Famous Thai Buddha Monks
Luang Por Prom Wat Chong Kae
Luang Por Prom Wat Chong Kae passed away on 30th January BE2518 at the age 96 years old.
Luang Por Prom was born in Ayutayah Province on 20th April BE2427. He was ordained as monk
at Wat Pahk Kong Yang on 15th April BE2447 at the age of 20 years old. Before Luang Por Prom
was ordained as a monk, he already learned magical chant from Ah Jahn Puang.
After he became a monk, Ah Jahn Puang brought Luang Por Prom to learn Dhamma under
Luang Por Dum. After 4 years, Luang Por Prom went to become the disciple of Ah Jahn Poowon.
Ah Jahn Poowon taught all the magical chants that he knows to Luang Por Prom. After
Ah Jahn Poowon passed away, Luang Por Prom stopped learning from any teachers.
The 3 teachers that Luang Por Prom has learned from, were the best teachers during that time.
The first teacher, Ah Jahn Puang was the disciple of Luang Poo Mah Wat Bahng Muang; who
is also the teacher of Prajow Taksin Maharaht (King of Thailand before Rattanakosin period).
As for Ah Jahn Poowon, he was the disciple of Luang Poo Nin of Wat Keow Pah Sak.
Luang Poo Nin was the brother of Luang Poo Saeng, who was the teacher of Pra Somdej Praputjahn Dtoh.
Luang Por Prom went forest dwelling(Tudong) at BE2457. He tudong around the Chong Kae
mountains in Nakon Sawan Province. When he first arrived at foothill in Chong Kae, there
was a heavy thunderstorm. The villagers asked him to shelter inside a cave. Back To Topic
The first night when Luang Por Prom was staying in the cave, he fell asleep after the
long journey. Luang Por dreamed of a human image in his dream; guiding him how to follow
the path of Buddha's teachings. Luang Por Prom decided stay in that cave as his dwelling
place, because on the first night he had already have such a dream.
Luang Por Prom quickly returned to Ayutayah Province to sell off all his farmland, which
was passed down by his parents. In BE2458, Luang Por Prom went back to Chong Kae village.
With the help of the villagers and the money he has, he built a temple which was named as
Wat Chong Kae. Luang Por Prom stayed in Wat Chong Kae for 60 years, until he passed
away on 30th January BE2518 at the age 96 years old and as a monk for 71 years.
Luang Por Prom's body is housed in a glass coffin in Wat Chong Kae. His body remains in
good condition, and there are no sign of decay. In fact, his finger nails and body hair
still growing, as if Luang Por Prom just fell asleep and not passed away. Some people
said that, this is the level of Arahang, where the body will never be decayed.