THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PHRA AJAAN LEE

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PHRA AJAAN LEE PHRA SUDDHIDHAMMARANSI GAMBHIRAMEDHACARIYA (DHAMMADHARO, LEE) Translated from the Thai by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) Copyright copyright (First Edition)

PART I I WAS BORN at nine in the evening on Thursday, the 31st of January, 1907—the second day of the

PART II AT THE END of the Rains Retreat, Wat Boromnivasa arranged Chao Khun Upali’s funeral, and nearly all the senior

PART III ALTOGETHER I spent 14 rainy seasons in Chanthaburi, to the point where I almost came to regard it as

PART IV FROM PHITSANULOKE I went on to Phetchabun to visit a student who had set up a monastery at Lom

Epilogue The thirteen-spired chedi Ajaan Lee mentioned in his plan for the Festival Celebrating 25 centuries of Buddhism was never

Endnotes Note 1: A traditional custom in Thailand was for a woman to lie by a fire after giving birth, for

Glossary Part I: Personal Titles People in Thailand are rarely referred to simply by name. Usually the name is prefaced