Luangpho Ajahn Tala Uttama ( th, หลวงพ่ออุตตมะ, my, ဦးဥတ္တမ ; zh, 龙婆乌达玛, alternatively spelt Luongphaw Ajar Tala Uttama, March 1910 in

Mawkanin Mawkanin ( my, မော့ကနင်; mnw, ကွာန်တၟံကၞေၚ်; also known as Ta Maw Kanin) is a large village in Ye Township in Mawlamyine District in the Mon State of southern Myanmar. Mawkanin is on the coastal plain, a ...

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– 18 October 2006 in

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), was a

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monk. He was originally a Burmese citizen and later fled to Thailand and became one of Thailand's most admired and revered persons.

Biography

Luangpho Uttama was born in Mawkanin, Ye township in

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(now part of

Tanintharyi Region Tanintharyi Region ( my, တနင်္သာရီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; Mon: or ; ms, Tanah Sari; formerly Tenasserim Division and subsequently Tanintharyi Division, th, ตะนาวศรี, RTGS: ''Tanao Si'', ...

in southern Myanmar). He fled to Thailand in 1948, avoiding abuse during the civil war in Burma. He later lived in the area of Wengka, located near the Burmese-Thailand border, and settled in Thailand.During 1943 he was invited by

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for sharing vipassana meditation experience to his disciple. At 1947 invited by Luang Phor Fan (หลวงปู่ฝั้น อาจาโร) to teaching

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and Nat (spirit) in

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He was known and revered by civilians of Burmese and Thai for his profound and intensive Buddhist teachings and industrious meditation. He founded

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in Sangkhlaburi, Thailand and gave shelter to

refugees who fled from Burma. In 1997, he paid a formal visit to Myanmar, visited

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(Rangoon), and was honoured with the title of Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhammajotika by Khin Nyunt, then Burmese prime minister. His prosperity integrated in Thailand reaching to the regards of the Royal Thai family. Luangphor Uttama invented the Bodh Gaya Pagoda, a pagoda shaped the same as Mahabodhi Temple with name Wat Wang Wiwekaram in 1978. It was a replica from India. The pagoda was made from concrete with the square iron, 42 meters long 49 meters high and an iron pole 4 directions in total 16. In 1989, Crown Prince Maha

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attended auspiciously on occasion of invitation relics in Sri Lanka with 600 gm gold umbrella decorated on the top of pagoda. Lastly, he was hospitalised by the patronage of Her Majesty Queen

Sirikit Queen Sirikit ( th, สิริกิติ์; ; ); born ''Mom Rajawongse'' Sirikit Kitiyakara ( th, สิริกิติ์ กิติยากร; ; 12 August 1932) is the queen mother of Thailand. She was List of Thai royal consorts, ...

and was paid a tribute on his funeral by the then premier of Thailand, General Surayud Chulanont.

References

*''The Nation''
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*Kaowao News Group

*The Independent Mon News Agency

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*Thai Monarch

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