Lp Kasem wat Susahn Dtrailaks

LP Kasem was born on 28th November B.E.2455 (1912) in Jangwat Lampang.

In B.E.2475 (1932), he passed his Pali examination with disctinction and came in first in class at Wat Setuwan.

In B.E.2476 (1933), he was ordained as a monk at Wat Bunyeun at the age of 21.

When the abbot of Wat Bunyeun passed away, Phra Dtomkum became the new abbot. After some time, Phra Dtomkum left the temple and the post of abbot due to boredom. The villagers invited Lp Kasem to return to Lampang to be the new abbot of Wat Bunyeun.

Lp Kasem continue his learning in Dhamma and Sammadhi practise even when he was the abbot. In B.E.2492 (194), he left Wat Bunyeun to stay at Sasahn Sahlahwangthan (a cementry at another place in Lampang). LP Kasem was determined to reach the highest levels of Sammadhi at the cemetery. He would sit in front of burial grounds and watch the burning of corpses. Whether in the hot sun or pouring rain, Lp would sit quietly and watch the corpses being burned to ashes.

LP Kasem once went without food for 49 days doing meditation.

Since B.E.2514 (1971), Lp Kasem only bathed once a year but there was never any stench or foul odour from his body even when he sweated heavily under the hot sun. More surprisingly, though he went without shelter and a mosquito net, Lp Kasem never suffered a single mosquito bite in the cemetery.

Lp Kasem said that he is a forest monk and does not require any possessions. He was content with a piece of robe covering his body.

Lp Kasem passed away in BE2538 (1995) at the age of 83.