Luang Por Dattajevo: A Visionary in Thai Buddhism : หน้า 5/164
The Meeting with a Dhamma Master : หน้า 5/164 Discover the life and contributions of Luang Por Dattajevo, a prominent Thai Buddhist monk and educator dedicated to Dhammakaya meditation and global peace.
Luang Por Dattajevo, born in 1941 in Kanchanaburi, is a notable Thai Buddhist monk and educator. After receiving a post-graduate degree in Australia, he helped establish Wat Phra Dhammakaya in 1970 and was ordained in 1971. As a Dhamma lecturer and Vice-President of the Dhammakaya Foundation, he promotes meditation and peace. His teachings have been recognized by the Royal Palace of Thailand, earning him the title Prabhavanaviriyakhun, as well as the Dhammacakra Sema-Pillar award. An advocate for spirituality in social development, he participated in the UN General Assembly in 2000 and has authored over sixty Dhamma books, with ten translated into other languages. More details can be found at dmc.tv.
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-Life of Luang Por Dattajevo -Contributions to Thai Buddhism -Dhammakaya meditation tradition -International influence and recognition -Importance of spirituality in social development -Authorship and publications on Dhamma
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Luang Por Dattajevo (monastic name Phrabhavanaviriyakhun) is a Thai Buddhist monk who was born in 1941, in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. He was educated within the public school system of Thailand and went on to receive a post-graduate university degree in Australia.
When Wat Phra Dhammakaya, located in Pathum Thani, Thailand, was founded in 1970, Luang Por directed the construction of the buildings that were needed to establish a new Theravada Buddhist monastery. In 1971, at the age of thirty, he was ordained at Wat PakNam Bhasicharoen, Bangkok and studied in the Dhammakaya meditation tradition of Phramonkolthepmuni (Luang Pu Sodh Wat PakNam) with his teachers Khun Yai Maha Ratana Upasika Chandra Khonnokyoong (b.1909 – d. 2000) and Phrarajbhavanavisudh (Luang Por Dhammajayo, b.1944).
Within a few years, he had become a well-known Dhamma lecturer. A set of recordings of Dhamma Sermons on the Thirty-Eight Blessings was his earliest work. He was then made Vice-President of the Dhamma Missionary Outreach. Currently, he is Vice-President of the Dhammakaya Foundation, an organization dedicated to the educational outreach of the study of Dhammakaya meditation and the Buddhist principle of World Peace Through Inner Peace. His work in Buddhist teaching was recognized by the Royal Palace of Thailand, and he was consequently elevated to the Royal Order (Ordinary Level) with the title Prabhavanaviriyakhun in 1992. He also received the Dhammacakra Sema-Pillar award from H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn in 1993.
Luang Por Dattajevo has spent the past forty years teaching Dhamma and has spoken regularly before international audiences, as well as being a panelist at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session “World Summit for Social Development” on 30 June 2000 in Geneva, where he highlighted the importance of spirituality in addressing social development and overcoming poverty.
A prolific author, Luang Por Dattajevo has written more than sixty Dhamma books published in the Thai language, ten of which have been translated into other languages.