The Enlightenment
Monks

Luang Por Kasem Khemako
Phra Nirodha Rangsi Kambhira Pannacara
(Luang Poo Desaka)
Phra Mongkol Thep Muni (Luang Poh Wat Pak Num)
Phra Rajsangwornbhimon (Lung Poo Toh)
Phra Subrahmayanthera (Khru Ba Brahmachak)

Luang Por Kasem Khemako
Susarn Trilaksana
(Trilaksana Cemetery)
Lampang
A monk exceptionally dedicated to Vipassana Kammatthana (Buddhist insight meditation). Through the principle of contentment and mental control over the body, he attained the final stage of meditation while seated in front of the funeral pyre. He has liberated himself from defilements and he is full of loving kindness.

Phra Nirodha Rangsi
Kambhira Pannacara

(Luang Poo Desaka)

Wat Hin Mark Peng
Sri Chiengmai, Nongkhai


Ordinated as a novice at sixteen and as a monk at the age of twenty-two. A disciple of Phra Acharn Mun Bhuridatto, he resided in all major regions of the country. At present, he resides at Wat Hin Mark Peng, Nongkhai.

Phra Mongkol Theb Muni
(Luang Poh Wat Pak Num)
Wat Pak Nam, Bangkok

A totally dedicated practitioner of Vipassana Kammatthana (Buddhist insight meditation). He had contributed greatly to advancing Buddhism throughout his life until his death in 1959 at the age of seventy five.

Phra Rajsangwornbhimon
(Lung Poo Toh)
Wat Pradoochimplee, Bangkok

Ordained a novice at the age of seventeen and became a monk at the age of twenty. He practiced Dhutanga (ascetic practice to remove defilements), traveling extensively within and outside Thailand. He passed away at the age of ninety-four and was granted royal funeral rites and ceremonies.

Phra Subrahmayanthera
(Khru Ba Brahmachak)
Wat Phra Buddhabat Takpah
Pasang, Lamphun


He was responsible for reviving Wat Phra Buddhabat Takpah which had been deserted for over one thousand years. He was an ascetic monk who firmly believed in minimal human comforts, in particular the four basic requisites, and way very compassionate. He passed away in 1987.


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