The 11st Death Anniversary of the Master Nun Chand Khonnokyoong

The 11st Death Anniversary of

the Master Nun Chand Khonnokyoong
 Saturday September 10th, 2011

 

 

In the early morning of September 10st, 2000, the Master Nun Chand Khonnokyoong passed away from the world victoriously.  She always practiced herself everyday of her life, 92 years, and left her valuable teaching words as the Buddhist legacy.  Her words guide the practitioners not to go to hell, but they will go to heaven or other fortunate realms.  Her words also guide the way to reach Nirvana and bring the true happiness to the practitioners and people in the world both in this lifetime and next lifetimes.

After she passed away, the Most Ven. Phrarajbhavanavisudh invited the monks to chant Abhidhamma for 500 days consecutively at the Bankaewruanthong where is now the place to broadcast the Inner Dream Kindergarten Program.  It is located in the north of the International Dhammakaya Meditation Hall.  The Most Ven. decided to cremate her body on February 3rd, 2001 which was the death anniversary of the Great Master Phramongkolthepmuni (Sodh Candasaro) and the Master Nun Thongsook Samdaengpan. So the Most Ven. has assigned this date to be the Great Masters Day of the temple.

 

On the cremation day of the Master Nun Chand Khonnokyoong, the Most Ven. organized the ceremony considerably.  This was to pay back the Master Nun’s kindness who taught Dhammakaya vijja to him.  The Most Ven. invited monks from 30,000 temples across Thailand to attend this ceremony.  There were over 200,000 disciples attending in this ceremony as well.  After cremation, the Master Nun’s bones have changed to be the jewel and gold ashes.  Now her ashes are in the precious urn enshrining at Bankaewruanthong or the Inner Dream Kindergarten.

 

“The Master Nun was like the light shining to guide the right way to live for all disciples.  She is the model of the perfection pursuer.  She taught us to know the right and best way to pursue perfection, the truth of life and the Law of Kamma.  She taught these things clearly enough for us to understand and live safely in this world.  Everyone was reborn in the world to learn how to reach Nirvana, make merit and pursue perfections.  But the Master Nun did more than that.  She intended to remove the source of defilements, defeat Mara and take the creatures to the Utmost Dhamma.  Her behaviors in perfection pursuit were limitless and timeless.  That meant she did not care how often she will be reborn to pursue perfections, the most important thing for her was she must reach the Utmost Dhamma.” (Summary from the Most Ven. Phrarajbhavanavisudh’s sermon on Thursday February 3rd, 2005)

 

So the Death Anniversary of the Master Nun will be another day for the merit lovers to attend to perform the Golden Plate Placing Ceremony at the Chandra Post of the Master Nun Chand Khonnokyoong Centennial Building.  The attendants will do to express their intention to follow the Master Nun until the Utmost Dhamma.