### English

**Introduction: Master Luang Phor Waen (LP Waen)**

Luang Phor Waen is also known as Luang Pu Waen.  

Master Luang Phor Waen was born in B.E. 2430 and passed away in B.E. 2528.

His Forest Tradition methods of protection against danger were highly powerful. He is one of the Seven Great Arahant Masters of Northern Thailand, and is also listed among Thailand’s 108 great monks.

Luang Phor Waen (Luang Pu Waen) was born in Loei Province in northern Thailand and had a younger sister. The name his parents gave him in childhood, when translated into Chinese, means “exceedingly intelligent.”

He practiced austerely throughout his life. In old age, due to health reasons, he resided at a monastery in Chiang Mai Province.

The Thai royal family, the military, the police, and various government departments frequently invited him to supervise the making and consecration of amulets. All donations from these blessed amulets were given entirely to public welfare projects; the temple itself kept nothing.

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### ภาษาไทย

**แนะนำโดยย่อ: พระอาจารย์หลวงพ่อแหวน (LP Waen)**

หลวงพ่อแหวน หรือที่เรียกอีกอย่างว่า หลวงปู่แหวน  

หลวงพ่อแหวนเกิดเมื่อ พ.ศ. 2430 และมรณภาพเมื่อ พ.ศ. 2528

ธรรมะสายป่าในการป้องกันภัยของท่านมีอานุภาพสูงยิ่ง ท่านเป็นหนึ่งในพระอรหันต์สายเหนือทั้งเจ็ดรูป และยังได้รับการจัดให้อยู่ในกลุ่มพระเกจิอาจารย์ 108 รูปของประเทศไทย

หลวงพ่อแหวน (หลวงปู่แหวน) เกิดที่จังหวัดเลย ภาคเหนือของไทย และมีน้องสาวหนึ่งคน ชื่อที่บิดามารดาตั้งให้ในวัยเด็ก หากแปลเป็นภาษาจีน มีความหมายว่า “ฉลาดยิ่ง”

ตลอดชีวิตท่านปฏิบัติธรรมอย่างเคร่งครัด เมื่อชราภาพ ด้วยเหตุผลด้านสุขภาพ ท่านจึงจำพรรษาอยู่ที่วัดแห่งหนึ่งในจังหวัดเชียงใหม่

พระราชวงศ์ไทย กองทัพ ตำรวจ และหน่วยงานราชการต่าง ๆ มักนิมนต์ท่านควบคุมการสร้างและปลุกเสกพระเครื่อง เงินทำบุญจากพระเครื่องที่ท่านปลุกเสก ท่านนำไปบริจาคเพื่อสาธารณประโยชน์ทั้งหมด วัดของท่านไม่เก็บไว้แม้แต่น้อย

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### Tiếng Việt

**Giới thiệu: Đại sư Luang Phor Waen (LP Waen)**

Luang Phor Waen còn được gọi là Luang Pu Waen.  

Sư phụ Luang Phor Waen sinh năm Phật lịch 2430 và viên tịch năm Phật lịch 2528.

Pháp môn hộ thân, hóa giải tai nạn theo truyền thống rừng của Ngài rất linh nghiệm. Ngài là một trong Bảy vị A-la-hán cao tăng miền Bắc Thái Lan, đồng thời được xếp vào danh sách 108 vị cao tăng của Thái Lan.

Luang Phor Waen (Luang Pu Waen) sinh tại tỉnh Loei thuộc miền Bắc Thái Lan, và có một người em gái. Tên cha mẹ đặt cho Ngài lúc nhỏ, nếu dịch sang tiếng Trung, có nghĩa là “rất thông minh.”

Suốt đời Ngài tu tập khổ hạnh. Khi tuổi già, vì lý do sức khỏe, Ngài trú tại một ngôi chùa ở tỉnh Chiang Mai.

Hoàng gia Thái Lan, quân đội, cảnh sát và nhiều cơ quan chính phủ thường thỉnh Ngài chủ trì chế tạo và gia trì Phật bài. Toàn bộ số tiền cúng dường từ những Phật bài ấy Ngài đều đem hiến tặng cho các công trình phúc lợi công cộng; chùa của Ngài không giữ lại một đồng nào.

Even though Luang Pu Waen was a disciple of Phra Ajaan Mun and was an arahant in his own right, he kept to his own low profile until he was spotted levitating through the clouds by a airforce pilot, who relentlessly searched for the monk he saw in the sky until he found LP Waen at Wat Doi Mae Pang. That made Luang Pu Waen the most popular monk in Thailand of that era.

"There were seven of us making the visit: four doctors, a nurse and two photographers. The Prime Minister had asked for a picture to be taken of Luang Phu Waen, to be put in the wing of Chiang Mai's Suan Dawk Hospital recently named after him. Also, Luang Phu Waen was 91 years old and although in fairly good health, his eyes were troubling him, so one of the doctors, an oculist, was sent to look him over.

His temple is in the village of Doi Mae Bang, near the amphoe town of Phrao, about seventy miles north of Chiang Mai. You probably know that Luang Phu Waen became famous about five years ago. Of course, even before that people in the locality respected him - the villagers and so on. They think he's an arahan (enlightened being), probably because he's so kind to them, advising and helping them. But before this strange event occurred, no-one outside the amphoe had heard of him.

What happened was that a pilot of the Royal Thai Air Force was flying a plane - well, I don't know how high, but up in the clouds, anyway. And suddenly he noticed a monk outside his cabin sitting in meditation. Yes, he thought that was a bit strange and when he got back to Chiang Mai, he told people about it, but no-one knew who it could have been. He was so interested, so sure he hadn't imagined it, he got his maps out, looked where he'd been flying, and calculated he must have been somewhere over Doi Mae Bang when it happened. So he went back, talked to the villagers and they told him Luang Phu Waen was the person they most respected, so it must have been him. Besides, they knew Luang Bu Waen meditated a lot, and that was already enough to make him unusual.

So back in Chiang Mai, the pilot told people what he'd learned and somehow the story got in the papers and since then Luang Phu Waen's been famous all over Thailand. The King went to see him some time back, busloads of people go every day to pay respects, and you can buy posters and medallions with his image on them just about everywhere. The day we visited Doi Mae Bang - this trip I'm telling you about - two coaches were up there from Bangkok, and that was just an ordinary day for visitors, not even a holiday.

