LUANGPU WAT PAKNAM

Luangpu's Gold Statues

                        Luangpu Wat Paknam, the Great Master Phramongkolthepmuni, is one of Thailand's most revered Buddhist monks in history. His teachings have changed the lives of millions.

                        It is not an everyday event that a Great Master like Phramongkolthepmuni comes into this world, whose spiritual insight, wisdom and teachings have helped so many. People from around the world, whose lives have been touched by Luangpu's wisdom and teachings, have come together to create gold statues bearing his image in order to commemorate his great virtues and contribution to mankind. Seven of these gold statues have so far been cast, six of which are enshrined at six different locations in Thailand that represent important places of the Great Master's life:

1. Lotus Land, Suphanburi – Luangpu's birth place

2. Wat Songpinong, Suphanburi – Place of ordination

3. Wat Bote-bon, Bangkuvieng, Nonthaburi – Dhammakaya attainment site

4. Wat Bang-pla, Nakorn Pathom – First Dhammakaya propagation site

5. Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen, Bangkok – Luangpu's home base

6. Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Pathumthani – World center for Dhammakaya propagation