong, Song Yang Subdistrict, Khong Chiam District (now Si Mueang Mai District), Ubon Ratchathani Province. His parents were Mr. Kham Duang Kaenkaew and Mrs. Jan Kaenkaew.
At age 15, he was ordained as a novice monk (samanera) at Wat Ban Kham Bong. After two years, he disrobed to help family work at his father's request, but felt drawn back to monastic life, recalling his grandmother’s instruction to ordain for her. Later, Phra Kru Wiwek Buddhakit (Saen Kantasilo) came on ascetic pilgrimage and Ajahn Mun served him devotedly, admiring his strict discipline, becoming his disciple and traveling with him to Ubon Ratchathani.
At age 23, he was fully ordained as a monk at Wat Liap, Mueang Ubon Ratchathani District, on 12 June 1893, with Phra Ariyakhawi (On Dhammarakkhito) as preceptor. He received the Pali monastic name Bhuridatto, meaning "One who gives wisdom." Doubting aspects of his ordination and sanghati robe, he re-ordained about a year later in a ceremony led by Phra Kru Wijitthammaphani (Jan Sirijanto) at Pak Klang on the Mun River.
From 1893 Ajahn Mun studied meditation at Wat Liap, and began wandering ascetic pilgrimage (dhutanga) with Phra Kru Wiwek Buddhakit along the Mekong River on Thai and Laotian sides. With Luang Pu No Thitpanyo, he practiced seclusion at Wat Phra That Phanom Woramahawihan in 1900, inspiring local reverence for the sacred relic stupa, now a major religious monument in northeast Thailand.
He wandered through Ubon Ratchathani, Nakhon Phanom, Sakon Nakhon, Loei Province, and traveled to Myanmar.
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