Luang Pu Du, a monk full of compassion and virtue
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Luang Pu Du, originally named Du Nu Sri, was born on Friday, April 29, 2447, which was Visakha Bucha Day, at Ban Khao Mao, Uthai District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. His father’s name was Phut, and his mother’s name was Pueng. His occupation was farming and selling egg cakes. He had 3 siblings and he was the youngest. When he was a baby, his parents were preparing cakes to sell and left him on the porch of their house. He rolled into the water, but did not sink. He floated to the edge of the river. The dogs in the house kept running and barking around him and the house until his mother came to see him and helped him out of the water. They were amazed that Luang Pu Du must have had great merit to be born.
When he was only about 4 years old, he was orphaned after losing his mother. Not long after, his father passed away while he could not remember anything. Only his grandmother and older sister, Sum, took care of him until he studied at Wat Klang Khlong Srabue, Wat Pradu Songtham, and Wat Niwet Thammaprawat respectively.
When he was 21 years old, on May 10, 2468, he was ordained as a monk at Wat Sakae, Uthai District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, with Luang Pho Klan, the abbot of Wat Phrayathikaram, as his preceptor, Luang Pho Dae, the abbot of Wat Sakae at that time, as the preceptor of the sermons, and Luang Pho Chai, Wat Klang Khlong Srabue, as the preceptor of the sermons.
Luang Pu Du received the nickname "Brahma Panyo"
Around November 1943, after the end of the Buddhist Lent, he set out on a pilgrimage from Ayutthaya, intending to stay in the forests of Kanchanaburi. On the journey he stopped to pay homage to important Buddhist sites such as the Buddha's image and the Buddha's footprint in Saraburi. He continued on his pilgrimage through Singburi, Suphanburi, and Kanchanaburi, where he stayed and practiced in the forests, mountains, and caves.
Luang Pu Du once told as a reminder that when he first practiced and strived, he did not really focus on the path to Nirvana at all, but focused more on learning the knowledge of invulnerability. Because he intended that if he succeeded in the knowledge, he would disrobe and go out to take revenge on the thieves who robbed his parents’ house twice. But by virtue of his merit, even though he succeeded in the knowledge as he intended, he had the awareness to think and feel sorry for himself for letting his vengeful emotions hurt his mind for decades. Finally, he forgave the thieves and focused on practicing and training himself in the path of morality, concentration, and wisdom.
When he returned to Wat Sakae, before the year 2490, Luang Pu Du never left the temple again. He decided not to accept invitations outside the temple and always observed the practice of eating only one meal a day. He was a very compassionate monk with a large and widespread group of disciples, both those who came with the intention of practicing, to receive the Dhamma, and those who came with the intention of asking for sacred objects. He never reprimanded or forbade him. He once said with the meaning of the Dhamma that “It is better to attach a sacred object than to attach an inauspicious object.”
Luang Pu Du Phrompanyo He was an expert in teaching Vipassana meditation. His conduct was good, humble, content, contented, and highly compassionate. He had many disciples regardless of their social class. Therefore, his disciples considered him a father to all disciples. Luang Pu Du passed away peacefully due to heart disease in his hut at approximately 5:17 a.m. on Wednesday, January 2533, 85, at the age of 8 years, 65 months, and 459 years of monkhood. His physical body was kept for religious rites, with the sponsors chanting Abhidhamma every day without fail for 20 days until he received a special royal cremation on Saturday, April 2534, XNUMX.
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*Luang Pu Du Phrompanyo He never left the temple, even when he was ill, for 33 years until he passed away.
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