Phra Khuva Boonchum

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]

Phra Khuva Boonchum
Ñāṇasaṃvara
Personal
Born5 January 1965 (1965-01-05) (age 57)
Mae Kham, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
ReligionBuddhism
NationalityThai
SchoolTheravada
LineageThai Forest Tradition
Other namesÑāṇasaṃvara
Senior posting
TeacherKhruba Siwichai
Based inWat Phra That Don Ruang

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
  1. "Khruba Bonchum: A symbol of peace". Burma News International. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  2. "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.
  3. "Khuva Boonchum - Dhamma Wiki". dhammawiki.com. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  4. "Monk Who Predicted Thai Cave Rescue Hailed for 'Intervention'". The Irrawaddy. 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  5. sahainop (2018-07-05). "หากันให้วุ่น! "เหรียญครูบาบุญชุ่ม" เกลี้ยงแผง ล่าสุดทะลุเกินแสนแล้ว!! (คลิป)". ข่าวสด (in Thai). Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  6. "Thai King Offers Robes to Monk Who Predicted Team Trapped in Cave Would Be Found". The Irrawaddy. 2018-07-09. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  7. စိုင်းထွန်းအောင်လွင် (2018-07-03). "ထိုင်းဂူရှေ့ ဆုတောင်းခဲ့တဲ့ မိုင်းဖုန်းဆရာတော်". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  8. Tai, Ta (2012-02-19). "ထုင္ꨵလိꨓ္ေပꨣးထိꨁမ္း: Biography of the Most Venerable Khuva Boonchum Ñāṇasaṃvaro". ထုင္ꨵလိꨓ္ေပꨣးထိꨁမ္း. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
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