You have to understand you don't get to see Luang Phu Waen just like that, though, and on this particular day, the abbot of the temple, Luang Por Nu, was being particularly difficult.

That's partly understandable, of course. Luang Phu Waen is very old. He needs protection. But even we had trouble getting to see him. Luang Por Nu made it really difficult, saying Luang Phu Waen was tired, it wasn't convenient, why hadn't we come earlier in the day when he makes a brief appearance, and so on… Well, I can't go into all the details, but part of the problem was we'd come to give treatment and take photographs. We weren't buying anything, or making a big donation to the temple so, from the point of view of the abbot, why should we get to see his treasure…?

What? You don't believe me? But why not, I'm telling you exactly what happened. The abbot's well known for the way he holds on to Luang Phu Waen. If he doesn't think there's going to be a suitable contribution, you don't get to see him and that's that. There's even a joke he keeps the old man under lock and key. Just ask anybody…

Well, with a lot of difficulty we managed to persuade Luang Por Nu to let two of the doctors look Luang Phu Waen over in his room. Then afterwards, he was brought out supported by a couple of temple helpers, and sat down on the veranda of his kuti for the photographs.

That was the first time I'd seen him. I looked at him really closely, but to be truthful there wasn't anything special to see. For half an hour he sat while the photos were taken but didn't move at all, not even his eyes. Not even - how do you say it? - blinking. Completely still. I couldn't help wondering if he was really alive.

After a while, I and another of the party got bored, so we went to the special building - the sala - that was built about four months ago to put his waxwork image in. Yes, his waxwork image, from Madame Tussauds in London. What! You don't know about that either? But don't you read the papers?

It must have been about a year ago a doctor in Bangkok became ill. He visited Luang Phu Waen and asked for help. Luang Phu Waen gave him a bit of his robe to keep, and as a result he was cured. The doctor wanted to show his gratitude and tum bun (make merit) at the same time, and as he was rich he asked Madame Tussaud's to make a waxwork image of Luang Phu Waen. No, I don't know how they did it - from photographs, I suppose. And they must have sent all kinds of pictures and measurements. Anyway, according to the papers it cost a million baht (US$25,000 at that time) but Madame Tussaud's halved the price in exchange for a copy of the image for their London museum. So three months ago they finished the work and the image was flown out to Thailand, all kinds of miracles happening when it arrived, apparently…Like what? Oh, it was raining the day the plane arrived, but as soon as the image was taken out the rain stopped, the sun shone, everything became bright, sparkling…Well, it's all in the papers. You can look it up there.

Anyway, now the image is kept in the special sala in the grounds of the temple, life-size. And you know, when I saw it there, I felt it was Luang Phu Waen himself - it was smiling, so realistic. Even the white under the fingernails - what do you call that? A whitlow? Every detail was right, exactly as it should have been. And my companion felt the way I did. We laughed. Which was the real Luang Phu Waen?

Afterwards, the picture-taking over, we joined the others. Luang Phu Waen had been returned to his room, so we left the temple and drove back to Chiang Mai. I felt a little dissatisfied. I asked one of my colleagues who'd examined him - jokingly - if he thought Luang Phu Waen was really alive. He said he'd wondered himself, and while alone with him, to see if he really understood things, he'd asked - just for something to say - if he'd been afraid of tigers when he'd gone on tu dong as a younger man…You know what that is, tu dong? It's when monks who want to meditate wander off in the forest during the dry season, looking for the wildest places they can find to practise in, the more dangerous the better. And Luang Phu Waen, who knows this doctor, said in a very old, very quiet but sharp voice, "You've been a monk, and you can ask that?"

Which we agreed was a sign he was mentally - how do you say? - alive? - alert?

But even better than that…

The other doctor had always been curious about the Royal Thai Air Force pilot's story of the monk up in the clouds, and while he was examining Luang Phu Waen he asked if it had really been him floating up there.

Do you know what Luang Phu Waen said? It's really funny. He didn't move, or show any feeling, or even open his eyes to answer the question. Just a tiny flutter of the lips, and this old, very faint but sharp voice.

'How bor ben nok.' ('You think I'm a bird?')."

Translated by J.M. Cadet from a doctor's account of events

### 繁體中文

雖然龍婆穩（Luang Pu Waen）是帕阿姜曼（Phra Ajaan Mun）的弟子，本身也是阿羅漢，但他一直低調。直到一位空軍飛行員看見他在雲中打坐，才改變這一切。那名飛行員執意尋找自己在天上見到的那位僧人，最後在堆美邦寺（Wat Doi Mae Pang）找到龍婆穩。從此，龍婆穩成為那個時代泰國最受歡迎的僧人。

「去探望的一共七個人：四位醫生、一位護士，還有兩位攝影師。總理要求拍一張龍婆穩的照片，要掛在清邁素安多醫院（Suan Dawk Hospital）新近以他命名的那一翼。當時龍婆穩九十一歲，身體大致還好，但眼睛有問題，所以派了一位眼科醫生去檢查。

他的寺院在堆美邦村，靠近拋縣城（Phrao），離清邁大約七十英里。你大概知道，龍婆穩大約五年前才出名。當然，在那之前，當地人——村民等等——已經很尊敬他。他們認為他是阿羅漢（證悟者），大概是因為他對人很慈悲，常給建議、幫助他們。但在這件奇事發生之前，縣外幾乎沒人聽過他。

事情是這樣的：泰國皇家空軍一名飛行員駕機飛行——我不知道飛多高，總之是在雲層裡。突然，他看見機艙外有一位僧人在打坐。是的，他覺得這很奇怪。回到清邁後他把這事告訴別人，但沒人知道那會是誰。他很在意，確信自己不是幻覺，就拿出地圖，看自己飛過哪些地方，推算當時應該是在堆美邦上空。於是他再去那裡，問村民。村民說他們最尊敬的就是龍婆穩，所以一定是他。再說，他們也知道龍婆穩常常禪修，這本身就已經夠不尋常了。

