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“Homage to the Buddha, I salute the feet of my Kru, Which are like two boats for traversing the Tantras of the Paramis, & whose knowledge had sprung from the favor of the three eyed god”
— Suryavarman I
KRU KHMER | DHARMA TEACHER
( គ្រូខ្មែរ | ឧបាជា )
Instead of giving you highlights from my life, I decided to share with you all a story prior to my birth, & leave my biography to be written; in each never ending moment of now (Bhumisparsha)
A vision was seen by a soothsayer which foretold the coming birth of a child. Upon awakening from this Lucid state, the soothsayer presented a gold necklace to a young woman...
On an auspicious night, In the depths of a dream, this young woman found herself wandering in a mystical forest all alone with the echos of enchanted beasts in the distance. Isolated by the luminous rays of tranquility, She looked around and notice she stood in the cast of a magnificent shadow. As she gazes back, her eyes glare with the mist of the horizon, as streams of light pierced, illuminating the branches of a Majestic Jujube tree (ដើមពុទ្រា). Standing under the tree, she notice that it was bearing fruit, & wanted to pick the fruits but, the tree was too tall for her to climb so she decided to shake it. As she shook the tree, fruits began to rain down hitting her head. Suddenly, the ground glistened and glimmered in amber & gold. she notice they weren't jujubes, but were images of deities (រូបព្រះ).
She then cautiously decided to choose one; not knowing which, she emitted herself to finding one that radiate with her aura. she picked it up & held it tightly in her embrace. As her excitement grew, she found her way out of the forest & back to her village. She showed her new discovery to the people of the village, and curiously asked what it meant. They told her it was Preah Maha Muni Essey (ព្រះមហាឥសី). She then awakens from this dream and discovers that she is with child.
7 months pass... a child was born on the 3rd day of the waxing moon in Khe Vichika (ខែវិច្ឆិកា), it was a boy.
*Pictures throughout the site are captured during moments as a Khmer Theravada Maha-Nikaya Thudong Rukkhamul (Dhutanga forest monk) Buddhist monk, & Tabos Essey (Tapas Rishi/hermit)