Wat Sakae, Ayutthaya

Wat Sakae is a Mahānikāya village temple in Thanu subdistrict, Uthai district, Ayutthaya province. According to Thai Wikipedia, it first stood on the site of today’s Wat Khlang Thong, also known as Wat Korokoso, and moved across the river to its present ground because the old site flooded every year. The Department of Religious Affairs dates its founding to 1767, and it received its boundary stones in 1782. The present site is a raised mound with a variety of trees.

The temple is known as the home of Luang Pu Doo Phrommapanyo, who ordained here in 1925 and lived here until he died in 1990. A hall built around 1996 displays his belongings, and his hut is also on the grounds. Other main buildings are the ordination hall, faced in marble, and a hall for the future Buddha Metteyya built in 1997.

Much of what circulates online about Wat Sakae is about amulets. DharmaBase leaves that aside. Luang Pu Doo’s teaching, as Thai Wikipedia records it, was plain: keep the precepts, practise meditation every day, and watch the mind. See his page for more.

No programme for foreign meditators was found in the sources consulted, and the temple’s own website could not be located. Anyone wishing to practise in his tradition should ask at the temple.