Buḍḍhacarya ( th, สมเด็จพระพุฒาจารย์ ; ),
dhamma name Upaseṇo ( th, อุปเสโณ; ), born as Kiaw Chokchai ( th, เกี่ยว โชคชัย; ), and commonly known as Somdet Kiaw ( th, สมเด็จเกี่ยว; "His Holiness Kiaw"), was a Thai prelate who was the abbot of
Wat Saket
Wat Saket Ratcha Wora Maha Wihan ( th, วัดสระเกศราชวรมหาวิหาร, usually shortened to Wat Saket is a Buddhist temple (''wat'') in Pom Prap Sattru Phai district, Bangkok, Thailand.
The temple dates ba ...
and the Acting
Supreme Patriarch of Thailand __NOTOC__
The Supreme Patriarch of Thailand or Sangharaja ( th, สังฆราช; ) is the head of the order of Buddhist monks in Thailand. His full title is ''Somdet Phra Saṅgharāja Sakalamahāsaṅghapariṇāyaka'' ( th, สมเด ...
, the effective leader of all
Buddhist monks in
Thailand. He was appointed Acting Supreme Patriarch in 2005 due to the failing health of the incumbent Supreme Patriarch
Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana. He was a monk of the
Mahanikaya
The Mahā Nikāya (literal translation: "great order") is one of the two principal monastic orders, or fraternities, of modern Thai and Cambodian Buddhism. The term is used to refer to any Theravada monks not within the Dhammayuttika Nikaya, the ...
order, and is of
Thai Chinese descent. His appointment provoked severe criticism from Luang Ta
Maha Bua
Ajahn Maha Bua (12 August 191330 January 2011) was a Thai Buddhist monk. He was thought by many of his followers to be an ''arahant'' (someone who has attained full enlightenment). He was a disciple of the esteemed forest master Ajahn Mun Bh ...
(of the
Dhammayuttika Nikaya
Dhammayuttika Nikāya (Pali; th, ธรรมยุติกนิกาย; ; km, ធម្មយុត្តិកនិកាយ, ), or Dhammayut Order ( th, คณะธรรมยุต) is an order of Theravada Buddhist ''bhikkhus'' (mon ...
order) and
Sondhi Limthongkul, who claimed that the appointment created two Supreme Patriarchs and contravened the royal prerogative of King
Bhumibol Adulyadej. On 4 March 2005, Maha Bua even petitioned King
Bhumibol Adulyadej to remove all of Kiaw's royal titles.
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His full dignitarial title was "สมเด็จพระพุฒาจารย์ ภาวนากิจวิธานปรีชา ญาโณทยวรางกูร วิบูลวิสุทธิจริยา อรัญญิกมหาปริณายก ตรีปิฎกบัณฑิต มหาคณิสสร บวรสังฆาราม คามวาสี อรัณยวาสี" ().
He was formally styled as "Somdet Phra Buddhacarya (Kiaw Upaseṇo)"
มเด็จพระพุฒาจารย์ (เกี่ยว อุปเสโณ)
1928 births
Thai religious leaders
Thai people of Chinese descent
Thai Theravada Buddhist monks
Political history of Thailand
2013 deaths
People from Surat Thani province
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