Wat Aranyawiwake

Infobox Buddhist temple
name = Wat Aranyawiwake Buddhist Monastery


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denomination = Thai Forest Tradition
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founder = Luang Por Mun Bhuridatta
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abbot = Luang Por Plien Panyapatipo
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address = Wat Aranyawiwake (Baan Pong), Intakhil, Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand
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website = [http://www.aranyawiwake.com/indexeng.html Aranyawiwake.com]

Wat Aranyawiwake (Thai script: วัดอรัญญวิเวก) is a is a monastery ("Wat") in the Thai Forest Tradition of the Theravada lineage of Buddhism located in Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand. Phra Ajahn Plien Panyapatipo is the current abbot of Wat Aranyawiwake, where he resided since 1966. Wat Aranyawiwake was established and named by Luang Pho Mun Bhuridatta, the “father” of the current tradition of forest meditation monastics.

The Monastery

In the past, Wat Aranyawiwake was originally an old monastic residence, established by a group of people from various families in Intakhin Subdistrict, Mae Taeng District, Chiang Mai Province. They all had deep interest and faith in Buddhism.

They resolved to seek and invite virtuous monks, who were meditation masters, to reside in the village in order for them to hear the teaching of the Buddha. Later on, they heard of a monk who practiced meditation and stopped by a Wat in Mae Taeng District, so they invited the Venerable Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta. Venerable Ajahn Mun accepted the invitation and gathered a group of faithful disciples, to seek an appropriate place for practice of meditation. They searched for four days and Venerable Ajahn Mun found this place.

Upon the end of the rain retreat, his Venerable Ajahn Mun and the disciples decided to leave the place to continue their austere practice. His Venerable Ajahn Mun told the faithful followers, who attended him in Ban Pong, that he had named this place "Aranyawiwake monastic residence", The name of this monastic residence "Aranyawiwake" was given by Venerable Ajahn Mun.

External links

* [http://www.aranyawiwake.com Wat Aranyawiwake]

See also

* Ajahn Plien Panyapatipo
* Thai Forest Tradition
* Theravada Buddhism
* Buddhist monastery
* Rain retreat
* Ajahn Mun
* Luang Por Waen Sujinno

References

[http://www.panyapatipo.com/English/index.html A Brief History of Wat Aranyawiwake]

[http://www.panyapatipo.com/biowateng.html Brief History of Wat Aranyawiwake]