Chaiya (Surat Thani)
Chaiya is a district of Surat Thani province in southern Thailand, an area with ancient ties to the Śrīvijaya period. It was the birthplace, in 1906, of Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu, the influential reformist Thai monk who founded the forest monastery Suan Mokkh ('Garden of Liberation') outside the town.
Teachers who lived here
Works composed here
- 1988
Mindfulness with Breathing: A Manual for Serious Beginners
- 1994
Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree: The Buddha's Teaching on Voidness