Sthira Sthirasuta (also spelled Sathien Sathirasut, etc., th, เสถียร เสถียรสุต, ; 1926 – 9 December 2017) was a Thai real estate developer and socialite, known as an art collector, stable owner,

Muay Thai Muay Thai ( th, มวยไทย, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, is a combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs", as it is characterised ...

promoter, and Buddhist benefactor. Sthira was born into a land-owning family. He attended school at Vajiravudh College and received education in the United Kingdom. From the family's holdings, he developed the Ploenchit Arcade shopping centre, and later managed The Regent Bangkok hotel. He was a member of high society, known for his colourful lifestyle and gangster reputation. He had large collections of art and Buddha amulets, and was a stable-owner, his horses regularly racing at the Pathum Wan and Nang Loeng racecourses. He founded the

Sor Ploenchit Sor Ploenchit ( th, ส.เพลินจิต) was a Muay Thai training gym in Bangkok, founded by Sathien Sathirasut in 1981. It became widely known when Kaensak Sor.Ploenjit became Rajadamnern and Lumpini champion in 1989, and with Saen Sor ...

Muay Thai gym in 1981. In the 1970s, Sthira became romantically involved with

Sansanee Panyasiri Sansanee Sthirasuta ( th, ศันสนีย์ เสถียรสุต, ; 1953 – 7 December 2021), better known as Mae Chee Sansanee, was a Thai Theravada Buddhist spiritual teacher and ''maechi'' (non-ordained woman monastic). She was k ...

, who would later become better known as a '' mae chi'' (woman monastic), having renounced worldly life after learning that he was already married. He supported her spiritual path, and became the benefactor of the meditation centre she founded, Sathira-Dhammasthan.

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Sthira Sthirasuta Sthira Sthirasuta (also spelled Sathien Sathirasut, etc., th, เสถียร เสถียรสุต, ; 1926 – 9 December 2017) was a Thai real estate developer and socialite, known as an art collector, stable owner, Muay Thai promoter, ...

1926 births 2017 deaths