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Ajahn mun biography.
The master of the Vijja Dhammakaya approach, the late Abbot of Wat Paknam, the Venerable Chao KhunPhraMongkol-Thepmuni, is fondly known and revered throughout the land as Luang Phor Wat Paknam, or simply as Luang Phor Yai, meaning senior father or meditation master.
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Luang Phor was born October 10, (BE ) to a humble rice-merchant family of Supanburi Province as Sodh, the second child of Nai Ngern and Nang Sudjai Meekaewnoi. As was typical in those days, young Sodh received his education from the temples.
At fourteen, when his father died, he became the chief bread winner for the family. Successful as he was in rice trading, at age nineteen the compassionate young man resolved to become a monk (bhikkhu) for life.
Having made arrangements to ensure his mother’s welfare, the young man entered monkhood three years later, in July (BE ).
At the age of twenty-two, he was ordained as Candasaro Bhikkhu at Wat Songpeenong, near his home. Phra Ajahn Dee of Wat Pratusar