Luang Phor Mui Wat Don Rai

Luang Phor Mui, born Cherm on 5 December B.E. 2431 (1888, Year of the Ox), grew up in a farming family in Suphan Buri—fourth of five children of Por Mueng and Mae Chang. As a teenager he helped in the fields; briefly selected for military service, he was inexplicably discharged and never served a day. He then turned to the robe: in B.E. 2452 (1909) he was ordained at Wat Tha Chang under LP Kanod (preceptor) with LP Yim of Wat Hua Khao as Dhamma instructor.

A quick study with steady temperament, he advanced in meditation and scripture. After about thirteen rains he disrobed to support his aging parents. Not long after, severe illness struck. He made a vow: if I recover, I will return to the robe and never turn back. He recovered fully, changed his lay name from Cherm to Mui, and kept his promise.

Re-ordained in B.E. 2465 (1922) at Wat Tak Kah, Si Prachan, his preceptor was LP Oon, with Phra Ajahn Goon and Phra Ajahn Tuan of Wat Ban Krang as his teachers. He received the monastic name Puttaratito. From there his training widened: he learned wicha akom (esoteric disciplines) and protective arts under LP Yim, who then brought him to his own master, the famed Luang Pu Suk of Wat Makhamtao (Chainat). LP Suk praised Mui’s calm wisdom—second only, he said, to his lay disciple Admiral Krom Luang Chumphon Khet Udomsak, son of King Rama IV.

Over the years LP Mui met and learned from many renowned teachers, among them LP Plang of Wat Wimonphotaram, LP Ben of Wat Derm Ban (teacher of LP Guay), LP Plem of Wat Plow, LP Kanod, LP Oon, and the white-robed ascetic Ajahn Goon—then widely known in Suphan Buri. The through line was restraint, loving-kindness, and practical blessing for ordinary people.

Those who knew him describe a soft-spoken monk of few words, wholly devoted to practice, kind to animals he regularly fed at the temple. His reputation for efficacy grew not from showmanship but from quiet results—devotees credited his blessings and sacred disciplines, many inherited from the Makhamtao lineage, with protection and recovery in difficult times.

LP Mui passed away in B.E. 2517 (1974) at Wat Don Rai, aged 85 years and 41 days. His body remained incorrupt and is preserved in a glass coffin for devotees to pay respects to this day. In Suphan Buri memory, he is held up as the exemplar of a vow kept: fall ill, rise again, return to the robe, and spend the rest of a long life in service of the Dhamma.

龍婆梅（LP Mui）俗名徹姆（Cherm），生於佛曆2431年12月5日（1888年，牛年），為素攀武里農家之子，五兄弟姊妹中排行第四。少年時耕作務農，曾被選入伍，卻因不明原因當日即退，未服役一日。其後於佛曆2452年（1909）在Wat Tha Chang披剃，龍婆卡諾（LP Kanod）為授戒和尚，龍婆欽（LP Yim, Wat Hua Khao）為阿闍黎。

他性情沉穩、領悟力強，禪修與巴利學習並進。約十三個雨安居後，為奉養年邁父母而還俗。不久罹患重病，遂立下願言：若能痊癒，必再出家終身不退。其後竟奇跡痊癒，改名「梅（Mui）」，並踐行其願。

佛曆2465年（1922）於Si Prachan 區 Wat Tak Kah再度受具足，龍婆溫（LP Oon）為授戒和尚，Wat Ban Krang之阿姜貫（Phra Ajahn Goon）與阿姜端（Phra Ajahn Tuan）為教授師，得法號Puttaratito。其後在龍婆欽座下深化wicha akom（密乘護法），並被引介至名僧龍普宿（LP Suk, Wat Makhamtao, 猜納）。龍普宿稱許其定慧與資質，僅次於其著名居士弟子——欽差海軍上將春蓬·潔·烏隆薩（拉瑪四世之子）。

龍婆梅交遊廣，歷習於龍婆布冷（Wat Wimonphotaram）、龍婆班（Wat Derm Ban，龍婆貴之師）、龍婆普連（Wat Plow）、龍婆卡諾、龍婆溫，以及素攀府當時極負盛名的白衣高士阿姜貫等門庭。其修學主線始終如一：持戒節制、慈悲濟眾、以實效護持百姓。

熟識者皆言其寡言篤行，一心於修，常於寺中餵養動物。其靈驗並非來自鋪張場面，而是樸實可驗的結果——眾人以其加持與馬甘套法脈傳承之護法，渡過動盪與病苦。

佛曆2517年（1974），龍婆梅於Wat Don Rai安詳示寂，享年85歲又41日。其肉身不壞，今安置於玻璃棺中，供信眾禮敬。於素攀武里的記憶裡，他是一位踐行誓願的高僧：病中發願，痊癒返袈裟，以長年歲月奉獻佛法與眾生。

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