Ajahn Mun

Ajahn Mun
Personal life
Born
Mun Kaenkaew

(1870-01-20)January 20, 1870
Ban Khambong, Khong Chiam (now Si Mueang Mai), Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
DiedNovember 11, 1949(1949-11-11) (aged 79)
Wat Pa Sutthawat, Mueang Sakon Nakhon, Sakon Nakhon, Thailand
NationalityThai
Other namesThai: Luang Pu Mun (หลวงปู่มั่น)
Ajahn Mun (Thai: อาจารย์มั่น)
OccupationMeditation master
Religious life
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolTheravada, Dhammayuttika Nikaya
LineageThai Forest Tradition
Dharma namesBhuridatto
Senior posting
TeacherAjahn Sao Kantasīlo
PredecessorAjahn Sao Kantasīlo
WebsiteFull Bio
A wax statue of Ajahn Mun at Wat Chedi Luang in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Mun Bhuridatta (Thai: มั่น ภูริทตฺโต, RTGSMan Phurithatto; Lao: ຫຼວງປູ່ມັ່ນ ພູຣິທັຕໂຕ; 1870–1949) was a Thai bhikkhu from Isan region who is credited, along with his mentor, Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo, with establishing the Thai Forest Tradition or "Kammaṭṭhāna tradition" that subsequently spread throughout Thailand and to several countries abroad.


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