飛行員回到清邁，把打聽來的事告訴別人。不知怎的，故事上了報紙。從此龍婆穩名揚全泰國。國王也去見過他。每天都有一車車的人來禮拜。幾乎到處都能買到印有他影像的海報和紀念章。我們去堆美邦那天——就是我說的這次——從曼谷來了兩輛遊覽車，而那不過是普通的訪客日，連假日都不是。

不過你要明白，想見龍婆穩可不是隨隨便便的。那天寺院住持龍婆奴（Luang Por Nu）特別為難。

這也部分可以理解。龍婆穩年紀很大，需要保護。但連我們要見他都很困難。龍婆奴百般阻撓，說龍婆穩累了、不方便、為什麼不早一點來——他白天只會短暫露面——諸如此類……細節我無法一一說完。問題一部分是：我們是來診療、拍照的，既不買東西，也不給寺院大筆供養。從住持的角度看，憑什麼讓我們見他的寶貝……？

什麼？你不信？可為什麼不信呢？我說的都是實情。這位住持把持龍婆穩是出了名的。若他覺得沒有合適的供養，你就見不到，就是這樣。甚至有笑話說他把老人家鎖起來。你隨便問誰都知道……

費了很大力氣，我們才說服龍婆奴，讓兩位醫生進房間為龍婆穩檢查。之後，兩名寺院助手攙扶他出來，讓他坐在寮房走廊上拍照。

那是我第一次見到他。我看得很仔細，但說實話，並沒有什麼特別好看的。半小時裡他坐著拍照，完全不動，連眼睛也不動。甚至——該怎麼說——連眨眼都沒有。完全靜止。我忍不住想：他到底還活著嗎？

過了一會兒，我和同行另一人覺得無聊，就去了大約四個月前蓋的那座特別建築物——戒堂（sala），裡面放著他的蠟像。對，蠟像，是倫敦杜莎夫人蠟像館做的。什麼！這你也不知道？報紙你都不看嗎？

大約一年前，曼谷一位醫生生病，去見龍婆穩求幫助。龍婆穩給了他一小塊袈裟帶著，結果病好了。醫生想報恩、同時做功德（tum bun），他又有錢，就請杜莎夫人蠟像館為龍婆穩做一尊蠟像。我不清楚他們怎麼做的——大概是根據照片吧。一定也寄了各種照片和尺寸。報紙上說花了一百萬銖（當時約合兩萬五千美元），但杜莎夫人蠟像館減半收費，條件是再做一尊複製品留給倫敦博物館。三個月前完工，蠟像空運到泰國。據說抵達時還發生了種種奇事……什麼奇事？喔，飛機到達那天在下雨，但蠟像一被抬出來，雨就停了，太陽出來，一切明亮、閃閃發光……這些都登在報上，你可以去查。

現在這尊等身蠟像就供在寺院園內那座特別戒堂裡。你知道嗎，我一看見，就覺得那就是龍婆穩本人——在微笑，非常逼真。連指甲下面的白色——那叫什麼？甲溝炎？——每個細節都對，一點不錯。同行的人也有同樣感覺。我們笑了：到底哪一個才是真正的龍婆穩？

拍照結束後，我們和其他人會合。龍婆穩已被送回房間。我們離開寺院，開車回清邁。我心裡有點不滿足。我半開玩笑問一位檢查過他的同事：他覺得龍婆穩是不是真的還活著。他說他自己也懷疑過。單獨在一起時，為了看看他是否還懂事，就隨口問：年輕時去頭陀行（tu dong）有沒有怕老虎……你知道頭陀行嗎？就是想禪修的比丘，在旱季走進森林，找最荒涼、越危險越好的地方修行。認識這位醫生的龍婆穩，用非常蒼老、非常輕卻很銳利的聲音說：『你當過出家人，還能問這種話？』

我們一致認為，這表示他心智——該怎麼說——還活著？還清醒？

但還有更好的……

另一位醫生一直好奇皇家空軍飛行員那個『雲中僧人』的故事。檢查龍婆穩時，他問：天上飄著的，是不是真的就是您。

你知道龍婆穩怎麼說嗎？真的很好笑。他沒動，沒表露任何情緒，甚至沒睜眼回答。只是嘴唇微微一動，用那蒼老、極輕卻很銳利的聲音說：

『How bor ben nok.』（『你以為我是鳥嗎？』）」

——譯自一位醫生的口述，J.M. Cadet 英譯

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แม้หลวงปู่แหวนจะเป็นศิษย์ของพระอาจารย์มั่น และเป็นอรหันต์ด้วยตนเอง แต่ท่านก็ใช้ชีวิตเรียบง่าย ไม่เป็นที่รู้จัก จนกระทั่งนักบินกองทัพอากาศเห็นท่านลอยนั่งสมาธิท่ามกลางเมฆ แล้วตามหาพระรูปนั้นอย่างไม่ลดละ จนพบหลวงปู่แหวนที่วัดดอยแม่ปั๋ง จากนั้นหลวงปู่แหวนจึงกลายเป็นพระที่ได้รับความนิยมมากที่สุดในประเทศไทยยุคนั้น

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วัดของท่านอยู่ที่บ้านดอยแม่ปั๋ง ใกล้ตัวอำเภอพร้าว ห่างเชียงใหม่ราวเจ็ดสิบไมล์ คุณคงรู้ว่าหลวงปู่แหวนดังเมื่อราวห้าปีก่อน ก่อนหน้านั้นคนในท้องถิ่น ชาวบ้าน เป็นต้น ก็เคารพท่านอยู่แล้ว เขาคิดว่าท่านเป็นอรหันต์ น่าจะเพราะท่านเมตตา ให้คำแนะนำและช่วยเหลือพวกเขา แต่ก่อนเหตุแปลกนี้เกิดขึ้น ไม่มีใครนอกอำเภอรู้จักท่าน

เรื่องมีอยู่ว่า นักบินกองทัพอากาศไทยขับเครื่องบิน ไม่รู้ว่าสูงแค่ไหน แต่ก็อยู่ในกลุ่มเมฆ แล้วทันใดก็เห็นพระรูปหนึ่งนั่งสมาธินอกห้องนักบิน เขาคิดว่าแปลก เมื่อกลับเชียงใหม่ก็เล่าให้คนฟัง แต่ไม่มีใครรู้ว่าเป็นใคร เขาสนใจมาก มั่นใจว่าไม่ได้ฝัน จึงเปิดแผนที่ดูเส้นทางบิน คำนวณว่าตอนนั้นคงอยู่เหนือดอยแม่ปั๋ง เขาจึงกลับไปถามชาวบ้าน ชาวบ้านบอกว่าคนที่เขาเคารพที่สุดคือหลวงปู่แหวน คงเป็นท่าน นอกจากนี้พวกเขาก็รู้ว่าหลวงปู่แหวนนั่งสมาธิมากอยู่แล้ว ซึ่งก็ผิดปกติพอแล้ว

