Phra Khuva Boonchum
Phra Khuva Boonchum Ñāṇasaṃvara | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | 5 January 1965 (age 59) |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Nationality | Thai |
| School | Theravada |
| Lineage | Thai Forest Tradition |
| Other names | Ñāṇasaṃvara |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Khruba Siwichai |
| Based in | Wat Phra That Don Ruang |
Ñāṇasaṃvara (Thai: ญาณสํวโร; Burmese: ဉာဏသံဝရ) is a Shan Buddhist monk of the Thai Forest Tradition, specifically the Northern Thai Forest Tradition established by Khruba Siwichai.[1] He is known as Phra Khuva Boonchum or Khruba Bonchum (ครูบาบุญชุ่ม) by Thai followers, and as the Mong Pong Sayadaw (မိုင်းဖုန်းဆရာတော်) by his Burmese followers.[2] His serious solitary meditation practices, and his known for his solitary meditation retreats in caves in Thailand, Myanmar, and Bhutan.[3][4] His followers include prominent Burmese officials, such as Khin Nyunt.[4] He serves as the abbot of Wat Phra That Don Ruang (วัดพระธาตุดอนเรือง) in Tachileik, Shan State, Myanmar.[5]
He amassed additional prominence in Thailand and Myanmar during the Tham Luang cave rescue by accurately predicting when the trapped boys would be discovered and that they would be found alive.[6][7]
Early life
Ñāṇasaṃvara was born on 5 January 1965 in Mae Kham, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand as the eldest son of a Shan-speaking family originally from Mong Yong, near Kengtung, Shan State, Burma.[3] His grandparents migrated to Chiang Saen, Thailand.[3] After receiving samanera ordination as a child, he received upasampada ordination at the age of 21 on 9 May 1986.[8]
References
- ^ "Khruba Bonchum: A symbol of peace". Burma News International. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ "မိုင်းဖုန်းဆရာတော် ဘဒ္ဒန္တဉာဏသံဝရအရှင်သူမြတ်အား အဂ္ဂမဟာကမ္မဌာနစရိယဘွဲ့တံဆိပ်တော် ပူဇော်ပွဲ အခမ်းအနားကျင်းပ" [Ceremony to Commemorate Mong Pong Sayadaw Bhaddanta Ñāṇasaṃvara's Receipt of the Aggamahākammaṭhānacariya Religious Title]. Shan State Government (in Burmese). Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ a b c "Khuva Boonchum - Dhamma Wiki". dhammawiki.com. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ a b "Monk Who Predicted Thai Cave Rescue Hailed for 'Intervention'". The Irrawaddy. 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ sahainop (2018-07-05). "หากันให้วุ่น! "เหรียญครูบาบุญชุ่ม" เกลี้ยงแผง ล่าสุดทะลุเกินแสนแล้ว!! (คลิป)". ข่าวสด (in Thai). Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ "Thai King Offers Robes to Monk Who Predicted Team Trapped in Cave Would Be Found". The Irrawaddy. 2018-07-09. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ စိုင်းထွန်းအောင်လွင် (2018-07-03). "ထိုင်းဂူရှေ့ ဆုတောင်းခဲ့တဲ့ မိုင်းဖုန်းဆရာတော်". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ Tai, Ta (2012-02-19). "ထုင္ꨵလိꨓ္ေပꨣးထိꨁမ္း: Biography of the Most Venerable Khuva Boonchum Ñāṇasaṃvaro". ထုင္ꨵလိꨓ္ေပꨣးထိꨁမ္း. Retrieved 2018-07-12.