Arahant: one who has purified himself of all defilements, and who, on the death of the physical body, will attain Nibbana. He has escaped samsara and will not be reborn.
The Dhammakaya meditation method was initiated in Thailand almost 100 years ago by the
Great Master Phramongkolthepmuni, famously known as Luangpor Wat Paknam.
As if in response to Luangpu's prophecy, a new generation of students interested in
meditation started to come to Wat Paknam to learn meditation from Luangpu's top disciple,
Chand Khonnokyoong, at her humble kuti.
For the entire forty-one years since Luangpu became the Abbot of Wat Paknam in 1918 he
had worked so hard and rested so little that his health began to take its toll.
Under the leadership of Luangpu, Wat Paknam grew from a desolate, disheveled, disorderly
temple to becoming one of the most well-organized, well-disciplined, well-respected temples
in Thailand.
To perfect the skill and experience of his most accomplished meditators Luangpu felt the
need to create a special environment and training ground for these meditators.