นักบินกลับเชียงใหม่ เล่าสิ่งที่ได้รู้ แล้วเรื่องก็ขึ้นหนังสือพิมพ์ จากนั้นหลวงปู่แหวนดังไปทั่วประเทศ พระมหากษัตริย์เคยเสด็จไปเยี่ยม ทุกวันมีรถบัสเต็มคันไปกราบไหว้ โปสเตอร์และเหรียญมีรูปท่านหาซื้อได้เกือบทุกที่ วันที่เราไปดอยแม่ปั๋ง มีรถทัวร์จากกรุงเทพฯ สองคัน ทั้งที่วันนั้นเป็นแค่วันธรรมดา ไม่ใช่วันหยุด

แต่ต้องเข้าใจว่า จะเข้าเฝ้าหลวงปู่แหวนไม่ได้ง่าย ๆ และวันนั้นเจ้าอาวาสหลวงพ่อนู ยิ่งทำเรื่องยากเป็นพิเศษ

ก็พอเข้าใจได้บ้าง หลวงปู่แหวนชรามาก ต้องได้รับการปกป้อง แต่แม้พวกเราก็เข้าถึงท่านยาก หลวงพ่อนูขัดไว้ บอกว่าหลวงปู่แหวนเหนื่อย ไม่สะดวก ทำไมไม่มาแต่เช้าที่ท่านออกมาให้เห็นครู่หนึ่ง เป็นต้น… รายละเอียดทั้งหมดพูดไม่หมด ส่วนหนึ่งเพราะเราไปรักษาและถ่ายรูป ไม่ได้ซื้อของ หรือทำบุญก้อนใหญ่ จากมุมเจ้าอาวาส ทำไมต้องให้เราเห็นสมบัติของท่าน…

อะไร นายไม่เชื่อ? ทำไมล่ะ ผมเล่าตามจริง เจ้าอาวาสมีชื่อเรื่องกุมหลวงปู่แหวนไว้ ถ้าท่านคิดว่าจะไม่มีการทำบุญที่เหมาะสม ก็จะไม่ให้เข้าเฝ้า จบแค่นั้น ถึงกับมีมุกตลกว่าท่านขังคนเฒ่าไว้ ถามใครก็ได้…

ยากลำบากมากกว่าจะโน้มน้าวหลวงพ่อนูให้หมอสองคนเข้าไปตรวจหลวงปู่แหวนในห้อง หลังจากนั้นมีลูกวัดสองคนพยุงท่านออกมา นั่งที่ระเบียงกุฏิเพื่อถ่ายรูป

นั่นเป็นครั้งแรกที่ผมเห็นท่าน มองใกล้ ๆ จริง ๆ ไม่มีอะไรพิเศษให้ดู ครึ่งชั่วโมงท่านนั่งให้ถ่ายรูป ไม่ขยับเลย แม้แต่ตา ไม่กระพริบด้วย นิ่งสนิท ผมอดสงสัยไม่ได้ว่าท่านยังมีชีวิตอยู่หรือไม่

พักใหญ่ ผมกับอีกคนในคณะเบื่อ จึงไปศาลาพิเศษที่สร้างเมื่อราวสี่เดือนก่อน เพื่อตั้งหุ่นขี้ผึ้งของท่าน ใช่ หุ่นขี้ผึ้งจากมาดามทุสโซ กรุงลอนดอน อะไร นายไม่รู้เรื่องนี้ด้วย? ไม่ได้อ่านหนังสือพิมพ์หรือ?

ประมาณปีก่อน หมอคนหนึ่งที่กรุงเทพบ่วย ไปหาหลวงปู่แหวนขอความช่วยเหลือ หลวงปู่แหวนให้เศษจีวรไปเก็บไว้ ผลคือหาย หมออยากตอบแทนและทำบุญไปด้วย เขาเป็นคนรวย จึงจ้างมาดามทุสโซทำหุ่นขี้ผึ้งหลวงปู่แหวน ไม่รู้ว่าเขาทำอย่างไร คงจากรูปถ่าย และคงส่งรูปกับขนาดต่าง ๆ ไป ตามหนังสือพิมพ์ราคาล้านบาท (ตอนนั้นราวสองหมื่นห้าพันดอลลาร์สหรัฐ) แต่มาดามทุสโซลดครึ่งหนึ่งเพื่อแลกหุ่นอีกองค์ไว้ที่พิพิธภัณฑ์ลอนดอน สามเดือนก่อนงานเสร็จ หุ่นถูกบินมาไทย ได้ยินว่าพอถึงก็เกิดปาฏิหาริย์สารพัด… เช่นอะไร? วันที่เครื่องบินถึงฝนตก แต่พอเอาหุ่นออกฝนหยุด พระอาทิตย์ออก ทุกอย่างสว่างวับ… เรื่องอยู่ในหนังสือพิมพ์ ไปเปิดดูได้

ตอนนี้หุ่นขนาดเท่าคนจริงอยู่ในศาลาพิเศษในวัด และรู้ไหม พอผมเห็น ก็รู้สึกว่านั่นคือหลวงปู่แหวนเอง ยิ้มอยู่ สมจริงมาก แม้แต่สีขาวใต้เล็บ ที่เรียกว่าอะไรนะ เล็บขบ? ทุกรายละเอียดถูกต้อง เพื่อนร่วมทางก็รู้สึกอย่างผม เราหัวเราะ องค์ไหนคือหลวงปู่แหวนจริง

