PHRA KRISDA SUMETH0

PHRA KRISDA SUMETHO PERSONAL INFORMATION

Phra krisda sumetho originally lived at ban huay muang,57 moo 3 huay yab district ban thi, lampoon province.his father name is mr.uthai,mother name is mrs tiranun and last name is aekkunta.


A day before delivering a baby which was thusday, the eighth day of a new moon, a Buddhist holy day, his mother,before dawn,dreamed of a colorful crystal soaring towards her which she help by her heart, when she woke up, she started a litter bit to be in labor until the delivery day which was Friday, the 7th of may 1976 , the ninth day of a new moon, in the sixth lunar month (as of the sounthern part ) but it was the eighth lunar month (as a nonthern part ) at 11 pm. The monthr gave bit=rth to a son with yellow complexion like the champac. His relative named mr noiyuen punkub who was still alive did a moidwifery at his own palces , as in those days, it was very difficult to find a car to the hospital. The route was more than ten kilometers far away and the rain started in the north during the beginning of may caused trouble in getting to the hospital. On his birth day , it was raining cats and dog , there was thunder and lighting as well as stormy. Moreover, there was no electric power in the village, so either paraffin lamp or candle was lit in the night time
After his birth,his father gave him a name krisda, following his mothers dream of holding a crystal and the heavy rain by the time he was born. Miraculously, the rain stopped suddenly after he was born and had already been taken a bath with warm water . he was an easy born child, unlike other babies, he dint’t cry. Surprisingly, there was clear image of a lotus overlied a conch on his soleprint, specially, those on the right sole which could be seen until now . that’s why his father named him according to there signs.

He was grow up to be a diligent, gratitude , smart and fast learning child. The way he talked seenmed to be an adult one, he talked so modestly that everybody was fond of him. However, he was brought up very hard because of his unhealthy as he got sick every year, during his primary education at wat huay ayb school, he began to adore Buddhism as he was persuaded by his grandfather to accompany to make merit at the temple. During period of the Buddhist lent, northern people usually stay overy night at the temple with his grandfather , sitting in the Buddha image hall, looking at the main Buddha Buddhism. Furthermore, during his childhood , he studies herbal as well as other medical subject from his grandfather as he was a local doctor respected by the village and other nearby villagers regarding his treatment .
After having graduated from the primary school , he was 13 years old at that time and ordained to be summer novice at wat pa yang (sun phra chao dang), huay yab, ban thi district, lampoon province on the 1st of april , 1989, at 1.00 pm , by phra kru sopon ratanasarn,the ban thi district monastery hoursemaster, who was a preceptor. After ordination, he stayed at wat huay yab and learned dhrma together with element education at sophon vidhaya school for one year. In 1990 , he moved to wat pa yang (sun phra chao dang) in order to study conveniently as he usually had to take a bus, this year , he met and paid respect to kru ba inta intapunyo, wat huay sai tai, huay yab, ban thi district,lampoon province on new year’s day. When he saw kru ba and was unverbally faithful to him. As kru ba was a senior monk in the district about whose capability he had heard from his grandfather and some villagers, he visited kru ba so oftenly to be familiar with him .kru ba always loved abd cared for him as he were his son. He taught him everything.focusing on praying,counting beads and setting the respiration.besides, he started to learn not only lanna letter but also other lanna chanting from por noi, por narn who were master at that time. Any time he dint understand anything .kru ba inta would always give him a clear advice and explanation. That’s why he become extraodinaly close to kru ba . inspite of his being novice at wat huay sai , he usually went back and forth wat pa yang (sun phra chao dang ) ashe worked for these two temples efficiently .
He continued his education in various subject and also trained to preach the story of the last great incarnation of the Buddha, specially the chapter of daughter and son (kumarn) as well as wife (mutsee) which he preached so beautifully that he became well known by the time he was only a noice.. until he was 20 year olds and ready to go into priesthood under the glorious creed of Buddhism with phra kru sophonratanasarn, the district monastery hoursemaster , as a preceptor.phara singkum kuntigo (dieh) and phra athikarnvilaakkajitto, the tambon monastery hoursemaster, (left the priesthood) were his master. He was ordained at the church of wat pa yang (sun phra chao dang ),huay yab, ban thi district , lampoon province, on may 7th ,1996 ,,15.38 pm . he was got a Buddhist name as sumethon by his preceptor of which the meaning was the intellectual and the left all tasks of the temple to be abbot then had left the priesthood. He was acting as the abbot until he was 25 years old, the fifth year of priesthood, he was appointed to be the abbot until now . he has delivered a sermon since then and developed permanent structures and priest’s house in wat pa yang (sun phra chao dang)and other temples nearby.he was asked to preside over the successful construction of several permanent structure for many temples in different districts . each time he has never given up although the fund of millions baht is need . he not only develops the morality and dharma to the public, disregarding castes and classes, but also delelops continuously various permanent constructions till now.