Fuang Jotiko
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Biography
Ajahn Fuang Jotiko (1915 – 14 May 1986) was a Thai Buddhist monk and abbott in the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravada Buddhism.
Fuang was a student of Ajahn Lee at Wat Asokaram, a monastery near Bangkok. After Ajahn Lee's death in 1961, Fuang continued at Wat Asokaram where he was expected to become abbott. However, in 1965 Fuang left to pursue greater solitude which he felt would improve his meditation practice. About 1971, Fuang moved to Wat Dhammasathit in Rayong Province, where he lived as abbot until his death in 1986. Fuang's students included American monk Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, who studied with him for ten years.
According to Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Fuang achieved "what Ajahn Lee would have called ‘non-perception’ where you kind of blank out for a bit and then come back in. And then they read that as you know the cessation of Nirvana, which is kind of a blanking out."
Published works
- Jotiko, Fuang (1999) [1980]. "A Single Mind". Translated by Bhikkhu, Ṭhānissaro. Barre, MA: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
- Jotiko, Fuang (1993). Awareness itself: The teachings of Ajaan Fuang Jotiko. Translated by Bhikkhu, Ṭhānissaro. Valley Center, CA: Metta Forest Monastery. OCLC 46311461.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Jotiko, Fuang (1999). Awareness itself: The teachings of Ajaan Fuang Jotiko. Translated by Bhikkhu, Ṭhānissaro (Revised ed.). Barre, MA: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
- Jotiko, Fuang (1998) [1978]. "Timeless and True". Translated by Bhikkhu, Ṭhānissaro. Barre, MA: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
- Jotiko, Fuang (2001) [1984]. "Listen Well". Translated by Bhikkhu, Ṭhānissaro. Barre, MA: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
- Jotiko, Fuang; Tanishaluo; Fa yuan bian yi qun (1996). Xi mie zhi shi : a jiang fang de kai shi [When it goes out: Ajaan Fuang's instructions] (in Chinese). Fa yun. ISBN 957-99702-7-0. OCLC 818442585.
Citations
- ^ Jotiko 1993, p. 10.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/AjaanLee/posts/2371780169549195:0
- ^ Shankman 2008, p. 129.
- ^ Strong 2002, p. 353.
- ^ Ajahn Lee 1991.
- ^ Falk 2015, p. 16.
- ^ Wat Asokaram 2004.
- ^ Bullitt 1999.
- ^ Lopez 2016, p. 71, 152, 174.
- ^ Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu 2013, p. 6.
- ^ Falk 2015, p. 55.