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Ajahn Maha Bua
Ajahn Maha Bua
1913 CE–2011 CE · Modern · Udon Thani (Wat Pa Ban Tat)
1913–2011 CE
Ajahn Maha Bua (Ñāṇasampanno, 1913–2011 CE) was a senior disciple of Ajahn Mun and, in his later years, widely regarded as a head of the Thai Forest Tradition lineage. Born in Udon Thani in Thailand, he combined deep scriptural training (the title 'Maha' marks Pali examination success) with intensive forest meditation under Ajahn Mun, and founded Wat Pa Ban Tat near his home. He was known for vigorous Dhamma talks, for writing a celebrated biography of Ajahn Mun, and—late in life—for leading a national fundraising drive to support Thailand's gold and currency reserves after the 1997 financial crisis. Many of his followers regarded him as fully awakened; such judgments are devotional and are noted as tradition rather than asserted here. He is well documented and treated aniconically.
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What they did here
DOCUMENTED: established Wat Pa Ban Tat in forest near his birthplace and served as its abbot for the rest of his life, dying there in 2011.
About Udon Thani (Wat Pa Ban Tat)
Udon Thani is a province in the Isan (northeastern) region of Thailand. The forest monastery Wat Pa Ban Tat there was founded and led by Ajahn Mahā Bua, a prominent disciple of Ajahn Mun and master of the Thai Forest Tradition.
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Thinkers and teachers of other traditions whose lives overlapped with Ajahn Maha Bua’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.