หลังถ่ายรูปเสร็จ เราไปรวมกับคนอื่น หลวงปู่แหวนถูกพากลับห้อง เราออกจากวัดขับรถกลับเชียงใหม่ ผมรู้สึกไม่ค่อยพอใจ ถามเพื่อนร่วมงานที่ตรวจท่านแบบเล่น ๆ ว่าคิดว่าหลวงปู่แหวนยังมีชีวิตจริงไหม เขาบอกว่าตัวเองก็สงสัย ตอนอยู่กับท่านตามลำพัง เพื่อดูว่าท่านยังเข้าใจไหม จึงถามเล่น ๆ ว่าสมัยหนุ่มไปธุดงค์กลัวเสือไหม… รู้ไหมธุดงค์คืออะไร คือพระที่อยากนั่งสมาธิ ออกป่าในฤดูแล้ง หาที่ร้างและอันตรายที่สุดเท่าที่จะหาได้ หลวงปู่แหวนซึ่งรู้จักหมอคนนี้ ใช้เสียงชราเบาแต่คมว่า 「เคยเป็นพระมา แล้วยังถามได้อย่างนั้น?」

เราเห็นพ้องกันว่า นั่นแสดงว่าจิตท่านยัง… จะว่าอย่างไรดี ยังมีชีวิต? ยังตื่นรู้?

แต่ยังมีที่ดีกว่านั้น…

หมออีกคนสงสัยเรื่องนักบินกองทัพอากาศเห็นพระลอยบนเมฆมาตลอด ตอนตรวจหลวงปู่แหวนจึงถามว่า ที่ลอยอยู่บนนั้น เป็นท่านจริงหรือไม่

รู้ไหมหลวงปู่แหวนตอบอย่างไร ตลกมาก ท่านไม่ขยับ ไม่แสดงอารมณ์ แม้แต่ลืมตาตอบ เพียงริมฝีปากขยับนิดหนึ่ง เสียงชราแผ่วแต่คม

「ฮ่าวบ่เป็นนก」（「เจ้าคิดว่าข้าเป็นนกหรือ」）」

แปลจากคำบอกเล่าของแพทย์ โดย J.M. Cadet

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### Tiếng Việt

Dù Luang Pu Waen là đệ tử của Phra Ajaan Mun và tự thân đã là A-la-hán, Ngài vẫn sống rất khiêm tốn, ít ai biết, cho đến khi một phi công không quân thấy Ngài ngồi thiền giữa mây. Người phi công ấy kiên trì tìm vị sư mình đã thấy trên trời, cuối cùng gặp Luang Pu Waen tại Wat Doi Mae Pang. Từ đó Luang Pu Waen trở thành vị sư nổi tiếng nhất Thái Lan thời ấy.

「Đoàn chúng tôi đi thăm gồm bảy người: bốn bác sĩ, một y tá và hai nhiếp ảnh gia. Thủ tướng muốn có ảnh Luang Phu Waen để treo ở cánh bệnh viện Suan Dawk, Chiang Mai, vừa được đặt tên theo Ngài. Lúc đó Luang Phu Waen 91 tuổi, sức khỏe còn khá, nhưng mắt kém, nên cử một bác sĩ nhãn khoa đến khám.

Chùa Ngài ở làng Doi Mae Bang, gần thị trấn huyện Phrao, cách Chiang Mai khoảng bảy mươi dặm. Có lẽ anh biết Luang Phu Waen nổi tiếng khoảng năm năm trước. Trước đó người địa phương — dân làng chẳng hạn — đã kính Ngài. Họ cho rằng Ngài là A-la-hán (bậc giác ngộ), có lẽ vì Ngài rất từ bi, khuyên bảo và giúp họ. Nhưng trước sự kiện lạ này, ngoài huyện hầu như không ai nghe tên Ngài.

Chuyện là thế này: một phi công Không quân Hoàng gia Thái lái máy bay — không rõ cao bao nhiêu, nhưng ở trên mây. Bỗng ông thấy một vị sư ngồi thiền bên ngoài buồng lái. Ông thấy kỳ lạ. Về Chiang Mai kể lại, chẳng ai biết là ai. Ông rất để tâm, tin mình không ảo giác, lấy bản đồ xem đường bay, tính ra lúc ấy phải ở trên Doi Mae Bang. Ông quay lại hỏi dân làng. Họ nói người họ kính nhất là Luang Phu Waen, vậy chắc là Ngài. Hơn nữa họ biết Luang Phu Waen thiền rất nhiều, điều ấy đã đủ khác thường.

Phi công về Chiang Mai kể những gì đã biết. Không hiểu sao chuyện lên báo. Từ đó Luang Phu Waen nổi tiếng khắp Thái Lan. Đức Vua từng đến thăm. Mỗi ngày có từng xe buýt người đến đảnh lễ. Poster và huy chương in hình Ngài bán gần như khắp nơi. Ngày chúng tôi lên Doi Mae Bang — chuyến tôi đang kể — có hai xe khách từ Bangkok, mà đó chỉ là ngày thường, chẳng phải ngày lễ.

Phải hiểu rằng không phải muốn gặp Luang Phu Waen là gặp. Ngày ấy vị trụ trì Luang Por Nu còn làm khó đặc biệt.

Phần nào cũng hiểu được. Luang Phu Waen rất già, cần được bảo vệ. Nhưng ngay cả chúng tôi cũng khó được gặp. Luang Por Nu cản trở, nói Luang Phu Waen mệt, không tiện, sao không đến sớm hơn lúc Ngài chỉ xuất hiện thoáng qua, vân vân… Chi tiết hết thảy tôi không kể hết. Một phần vì chúng tôi đến chữa bệnh và chụp ảnh, không mua gì, cũng không cúng dường lớn. Theo góc nhìn trụ trì, cớ gì phải cho chúng tôi thấy bảo vật của ông…

Gì? Anh không tin? Sao lại không? Tôi kể đúng sự việc. Vị trụ trì nổi tiếng vì nắm giữ Luang Phu Waen. Nếu ông nghĩ sẽ không có sự cúng dường thích đáng thì không cho gặp, thế thôi. Thậm chí có chuyện đùa rằng ông khóa ông già lại. Hỏi ai cũng biết…

Khó khăn lắm chúng tôi mới thuyết phục được Luang Por Nu cho hai bác sĩ vào phòng khám Luang Phu Waen. Sau đó hai thị giả đỡ Ngài ra, ngồi ở hành lang cốc để chụp ảnh.

