Golden Horse Monestery

Blog post and photographs by Peter Hemenway

The mountain which the monk assembled a bell on top of

A dirt road leads up to the Monastery where Phra Kru Ba Neua Chai established himself. After becoming an International boxer he experiencing an enlightening meditating. What came forward is this remarkable monastery.

At the pinnacle of a mountain he built a bell to honor the Buddha as well as made the monastery a refuge for youths that had become orphans because of the drug epidemic in the Golden Triangle. He taought Thai boxing and horse riding as his way of helping the nearby communitys and expressing his Buddhist faith.