Luang Phor Khong Chattamalo
Luang Pho Khong Jattamalo หลวงพ่อคง จตฺตมโล | |
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 Statue of Luang Pho Khong Jattamalo | |
| Title | Luang Pho |
| Personal | |
| Born | Khong Bunyake คง บุญเอก 10 March 1913 |
| Died | 13 December 1993 (aged 80) Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Denomination | Theravada |
| Sect | Maha Nikaya |
| Temple | Wat Khao Samphot |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Phra Maha Thanitt Panyapaso |
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Luang Pho Khong Jattamalo (หลวงพ่อคง จตฺตมโล; 10 March 1913 – 13 December 1993), born Khong Bunyake, also known as the "Arahant with the Golden Body" (พระอรหันต์ร่างทอง), was a prominent Thai Theravada Buddhist monk renowned for his vipassana meditation teachings.[1][2] He is credited with developing the "Dhamma Opens the World" (Thammā Pĕd Loke or ธรรมะเปิดโลก) meditation method and reviving Wat Khao Samphot in Lopburi Province, which became a major center for meditation practice.[3]
His preserved, undecayed body, enshrined in a glass coffin at the temple, is a focal point of veneration.[1]
Early life
Khong Bunyake was born on 10 March 1913 (B.E. 2456) in Non Phut Sa Village, Phimai, Nakhon Ratchasima Province.[1][2] His father, Dee Bunyake, and mother, Ngaem Bunyake, were farmers. He was the second of nine children.[2]
He received basic education in Tai Tham script, Khmer script, and Thai script at a local temple for two years but left to help with family farming.[1]
Monastic career
At age 20, Khong ordained as a novice and later as a monk, studying Pali for three vassa retreats. Unable to continue studies in Bangkok, he disrobed, married, and settled in Buayai, Nakhon Ratchasima, fathering seven daughters.[1][2]
In 1961 (B.E. 2504), as a layman, he practiced vipassana under meditation master Phra Maha Thanitt Panyapaso at Wat Buayai for seven years.[2]
On 12 May 1968 (B.E. 2511), he re-ordained at Wat Buayai's sima, with Phra Phutthayanmuni as preceptor.[1]
After the 1973 (B.E. 2516) vassa, he undertook thudong (wandering asceticism), settling in the "Cave of the Arahant" at Khao Samphoch per a nimitta (meditation sign). This site became Wat Khao Samphot in 1982 (B.E. 2525).[3]
Meditation teachings
Luang Pho Khong taught strict Vipassana kammatthana.[3] He founded the World Opening Dhamma meditation tradition (กรรมฐานธรรมะเปิดโลก), where practitioners observe bodily pains (e.g., headache) to visualize past-life karma causing them—such as harming others in a previous existence. Practitioners then cultivate metta and forgive to sever karmic cycles, "opening" insight into the three worlds via personal karma.[3]
This method, accessible to laypeople, drew thousands to Wat Khao Samphoch.[1]
Death and legacy
Luang Pho Khong died peacefully on 13 December 1993 (B.E. 2536) at Siriraj Hospital, aged 80.[1][2]
His body remained undecayed with a golden hue, enshrined in a glass coffin, earning him the title "Arahant Golden Body."[3][1]
Wat Khao Samphoch remains a key meditation center offering retreats, vegetarian food, and natural caves.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "น้อมกราบรำลึก..พระอรหันต์ร่างทอง !! ๑๓ ธันวาคม วันมรณภาพ "หลวงพ่อคง"" (in ไทย). TNews. 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "หลวงพ่อคง จัตตมโล วัดเขาสมโภชน์". Madchima (in ไทย). Retrieved 2025-10-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "วัดเขาสมโภชน์". th.wikipedia.org (in ไทย). Retrieved 2025-10-29.
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