Somdet Kiaw

Somdet Kiaw
Somdet Kiaw
สมเด็จเกี่ยว
Personal
Born	Kiaw Chokchai; 3 March 1928; Koh Samui, Surat Thani, Siam
Died	10 August 2013 (aged 85); Bangkok, Thailand
Religion	Buddhism
School	Theravāda
Dharma names	Upaseṇo
Monastic name	Somdet Phra Buḍhācārya
Temple	Wat Saket
Order	Mahā Nikāya

Somdet Kiaw (3 March 1928 – 10 August 2013) was a Thai Buddhist monk who served as the abbot of Wat Saket and the acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand.^[1]^[2]

Name

Somdet Kiaw (Thai: สมเด็จเกี่ยว; RTGS: Somdet Kiao) was born Kiaw Chokchai (Thai: เกี่ยว โชคชัย). His Dhamma name, in the Pali language, was Upaseṇo (Thai: อุปเสโณ), and his highest monastic title was Somdet Phra Buḍhācārya (Thai: สมเด็จพระพุฒาจารย์; RTGS: Somdet Phra Phuthachan). His previous monastic titles were as follows:

Phra Medhisuddhibongsa (Thai: พระเมธีสุทธิพงศ์), 1958
Phra Rajavisuddhimedhi (Thai: พระราชวิสุทธิเมธี), 1962
Phra Debgunabhorn (Thai: พระเทพคุณาภรณ์), 1964
Phra Dharmagunabhorn (Thai: พระธรรมคุณาภรณ์), 1971
Phra Brahmagunabhorn (Thai: พระพรหมคุณาภรณ์), 1973

Acting Supreme Patriarch

Somdet Kiaw was appointed acting Supreme Patriarch in 2005 due to the failing health of the incumbent Supreme Patriarch Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana. He was a monk of the Mahanikaya order, and was of Thai Chinese descent.^[3]^[4] His appointment provoked severe criticism from Luang Ta Maha Bua (of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya order) and Sondhi Limthongkul, who claimed that the appointment created two Supreme Patriarchs and contravened the royal prerogative of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.^[5] On 4 March 2005, Maha Bua even petitioned King Bhumibol Adulyadej to remove all of Kiaw's royal titles.^[6]

References

^ "Somdej Kiew dies at 85". Bangkok Post. 10 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023.
^ "Somdej Kiew dies at 85: Wat Saket abbot succumbs to blood infection". Bangkok Post. 11 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023.
^ About MPV
^ ทำไมต้องไหว้พระเก้าวัด^{[permanent dead link]}
^ The Bangkok Post, "Monastic feud could lead to a schism", 5 March 2005
^ ผู้จัดการรายวัน, ถวายฎีกาถอดสมเด็จเกี่ยว Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, 4 มีนาคม 2548

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[1] "Somdej Kiew dies at 85". Bangkok Post. 10 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023.

[2] "Somdej Kiew dies at 85: Wat Saket abbot succumbs to blood infection". Bangkok Post. 11 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023.

[3] About MPV

[4] ทำไมต้องไหว้พระเก้าวัด^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] The Bangkok Post, "Monastic feud could lead to a schism", 5 March 2005

[6] ผู้จัดการรายวัน, ถวายฎีกาถอดสมเด็จเกี่ยว Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, 4 มีนาคม 2548