Religion:Luangpor Thong Abhakaro
Luangpor Thong Abhakaro | |
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| Born | May 14, 1939 Muang District, Nong Bua Lumpoo province, Thailand |
| Religion | Buddhist |
| School | Theravada |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Luangpor Teean Jittasubho |
| Based in | Wat Sanamnai, (Thailand) |
Luangpor Thong Abhakaro, commonly referred to as Luangpor Thong is a Buddhist monk[1] and teacher of Mahasati meditation, a meditation method developed by his teacher, Luangpor Teean Cittasubho. The title Luangpor is used in Thailand to express respect for senior Buddhist monks and it means 'venerable father'.
Biography
Luangpor Thong Abhakaro was born on 14 May 1939 at Mueang Nongbua Lamphu District, Nong Bua Lamphu Province, northeast Thailand. His father died when he was seven years old. In 1961, at the age of 22, Thong was fully ordained as a monk, and received his Buddhist name, Abhakaro. Then Luangpor Thong studied the traditional Dhamma courses for six years.
In 1967, Luangpor Thong met Luangpor Teean Jittasubho,[2] the founder of Mahasati meditation.[3] He asked his teacher for an intensive meditation retreat under his guidance and asked permission to remain secluded in a small cottage practicing by himself, without any obligation to go chanting or asking for alms. Teean agreed. Since then, this arrangement became a regular practice during Teean's meditation retreats. Thong practiced this method continuously for thirty days and reached the state of Rupa-Nama (body-mind basic stage).[4] Luangpor Thong continued practicing without interruption for another nine days, and achieved the state of "birth-extinction"—an understanding of life and death.
In 1985, Luangpor Teean appointed Luangpor Thong abbot of Wat Sanamnai,[5] the most important Mahasati meditation center in Thailand. In 1989, Luangpor Teean died. That year, the "Luangpor Teean Jittasubho (Pann Intapew) Foundation" was founded, with Luangpor Thong as its president.[6]
Teachings
References
- ↑ https://archive.today/20120721062204/http://www.buddhanet.net/wbd/search.php?country_id=53&province_id=0&offset=50
- ↑ "To One That Feels". Archived from the original on March 27, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080327063728/http://www.baus.org/sati/to_one_that_feels.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2008.
- ↑ "Vipassana Meditation". http://vipassanayanika.wordpress.com.
- ↑ "Wat Somanas Vihara". watsomanas.com. http://www.watsomanas.com/eng/mahasati.php.
- ↑ "Thailand - Dharmaweb". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20081120035048/http://www.dharmaweb.org/index.php/Thailand. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- ↑ "A Guide To Buddhist Monasteries/meditation Centres/study Groups". Thailand Forum. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t41645.html.
Further reading
- Luangpor Thong Abhakaro, Beyond Text, Beyond Scriptures
- _____________, Mahasati Meditation, Taiwan: Mahasati Meditation of Taiwan, 2009 (Chinese Version)
- Luangpor Teean, To One that Feels. Bangkok: Supa Printing Co, Ltd., 3rd ed 2005, ISBN 974-94394-3-0
- _____________, Normality, Bangkok: Luangpor Teean Foundation, 2004
- _____________, Nibbana, Bangkok: Medchai Printing House, 2006 (Thai)
- _____________, A Manual of Self-Awareness, Bangkok: Luangpor Teean Foundation, 1994
- _____________, Teacher, teaching, Bangkok: Luangpor Teean Foundation, 1997, ISBN 974-89976-1-8
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