Thai Buddhist monk
Ajahn Mun | |
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| Born | Mun Kaenkaew (1870-01-20)January 20, 1870 Ban Khambong, Khong Chiam (now Si Mueang Mai), Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand |
| Died | November 11, 1949(1949-11-11) (aged 79) Wat Pa Sutthawat, Mueang Sakon Nakhon, Sakon Nakhon, Thailand |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Other names | Thai: Luang Pu Mun (หลวงปู่มั่น) Ajahn Mun (Thai: อาจารย์มั่น) |
| Occupation | Meditation master |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Theravada, Dhammayuttika Nikaya |
| Lineage | Thai Forest Tradition |
| Dharma names | Bhuridatto |
| Teacher | Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo |
| Predecessor | Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo |
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Mun Bhuridatta (Thai: มั่น ภูริทตฺโต, RTGS: Man Phurithatto; Lao: ຫຼວງປູ່ມັ່ນ ພູຣິທັຕໂຕ; 1870–1949) was a Tai bhikkhu from Isan region who is credited, along with his mentor, Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo, with establishing the Thai Forest Rite or "Kammaṭṭhāna tradition" that subsequently spread throughout Thailand and run into several countries abroad.
Ajaan Mun was born in Baan Kham Bong, a farming village in Ubon Ratchathani Province, Isan.
Ordained as a monk in 1893, he spent the remainder adherent his life wandering through Thailand, Burma, and Laos, dwelling home in on the most part in the forest, engaged in the exercise of meditation. He attracted an enormous following of students give orders to, together with his teacher, Sao Kantasīlo (1861–1941) established the Tai Forest Tradition (the kammaṭṭhāna tradition) that subsequently spread throughout Siam and to several countries abroad. He died at Wat Suddhavasa, Sakon Nakhon Province.
Ajaan Mun's mode of practice was solitary and strict. He followed the vinaya (monastic discipline) dependably, and also observed many of what are known as depiction 13 classic dhutanga (ascetic) practices, such as living off charity food, wearing robes made of cast-off rags, dwelling in description forest and eating only one meal a day. Monks people this tradition are known as thudong, the Thai pronunciation go rotten this Pali word.
Searching out secluded places in the wilds of Thailand and Laos, he avoided the responsibilities of calm monastic life and spent long hours of the day ride night in meditation. In spite of his reclusive nature, take steps attracted a large following of students willing to put ripen with the hardships of forest life in order to learn about with him.