Đó là lần đầu tôi thấy Ngài. Tôi nhìn rất kỹ, thật tình chẳng có gì đặc biệt để xem. Nửa giờ Ngài ngồi cho chụp, không nhúc nhích, cả mắt cũng không. Thậm chí — nói thế nào nhỉ — không chớp mắt. Hoàn toàn bất động. Tôi không khỏi tự hỏi Ngài còn sống không.

Một lúc sau, tôi và một người trong đoàn chán, đi sang ngôi nhà đặc biệt — sala — xây khoảng bốn tháng trước để đặt tượng sáp của Ngài. Đúng, tượng sáp từ viện Madame Tussauds ở London. Gì! Anh cũng không biết? Báo chí anh không đọc sao?

Khoảng một năm trước, một bác sĩ ở Bangkok bệnh, đến xin Luang Phu Waen giúp. Luang Phu Waen cho một mảnh y để giữ, kết quả là khỏi. Vị bác sĩ muốn báo ơn và làm phước (tum bun) cùng lúc; ông giàu nên nhờ Madame Tussauds làm tượng sáp Luang Phu Waen. Tôi không biết họ làm thế nào — chắc từ ảnh. Chắc cũng gửi đủ loại ảnh và số đo. Báo nói tốn một triệu baht (lúc ấy khoảng 25.000 đô la Mỹ), nhưng Madame Tussauds giảm nửa để đổi lấy một bản sao cho bảo tàng London. Ba tháng trước làm xong, tượng được chở máy bay sang Thái. Nghe nói khi đến còn xảy ra đủ chuyện kỳ lạ… Như thế nào? Ừ, ngày máy bay đến trời mưa, nhưng vừa đưa tượng ra mưa tạnh, nắng lên, mọi thứ sáng ngời, lấp lánh… Tất cả đều trên báo, anh cứ tra.

Nay tượng kích thước người thật được giữ trong sala đặc biệt trong khuôn viên chùa. Và anh biết không, khi tôi thấy, tôi cảm thấy đó chính là Luang Phu Waen — đang cười, sống động quá. Cả phần trắng dưới móng tay — gọi là gì nhỉ? Viêm quanh móng? — từng chi tiết đều đúng. Bạn đồng hành cũng cảm thấy như tôi. Chúng tôi cười: đâu mới là Luang Phu Waen thật?

Chụp ảnh xong, chúng tôi họp lại với những người khác. Luang Phu Waen已被送回房间。Chúng tôi rời chùa, lái xe về Chiang Mai. Tôi hơi không vừa ý. Tôi hỏi đùa một đồng nghiệp đã khám Ngài: ông có nghĩ Luang Phu Waen thật sự còn sống không. Ông ấy nói chính mình cũng phân vân. Lúc ở một mình với Ngài, để xem Ngài còn hiểu chuyện không, ông hỏi cho có chuyện: lúc còn trẻ đi tu dong có sợ cọp không… Anh biết tu dong không? Là khi các vị sư muốn thiền, mùa khô đi vào rừng, tìm chỗ hoang dã nhất, càng nguy càng tốt. Luang Phu Waen, vốn biết vị bác sĩ này, nói bằng giọng rất già, rất nhỏ nhưng sắc: 「Ông từng làm sư, mà còn hỏi được câu ấy?」

Chúng tôi đồng ý đó là dấu hiệu tâm Ngài vẫn — nói thế nào — còn sống? còn tỉnh?

Nhưng còn hay hơn nữa…

Vị bác sĩ kia vốn tò mò chuyện phi công Không quân Hoàng gia thấy vị sư trên mây. Lúc khám Luang Phu Waen, ông hỏi có thật là Ngài lúc ấy đang lơ lửng trên đó không.

Anh biết Luang Phu Waen nói gì không? Buồn cười lắm. Ngài không nhúc nhích, không lộ cảm xúc, thậm chí không mở mắt trả lời. Chỉ môi khẽ động, giọng già rất nhỏ nhưng sắc:

「How bor ben nok.」（「Ông tưởng tôi là chim à?」）」

Dịch từ lời kể của một bác sĩ, bản Anh của J.M. Cadet

### 繁體中文

龍婆曼（Luang Pu Mun）的首位弟子帕阿姜豐（Phra Ajahn Phrom）證得阿羅漢。

龍婆曼告訴他的弟子龍婆周（Luang Pu Chob）說：  

「阿姜豐已經到達彼岸了，他已經是光明了。」

我們也了解龍婆曼所說的話，隨喜功德。

當阿姜帖（Ajahn Te）證道之後，接下來是龍婆穩（Luang Pu Waen）證道。當時他五十八歲，地點在清邁美當（Mae Taeng）。龍婆穩證道時，龍婆周、阿姜考（Ajahn Khao）、阿姜連（Ajahn Rian）和龍婆旺（Luang Pu Wong）正在森林行腳。當時大地震動得很厲害，阿姜考問：發生什麼事，大地為什麼震動？

龍婆周就告訴阿姜考：老人家龍婆穩證道了，這是吉祥的事。龍婆周和阿姜考都隨喜功德，說他老人家今世已經離苦了。

——龍婆周講述  

2018年2月10日翻譯  

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### English

Phra Ajahn Phrom, the foremost disciple of Luang Pu Mun, attained arahantship.

Luang Pu Mun told his disciple Luang Pu Chob:  

“Luang Pu Phrom has reached the further shore. He is already radiant with light.”

We also understand what Luang Pu Mun said, and we rejoice in that merit.

After Ajahn Te attained the Path, Luang Pu Waen attained next, at the age of fifty-eight, in Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai. At the moment Luang Pu Waen attained, Luang Pu Chob, Ajahn Khao, Ajahn Rian, and Luang Pu Wong were wandering on foot in the forest. The earth shook with great force. Ajahn Khao asked what had happened to make the ground tremble so.

Luang Pu Chob told Ajahn Khao that the venerable elder Luang Pu Waen had attained. It was an auspicious event. Both Luang Pu Chob and Ajahn Khao rejoiced and said that the venerable one had already gone beyond suffering in this very life.

