Ajahn Thate

Phra
Rajanirodharangsi
Gambhirapanyavisiddhi
(Thet Desarangsi)
TitleThan Ajahn
Personal
Born
Thet

(1902-04-26)26 April 1902
Baan Nah Seedah, Tambon Klang Yai, Amphoe Ban Phue, Udon Thani Province
Died17 December 1994(1994-12-17) (aged 92)
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolTheravada, Dhammayuttika Nikaya
LineageThai Forest Tradition
Other namesLuangpu Thet Thetrangsi
Venerable Ajahn Thate
Dharma namesDesarangsi
OccupationAbbot
Senior posting
TeacherVenerable Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta Mahathera
Based inWat Hin Maak Peng
PredecessorVenerable Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta Mahathera
SuccessorVenerable Ajahn Maha Bua

Phra Ajahn Thate Desaransi (1902–1994), also known as Ajahn Tate, Luangpu Thet Thetrangsi, Phra Desarangsee, or by his monastic title Phra Rajanirodharangsee, was a famous meditation master and Buddhist monk from northern Thailand. He was a disciple of Ajahn Mun and thus a first generation student of the Thai Forest Tradition and one of the founding teachers of the lineage. Following the death of Ajahn Mun in 1949, he was considered to be the Ajahn Yai, or the head of the Thai Forest Tradition lineage until his death in 1994.[1]

  1. ^ Tiyavanich K. Forest Recollections: Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand. University of Hawaii Press, 1997