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“They changed a new robe for him, and bought a new golden coffin to permanently store his body,” said venerable monk Sao Khon, chairman of the Ratanaram pagoda. Laypeople are busy in their communities preparing to honor him, he said.
In years past, Sao Khon said, he traveled with Maha Ghosananda to the World Peace Council, for the cause of peace in Israel, Palestine, the West Bank, Saudi Arabia and other countries. At the UN, they distributed a book advocating peace.
“The honorable Ghosananda was a Cambodian hero monk when our Cambodia was at war,” Sao Khon said. “Using Buddhist dharma, he brought Khmer suffering the world’s attention.”
Maha Ghosananda was born in a very poor family in Daun Keo village, Takeo province, in 1929. He entered the monkhood in 1943 and was one of supreme patriarch Chuon Nath’s students and a member of delegation led by supreme patriarch Chuon Nath to participate in the 6th International Buddhist Monk Congress to celebrate the 2, 500th anniversary of Lord Buddha’s Pariniba
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Somdet Phra Maha Ghosananda (1929-12th March, 2007)
Lineage Theravada, Cambodian.
Buddhist University, Phnom Penh – graduate.
Buddhist University, Battambang – advanced studies.
Somdet Phra Sangha Raja Chuon Nath. [who was Supreme Patriarch of Cambodian Buddhism at the time]
Nalanda University, India – doctorate.
Zen Japanese – Nichiren School Nipponzan, Myohoji Sect founder Nichidatsu Fujii.
Theravada – Thai forest tradition: Ven. Achaan Dhammadaro.
A Biographical Sketch of Somdet Phra Maha Ghosananda “The Gandhi of Cambodia”
• 1929 Born Takeo Province, south central Cambodia,
- Passed away 12th March, 2007, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
• 1943 Initiated into Cambodian Buddhist Order.
• 1953 Studied at Nalanda University in Bihar State, India.
• 1956 Attended 6th Sangha Council of Buddhism.
• 1957 Studied with contemporary masters of Buddhism in Mahayana and Theravada traditions. • 1969 Received doctoral degree from Nalanda University, title “Maha Ghosanada” bestowed.
Entered hermitage of Thai meditation master Venerable Achaan Dhammadaro.
• 1978 Met first influx of Cambodian refugees entering Sakeo camp following expulsion of Khmer Rouge regime from power. Distributed tracts to the refugees, reminding them