LP Koon - R.I.P.

[JimmyTheMook]

A Very Revered Monk Has Passed....

[Lite Beer]

Much-revered monk Luangpor Khoon dies at 92
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Luangpor Khoon Parisuttho, much-revered abbot of Wat Banrai, died at the Maharaj Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital Saturday. He was 92.

Doctors said the monk died at 11:45 am.

His heart stopped early Friday and he was given a CPR and rushed to the hospital and put on a life-saving device.

Doctors said his heart stopped again Saturday morning and doctors brought him back with another CPR before he died later in the day.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Much-revered-monk-Luangpor-Khoon-dies-at-92-ge-30260263.html

-- The Nation 2015-05-16

[Lite Beer]

Luang Phor Koon passes away, donates body for medical research

BANGKOK: -- The revered abbot Luang Por Koon Parisutho of Wat Ban Rai in Nakhon Ratchasima province has passed away at 11.45 am today, Maharaj Hospital said in its fourth announcement at noon today.

The revered abbot Luang Por Koon Parisutho of Wat Ban Rai in Nakhon Ratchasima province has passed away at 11.45 am today, Maharaj Hospital said in its fourth announcement at noon today.

The announcement said doctors from both Maharaj and Siriraj hospitals have tried their best to save the life of the revered abbot but he passed a way at 11.45 am after all function organs have failed to work again.

The abbot was 92 years old.

Maharaj hospital director Som-art Tangchatoen said the abbot has donated his body for medical research and education

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/luang-phor-koon-passes-away-donates-body-for-medical-research

-- Thai PBS 2015-05-16

[empireboy]

RIP Good man!

[Shiver]

Does anyone know if a foreigner is allowed to donate their body to medical research? Seems a waste to burn it if someone can get some use out of it after passing on.

[rethaier]

Does anyone know if a foreigner is allowed to donate their body to medical research? Seems a waste to burn it if someone can get some use out of it after passing on.

You may be able to get an answer here.

http://www.redcross.or.th/old/english/contact/detail.php?grp_id=49

[gandalf12]

RIP

[khaowong1]

I never got to visit him.. The several times I went to his temple, he was too ill to receive visitors. RIP..

[Lite Beer]

Luang Phor Koon dies at age of 91
THE SUNDAY NATION

BANGKOK: -- LUANG PHOR KOON PARISUTTHO, one of the country's most revered monks, passed away yesterday after a long history of illness.

Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital, where he was admitted on Friday after his heart stopped, announced that the monk was pronounced dead at about 11.45am.

A former abbot of Nakhon Ratchasima's Wat Ban Rai, Luang Phor Koon donated his body to Khon Kaen University's Faculty of Medicine for dissection by medical students, according to his will.

The will, which was made in June 2000 when the monk was 77 years old, stated that the university should hold a religious ceremony for his body at the faculty for seven days, after which his body should be used for dissection study by medical students.

According to his will, Luang Phor Koon wanted his funeral to be held in a simple way and the remains after the dissection study to be cremated in the same way as those of other body donors.

The monk's last wish was for his ashes to be scattered in the Mekong River, in the section that passes the northeastern province of Nong Khai.

At Khon Kaen University yesterday, preparations were made to accept Luang Phor Koon's body and to hold a religious ceremony.

The monk's body is to be placed today at Kanchanaphisek Auditorium at the university, where a religious ceremony for him will be held, Khon Kaen University rector Assoc Prof Kittichai Trairattanasirichai said.

Assoc Prof Pipatpong Kanla, deputy dean of Khon Kaen University's Faculty of Medicine, said the monk's last wishes in his will would be strictly followed.

Assoc Prof Apichart Jirawuthipong, director of the university's Srinakarin Hospital, said that Luang Phor Koon's body would be used in a study by medical students for two years, as requested by the monk.

"His remains will be cremated in a ceremony along with those of other body donors. And his ashes will be released in the Mekong River," he said.

Some followers of Luang Phor Koon said yesterday they wanted a religious ceremony to be organised at his Ban Rai Temple first before the monk's will was followed.

Earlier yesterday, Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital director Dr Som-aj Tangcharoen said the monk's condition worsened and his pulse became unstable.

The monk developed gastrointestinal bleeding and his kidney stopped working, according to a statement released by the hospital yesterday before the monk died.

Luang Phor Koon was born on October 4, 1923, in Nakhon Ratchasima's Dan Khun Thot district to a family of farmers.

His parents died when he and his two siblings were young. They were raised by a maternal aunt. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in May 1944.

In 2000, he underwent heart bypass surgery after suffering heart disease. Four years later, he was admitted to hospital with a brain haemorrhage.

The monk, in 2009, was treated for an infection in his veins. And in 2011 he suffered tuberculosis and had to stay in hospital for more than four months. Two years ago, he was treated for infections in his urinary tract and lung.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Luang-Phor-Koon-dies-at-age-of-91-30260274.html

-- The Nation 2015-05-17

[phil2407]

It's in my will that I go to medical science - if anything can be used to help others then they're welcome to it!!!!

[PoorSucker]

I never got to visit him.. The several times I went to his temple, he was too ill to receive visitors. RIP..

Meet him in 2000, RIP LPK.

[Cornhack]

I hope a man's dying wishes will be respected and trust his followers love him enough not to ignore his request for a simple ceremony. RIP Reverend Master

Sathu Sathu Sathu

[catweazle]

RIP! Kind of liked him and have a tiny brass statue and some amulets of him...

[Para]

A truly amazing Monk. Enjoy your new life Luang Por.

[camerata]

His last wish was that his followers recognise the truth of life's impermanence and follow his example of non-attachment. In his will, he asked that his death not be marked by a royal-sponsored funeral or any such fanfare. Instead, he directed that his body should be used for medical research, thus avoiding the possibility that his remains would be exploited by misguided or unscrupulous devotees.

"My body could be a burden for others," he wrote. "It could create a lot of trouble, because there are both good and bad people among my followers. Some are greedy and might exploit my death, fearless of karma. Some might claim that they are related to me, but if they were my real relatives, they wouldn't make trouble."

Luang Phor Koon chose a death that would best serve Buddhism by reminding us all about the truth of impermanence and suffering and the "antidote" of detachment. However, his directions have proved unable to control other factors surrounding his reputation. His death has also sent prices for his amulets skyrocketing. The paradoxes that surrounded this revered monk in life continue even after his death.

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/The-paradoxical-life-and-death-of-a-revered-monk-30260499.html