Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo

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Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo
Title	Luang Por
Personal
Born	(1859-11-02)November 2, 1859 Ban Kha Khom, Tambon Nong Khon, Amphoe Mueang Ubon Ratchathani, Ubon Ratchathani Province, Siam
Died	February 3, 1941(1941-02-03) (aged 81) Wat Amatayaram, Amphoe Wan Waithayakon, Champasak Province (under Thai rules)
Religion	Buddhism
Nationality	Thai
School	Theravada, Dhammayutika Nikaya
Lineage	Thai Forest Tradition
Other names	Ajahn Sao Luang Pu Sao
Profession	Buddhist monk
Senior posting
Students Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta
Profession	Buddhist monk

Ajahn Sao Kantasilo (1859–1942), a.k.a. Phra Ajahn Sao Kantasilo Mahathera, was a monk in the Thai Forest Tradition. He was a member of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya.

Ajahn Sao was ordained as a monk at the age of 20, entering the Maha Nikaya order. In 1887 he re-ordained in the Dhammayut order. Both ordinations were in Ubon Ratchathani Province.

Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta was one of his most well-known students.

Ajahn Sao was greatly influenced, in his own practice and in teaching his disciples, by the methods advocated by Somdet Phra Vanarat Buddhasiri (1806-1891), one of the founders of the Dhammayut order. The latter’s teachings are found summarized in his treatise “Caturarakka Kammathana,” or “The Four Objects of Meditation That Give Protection.”

As a teacher, Ajahn Sao urged his disciples to be diligent, systematic and consistent. He taught them to wake at 3 a.m. and to practice sitting or walking meditation until 10 p.m.

He died on 3 February 1942 at the age of 82 at a monastery in Champasak Province while prostrating in front of the main Buddha image in the Uposatha hall, "with full mindfulness and plenitude".

Here is an example of Ajaan Sao's Teaching

• Ajaan Sao's Teaching: A Reminiscence of Phra Ajaan Sao Kantasilo, Access to Insight