Master Guru Chaluay Sombatsuk
Master Guru Chaluay Sombatsuk (1923-2016)
Biography
Master Guru Chaluay Sombatsuk was born in Chiengmai Province on 22
September 1923. She is a daughter of Mr.
Kosit and Mrs. Rien Sombatsuk who have nine children. After Kru Chaluay finished her school, she
worked as a teacher at Chiengmai’s Municipal School #5. In 1940, her father was invited to practice
meditation at Wat Uppakut in Chiengmai with Venerable Somjit who came from Wat
Paknam. After her father had tried
Dhammakaya meditation, he could recover from his illness. Thus, Mr. Kosit persuaded his family members
to practice meditation with him. Then,
Kru Chaluay had an opportunity to practice meditation for the first time. In December of the same year, Kru Chaluay
traveled to Wat Paknam in Bangkok to further her meditation practice. At Wat Paknam, she had a chance to study
meditation with a Buddhist nun, Maechee Thongsuk Samdaengpan. This allowed her to attain Dhammakaya. After that, she returned to Chiengmai
province. In April 1941, Chaluay visited
Wat Paknam again, and Luang Por Wat Paknam had her further her meditation experience
to the advanced level by studying with Maechee Yanee Siriwoharn. Then, Chaluay was allowed to practice the advanced
superknowledge of Dhammakaya (Vijja Dhammakaya) at the meditation workshop. After that, she was ordained to be a Buddhist
nun. Kru Chaluay had been a Buddhist nun
for four years, then she disrobed.
However, she still continued to practice advanced Dhammakaya meditation
at Wat Paknam and observed eight precepts.
She was chosen by Luang Por to be one of the supervisors of the
meditation workshop. In 1958, Luang Por
started to get sick, so he ordered Kru Chaluay to return to Chiengmai. After Kru Chaluay returned to Chiengmai,
Luang Por passed away in February of the following year. Hence, Kru Chaluay returned to Wat Paknam
again to practice advanced Dhammakaya meditation at the meditation workshop for
one more year and returned to live in Chiengmai permanently. Totally, Kru Chaluay had practiced advanced
Dhammakaya meditation at Wat Paknam for 17 years. Kru Chaluay passed away peacefully in 2016.
