Kru (Guru) Lamai Choowongvudh
Master Guru Lamai Choowongvudh
When the Great Master Phramongkolthepmuni was alive, Guru Master Lamai was one of the leading female disciples.
She entered Buddhist nun ordination later than Guru Master Nun Pook
Muiprasert but earlier than Guru Master Nun Yanee Sirivoharn. Guru Master Lamai was very faithful upon the Great
Master Phramongkolthepmuni, so she asked her husband for permission to enter
Buddhist nun ordination which he granted. Thus, she became a Buddhist nun at Wat Paknam,
Bangkok, approximately in 1933.
After Guru Master Lamai moved to Wat Paknam Temple, she attained
Dhammakaya and the sublime superknowledge of Dhammakaya. As a result, she was very helpful to the
Great Master’s meditation tasks until the Great Master appointed her to be one
of the six female chiefs of meditation shifts namely (1) Master Nun Pook
Muiprasert (2) Master Nun Yanee Sirivoharn (3) Master Nun Tanom Asawai (4) Guru
Chaluay Sombatsuk (5) Guru Lamai Choowongvudh and (6) Guru Treetar Niamkham.
Thereafter, Guru Lamai supervised and instructed the advanced
Dhammakaya meditation practice and research.
She also taught meditation to Buddhist nuns and meditation students at
Wat Paknam. She was very helpful in
relieving people’s suffering physically by curing diseases with meditation
power and mentally with Dhamma and meditation.
During World War II, the Great Master Phramongkolthepmuni
assigned Guru Lamai to defend and secure Wat Paknam Temple from being bombed by
airplanes similar to other ‘Dhammakaya Nuns’ who were advanced Dhammakaya meditation
practitioners.
After the Great Master of Dhammakaya meditation passed away,
his disciples united to cast the Great Master’s statue in standing
posture. On 5 May 1959, 90 days after
the Great Master had passed away, Guru Lamai was one of the five leading disciple
representatives namely Mr. Prayoon Soontara, Mrs. Chuea Puranasewee, Guru Lamai
Choowongvudh, Ms. Prayoon Nakboontieng, and Guru Treetar Niamkham, who
enshrined the 3 sacred crystal balls (3 inches in diameter) into the middle of
statue which is now located close to the Great Master’s coffin.
After the Great Master Phramongkolthepmuni passed away, Guru
Lamai disrobed from her nunhood and moved to live with her relative in
Bangbuathong, Nonthaburi Province.
Although Guru Lamai aleady disrobed, she still relived people’s
suffering with her meditation power.
Compiled by Khun Tharanatham
Source: ttp://topicstock.pantip.com/religious/topicstock/2006/07/Y4546429/Y4546429.html
Translated by Pittaya Wong on 11 Dec 2016
