Biography of Luangpor Sod
The Master of Vijja Dhammakaya is popularly known as Luangpor Sod(Venerable Father Sod). He was born on October 10, 1884 to a rice merchant family in Suphanburi Province. He was named Sod and was the second child of Mr. Ngern and Mrs Sudjai Meekaewnoi. As typical in those days, the young boy received his education in the temple. At the age of twenty-two in July 1906, he was ordain a Bhikkhu at Wat Songpeenong near his home. He was given the Buddhist name of Candasaro by his main preceptor, Venerable Phra Ajahn Dee of Wat Pratusarn,Suphanburi. Chandasaro Bhikkhu followed his keen interest in meditation practice and the study of Pali scriptures, and soon became known for excellent knowledge in both. After ten years of ordination, having deeply understood the Buddhist scriptures and the principle of meditation practice, his name spread as an informed scholar of Buddhism and strict meditation monk. During the Buddhist Lent in his twelfth year of ordination he lived in Bang Khoo Vieng when he prepared himself on the full moon day of September for mediation in the Ubosatha and vowed not to rise from his seat in front of the Buddha statute until he was permitted to attain some understanding of the Dhamma as discerned by the Buddha. The Dhamma appeared in the center of his body, two finger-breaths above the navel. He was able to penetrate the full depth of the Dhamma as it was revealed to and by the Buddha. Luangpor Sod then made a vow dedicating his life to Buddhism and devoted himself totally to meditation practice. After discovering Vijja Dhammakaya, he introduced and taught the technique for the next 45 years. Now Vijja Dhammakaya is practiced widely in Thailand and abroad. Luangpor Sod died on February 3, 1959 at the age of seventy-five, at Wat Paknam which is presently a center of meditation practice and Pali studies.
Source: Path to Enlightenment : A guide to meditation techniques practiced in Thailand
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