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Bright and Shining Mind in a Disabled Body

Posted on January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 by Dharma Documentaries
Remarkable true life story of Khun Kampol Thongbunnum, a Thai man, whose life was turned upside down by an accident that left him paralysed from the neck downwards.

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A remarkable true life story of Khun Kampol Thongbunnum, a Thai man, whose life had been turned upside down by an accident that left him paralysed from the neck downwards.

In his search to come to terms with his predicament, he discovered the path in Buddhism, and this finally led to the transformation of his life.

Khun Kampol was an ordinary young man, with dreams of a family life, just starting a career in teaching physical education, when an accident at a swimming pool left him paralysed from the neck down.

At first it all seemed like a nightmare that he would be able to wake up from, but when he didn’t wake, he fell into depression, and only at that time did he start really looking into the deeper things in life.

He began a correspondence with Luangpor Suvaṇṇo, a direct disciple of Luangpor Teean, who had been teaching Mahāsati or Dynamic Meditation, and eventually Luangpor Suvaṇṇo invited him to his monastery.

Khun Kampol made quick progress in his meditation and is now considered attained. He is also a well-known Dhamma teacher, and a great example for others with disabilities.

Many people take disability as a sign of bad kamma, but the reality is it is what you make of your situation that governs the kamma you are making, and Khun Kampol managed to turn his life round, and bring inspiration to many others in doing so.

a poem by Khun Kampol Thongbunnum:

Most people

Live in suffering

Without knowing

Only when happiness

Gradually fades away

That suffering

Shows its face

Then and there

Not perceiving suffering

One consequently fails

To find the way out

And to get rid of suffering

Once and for all…

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