— As related by Luang Pu Chob  

Translated 10 February 2018  

Bro Teoh

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### ไทย

พระอาจารย์พรหม ศิษย์รุ่นแรกของหลวงปู่มั่น บรรลุอรหันต์

หลวงปู่มั่นบอกศิษย์คือหลวงปู่ชอบว่า  

「หลวงปู่พรหมถึงฝั่งแล้ว ท่านสว่างแล้ว」

พวกเราก็เข้าใจคำของหลวงปู่มั่น และอนุโมทนาบุญ

เมื่ออาจารย์เต๊ะบรรลุแล้ว ต่อมาหลวงปู่แหวนบรรลุ อายุห้าสิบแปดปี ที่แม่แตง จังหวัดเชียงใหม่ ขณะที่หลวงปู่แหวนบรรลุ หลวงปู่ชอบ อาจารย์ขาว อาจารย์เหรียญ และหลวงปู่วงค์ กำลังเดินธุดงค์ในป่า แผ่นดินสั่นสะเทือนอย่างแรง อาจารย์ขาวถามว่าเกิดอะไรขึ้น ทำไมแผ่นดินจึงสั่น

หลวงปู่ชอบบอกอาจารย์ขาวว่า หลวงปู่แหวนผู้เฒ่าบรรลุแล้ว นี่เป็นมงคล หลวงปู่ชอบกับอาจารย์ขาวต่างอนุโมทนา กล่าวว่าท่านผู้เฒ่าพ้นทุกข์แล้วในชาตินี้

— หลวงปู่ชอบเล่า  

แปล 10 กุมภาพันธ์ 2018  

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### Tiếng Việt

Phra Ajahn Phrom, đệ tử đầu tiên của Luang Pu Mun, đã chứng quả A-la-hán.

Luang Pu Mun bảo đệ tử Luang Pu Chob:  

「Luang Pu Phrom đã đến bờ kia rồi. Ngài đã là ánh sáng rồi。」

Chúng tôi cũng hiểu lời của Luang Pu Mun và tùy hỷ công đức.

Sau khi Ajahn Te chứng đạo, tiếp theo là Luang Pu Waen chứng đạo, năm ấy Ngài 58 tuổi, tại Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai. Lúc Luang Pu Waen chứng đạo, Luang Pu Chob, Ajahn Khao, Ajahn Rian và Luang Pu Wong đang đi hành khất trong rừng. Đất đai chấn động mạnh. Ajahn Khao hỏi vì sao đất lại rung như vậy.

Luang Pu Chob bảo Ajahn Khao rằng vị trưởng lão Luang Pu Waen đã chứng đạo. Đây là việc cát tường. Luang Pu Chob và Ajahn Khao đều tùy hỷ, nói rằng Ngài đã thoát khổ ngay trong đời này.

— Do Luang Pu Chob kể  

Dịch ngày 10/2/2018  

Bro Teoh

我們應當持續行善，使其成為心的依止處、 

成為心的慣性、成為正道—— 

亦即心靈運行的軌跡， 

如此方能體證善業的果報。 

莫臨終時才迎請僧眾授戒、 

匆忙教念「buddho」，或死後才代受戒律—— 

這些全然是謬誤之舉。 

瀕死者心神已被病苦纏縛， 

如何還能專注於持戒？ 

唯有平日慣修戒德之人， 

方能臨終憶念不忘， 

因善法早已融入其心相續。 

若等到氣息奄奄才勸勉持戒， 

乃至死後才作法事， 

實已無益——亡者身心俱寂， 

不再感知塵世一切。 

然亦有特例，如提婆達多造業感得地裂陷身， 

直至沒頸時方憶念佛德， 

以頷獻佛作最後供養。 

雖惡業滿盈，終能一念覺照， 

亦種下來世善緣…… 

We must constantly cultivate goodness 

to make it the dwelling place of the mind, 

the mental habit, the Path— 

the trajectory of the heart's movement. 

Only then can the fruit of goodness be seen. 

It is entirely wrong to invite monks to give precepts 

only when death is near, hastily teaching "Buddho," 

or receiving precepts on behalf of the deceased. 

A dying person's mind is clouded by physical suffering— 

how could they possibly focus on precepts? 

Only those who have consistently upheld precepts 

can recollect them at the final hour, 

because they have made it their mental tendency. 

As for reminding someone to keep precepts at death's door, 

or speaking of the dead—it is needless. 

The deceased no longer perceive anything 

with body or mind. 

Yet there are exceptions, like Devadatta, 

who committed such karmic deeds that the earth swallowed him. 

Only when sinking up to his chin did he remember the Buddha's virtue, 

offering his jaw as worship. Even Devadatta, 

in his last moment of mindfulness, 

created wholesome karmic potential for the future... 

— Luang Pu Waen Sujinno

cred. to Dhamma by Ajahn Golf 阿贊高爾夫法語

「若想捨除瞋恨與惡意， 

當勤修慈心，願眾生安樂。 

若想捨除傷害他人之念， 

當勤修悲心，助人離苦。 

若想捨除嫉妒之心， 

當勤修喜心，見他人成就而隨喜。 

若想捨除執著不滿， 

當勤修捨心，保持平等寧靜。 

若想捨除貪欲執著， 

當勤修不淨觀，透視美麗背後的真相。 

若想捨除我執傲慢， 

當勤觀無常，體悟萬物遷流不息。 

願你如是理解…」 

"To abandon ill-will or harmful intentions, 

one must diligently cultivate mettā (loving-kindness), wishing others happiness. 

To abandon thoughts of harming others, 

one must diligently cultivate karuṇā (compassion), helping others overcome suffering. 

To abandon envy and jealousy, 

one must diligently cultivate muditā (sympathetic joy), rejoicing in others' success. 

To abandon resistance and dissatisfaction, 

one must diligently cultivate upekkhā (equanimity), maintaining a balanced mind. 

To abandon lust and attachment, 

one must diligently cultivate asubha (contemplation of impurity), seeing the truth behind beauty. 

To abandon ego and self-importance, 

one must diligently contemplate anicca (impermanence), understanding the ever-changing nature of all things. 

May you understand thus..." 

— Luang Pu Waen Sujinno 

Doi Mae Pang Monastery, Phrao District, Chiang Mai Province

「欲望主宰著整個世界，

它才是真正的『世界之王』。

一切戰爭衝突的根源，

生起於欲望，

愛恨也源自欲望。

貪欲就像無數溪流，

不斷匯入永不滿足的慾望之海——

無論是渴求擁有（有愛），

還是抗拒厭離（無有愛），

都是無盡痛苦的源頭...」

"Desire rules this world—

it is the true 'Lord of the World'.

