Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo
1861 CE–1942 CE · Modern · Ubon Ratchathani
1861–1942 CE
Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo (1861–1942 CE) was a Thai forest monk of Ubon Ratchathani in the northeast and the teacher of Ajahn Mun; the two are jointly regarded as the originators of the modern Thai Forest Tradition. Known for terse instruction and an emphasis on calm-meditation practice, he left almost no writings, and what is recorded of him comes largely through his pupils. He is a historical figure, though biographical detail is sparse and partly traditional. He is treated aniconically here.
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Ubon Ratchathani
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DOCUMENTED: a monk of Ubon Ratchathani in Thailand's northeast and abbot of Wat Liap, where he trained the young Ajahn Mun.
About Ubon Ratchathani
Ubon Ratchathani is a province and city in the Isan (northeastern) region of Thailand, near the Lao and Cambodian borders. It is a heartland of the Thai Forest Tradition (kammaṭṭhāna): Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta, regarded with his teacher Ajahn Sao as the tradition's founder, was born in the province, and Ajahn Chah later established his forest monastery Wat Nong Pah Pong here.
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- Henry Steel Olcott· 1832 CE–1907 CE
- Edwin Arnold· 1832 CE–1904 CE
- Xuyun (Hsu Yun)· 1840 CE–1959 CE
- Ledi Sayadaw· 1846 CE–1923 CE
- Jamgön Mipham Gyatso· 1846 CE–1912 CE
- Paul Carus· 1852 CE–1919 CE
- The Twelfth Dalai Lama (Trinley Gyatso)· 1857 CE–1875 CE
- Dwight Goddard· 1861 CE–1939 CE
- Anagārika Dharmapāla· 1864 CE–1933 CE
- D. T. Suzuki· 1870 CE–1966 CE
- The Thirteenth Dalai Lama (Thubten Gyatso)· 1876 CE–1933 CE
- Nyogen Senzaki· 1876 CE–1958 CE
- Nyanatiloka Mahāthera· 1878 CE–1957 CE
- Sokei-an (Shigetsu Sasaki)· 1882 CE–1945 CE
- Hakuun Yasutani· 1885 CE–1973 CE
- Taixu· 1890 CE–1947 CE
- B. R. Ambedkar· 1891 CE–1956 CE
- Webu Sayadaw· 1896 CE–1977 CE
- Thích Quảng Đức· 1897 CE–1963 CE
- Anagarika Govinda· 1898 CE–1985 CE
- Sayagyi U Ba Khin· 1899 CE–1971 CE
- Shunryū Suzuki· 1904 CE–1971 CE
- Mahasi Sayadaw· 1904 CE–1982 CE
- Alan Watts· 1915 CE–1973 CE
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- George V· 1865 CE–1936 CE
- Calvin Coolidge· 1872 CE–1933 CE
- Emperor Taisho· 1879 CE–1926 CE
- Wilhelm II· 1859 CE–1941 CE
- Philippe Petain· 1856 CE–1951 CE
- David Lloyd George· 1863 CE–1945 CE
- Vladimir Lenin· 1870 CE–1924 CE
- Sun Yat-sen· 1866 CE–1925 CE
- Mahatma Gandhi· 1869 CE–1948 CE
- Wovoka (Jack Wilson)· 1856 CE–1932 CE
- Warren G. Harding· 1865 CE–1923 CE
- Faisal I of Iraq· 1885 CE–1933 CE
- William Howard Taft· 1857 CE–1930 CE
- Mehmed VI· 1861 CE–1926 CE
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