Luang Pu Boonsong Thittasaro, 81 years old, 51 vassa, the abbot of Wat Santivanaram, District of Kaenghangmaeo, Chanthaburi Province, became a Buddhist monk on 15 July, 1966
Myong An Sunim is a Malaysian and the Abbot of Haeng Won Zen Centre in Bayan Lepas. He went to the UK in the 1970s for further education, gained a Master's Degree and worked in the UK and Asia.