All conflicts and wars

stem from desire,

so do love and hatred.

Like countless streams

flowing into the insatiable ocean of craving—

whether it's clinging to existence (bhava-taṇhā)

or craving to non-existence (vibhava-taṇhā),

both become endless sources of suffering..."

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Luang Pu Waen Sujino

Wat Doi Mae Pang, Phrao, Chiang Mai

cred. to Ajahn Golf

*To abandon malice or harmful thoughts,* 

*you must cultivate loving-kindness (mettā) —* 

*wishing others happiness.* 

*To abandon exploitative thoughts,* 

*you must cultivate compassion (karuṇā) —* 

*helping others overcome suffering.* 

*To abandon envy,* 

*you must cultivate appreciative joy (muditā) —* 

*rejoicing in others' success.* 

*To abandon frustration,* 

*you must cultivate equanimity (upekkhā) —* 

*maintaining balanced mind.* 

*To abandon lust,* 

*you must cultivate foulness meditation (asubha) —* 

*seeing the unattractive behind beauty.* 

*To abandon self-importance,* 

*you must cultivate insight into impermanence —* 

*understanding the law of change.* 

*要斷除瞋恨或惡念，* 

*必須培育慈心(mettā)——* 

*願他人快樂。* 

*要斷除害人念頭，* 

*必須培育悲心(karuṇā)——* 

*助人離苦。* 

*要斷除嫉妒，* 

*必須培育喜心(muditā)——* 

*隨喜他人成就。* 

*要斷除沮喪，* 

*必須培育捨心(upekkhā)——* 

*保持平等心。* 

*要斷除貪慾，* 

*必須修不淨觀(asubha)——* 

*看透美麗背後的污穢。* 

*要斷除自我重要的感覺，* 

*必須觀無常——* 

*了知變易法則。* 

— **Teachings of Luang Pu Waen Sujinno** 

*Wat Doi Mae Pang, Phrao District, Chiang Mai* 

cred . to Ajahn Golf 阿贊高爾夫 อาจารย์กอล์ฟ

"…Since the day we were born, praise and blame have always existed—

Don’t take them in and let them linger in your heart.

Let them pass. Love, hatred,

greed, anger, and delusion arise

because defilements keep stirring within.

Let go. Release. Uproot them from the mind.

All cravings flow from causes—

abandon them completely.

Stand firm in virtue, in generosity,

in cultivating goodness.

Abandon all wrongdoing—

through body, speech, and mind.

Discard all that is unwholesome.

Preserve what is pure in body, speech, and heart…"

「……從我們出生起，稱讚與批評就一直存在——

別把它們收進心裡，讓它們停留。

讓它們過去。愛、恨、

貪婪、憤怒、愚癡的產生，

只因煩惱不斷在內心翻攪。

放下。捨棄。將它們從心中拔除。

一切渴愛皆因緣而生——

徹底斷絕它們。

安住於戒律、布施、

行善之中。

捨棄一切惡行——

無論是身、口、意。

遠離所有不善，

保持身、口、心的清淨……」

— Dharma Teaching by Luang Pu Waen Sujinno

Wat Doi Mae Pang, Phrao District, Chiang Mai

cred. to Ajahn Golf 阿贊高爾夫 อาจารย์กอล์ฟ

“…Keep the mind centered and focused,

staying with the present moment,

for the present is Dhamma.

Anything beyond that is just intoxication—

the past and the future.

Be aware of the present,

let go in the present.

If you cling to the past and the future,

you are only collecting falsehoods.

These truths are known only personally;

let go personally, set aside personally.

Turn inward to the body and mind.

If you are lost in the past and the future,

it becomes a map;

a map of scriptural learning that you remember

but cling to,

making you even further from understanding your own body and mind.

Greed, anger, and delusion

are within that scriptural map, but they do not disturb it.

If they are in the heart, they cause distress.

Therefore, when they arise in the heart,

let go of the heart, set it down,

withdraw it, and return to the present.

It’s not about remembering a lot or speaking fluently;

when it comes to the real moment,

you won’t know which to grasp as the foundation.

Dhamma must be clearly understood within one’s own body and mind;

let go and withdraw into the present for it to be truly useful…”

“…讓心保持在中心，專注於當下，

因為當下是法。

除此外都是迷醉的法——

過去和未來。

要對當下有覺知，

在當下放下。

如果你執著於過去和未來，

那就只是收集錯誤。

這些真理是個人所知；

自己放下，自己放到一邊。

轉向身心。

如果迷失在過去和未來，

它就變成一張地圖；

一張你記住的經典學習地圖，但又執著於它，

使你與認識自己身心的距離更遠。

貪、嗔、癡

存在於那經典地圖中，但不會擾動它。

如果它們在心中，就會造成困擾。

因此，當它們在心中出現時，

放下心，置下心，

撤回心，回到當下。

這不是關於記住很多或可以流利地說；

當它們真正來臨時，

你不會知道該抓住哪一個作為基礎。

法必須在自己身體和心靈中清楚理解；

在當下放下，撤回，才能真正有用…”

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Teachings of Luang Pu Waen Sujino

Wat Doi Mae Pang, Phrao District, Chiang Mai Province

cred. to Ajahn Golf 阿贊高爾夫 อาจารย์กอล์ฟ

"Those who uphold the precepts flawlessly,

pay respect to the Buddha, chant scriptures,

and practice both serenity (samatha)

and insight (vipassana) meditation

according to their capacity—

gaining wisdom as their kamma allows—

will begin to see the path

to liberation from the endless cycle

of wandering through various realms,

of repeated birth and death.

The path to Nibbāna is not far.

Strive diligently toward this goal,

and you will be freed

from the wheel of rebirth...."

凡嚴持淨戒無缺，

禮佛誦經，

修習止觀，

隨業力所允許地獲得智慧

已能窺見

解脫之道，

超離生死輪迴，

出離大小諸趣。

涅槃之路不遙。

當勤精進，

必得永斷

生死流轉...

— Luang Pu Waen Sujino

cred. to Ajahn Golf 阿贊高爾夫 อาจารย์กอล์ฟ