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The Story of Baan Taad Forest Monastery

    Venerable Acariya Maha Boowa Nyanasampanno was born into the Lohitdee family on August 12th, 1913 in Baan Taad village, which is located in Udon Thani province in the northeastern part of Thailand. He is one of 16 children from a family of rice farmers. As a child he entered school and received an education up to the third grade level - the highest level available in his village at the time.
    From childhood he was always sincere, truthful, resolute, and reasonable - characteristics that were to be of great help to him later in the practice of Dhamma. When he reached the age of 21, his parents, in keeping with Thai tradition, asked him to enter the monkhood. Doing so shows gratitude towards one’s parents. Eventually, he decided to ordain at Yothanimit monastery in Udon Thani province. He was ordained on May 12th, 1934 with Venerable Chao Khun Dhammachedi as his Preceptor. His Preceptor gave him the Pali name ‘Nyanasampanno’, which means ‘one endowed with wisdom’.