• Phra Phimontham (Thai: พระพิมลธรรม; 1901–1992) was a Thai monk of the Mahanikay order. Phra Phimontham served as the abbot of Wat Mahathat in Bangkok from...
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    Sangha. Phra Phimontham had strong pro-democratic leanings, which did not comport well with the regime of the day nor the palace. Furthermore, Phra Phimontham...
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    charges against Phra Phimontham were later determined to have been false all along. In reality, the military junta persecuted Phra Phimontham for his political...
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    to have been innocent all along. Proponents of Wat Phra Dhammakaya referred to Phra Phimontham's case to explain why Luang Por Dhammajayo did not go...
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    monastic vocations. Newell points out that in this he even preceded Phra Phimontham, the administrator monk who introduced the New Burmese Method of meditation...
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    ศึกษากรณีพระพิมลธรรมกับพระธัมมชโยกับวิกฤติวงการสงฆ์ไทย+สังคมไร้สติ [Phra Phimontham's and Phra Dhammajayo's case studies: crisis in Thai Sangha and the mindlessness...
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