Kruba meaning in english

Thai Buddhist monk

Khruba Siwichai (Thai: ครูบาศรีวิชัย, also spelled Sriwichai) was a Thai Buddhist monk born in 1878 in the village of Ban Pang, Li District, in Lamphun Province of northern Thailand.^[1] Siwichai is best known for the building of many temples during his time, his charismatic and personalistic character, and his political conflict with local authorities.

Early life and rise to monkhood

Siwichai was born to a humble peasant family in Ban Pang. Early accounts suggest that on the particular day that he was born there was a heavy thunderstorm and rain and was thus given the name of In Fuen, "quake" or Fahong, "thunder".

Given the context of his birth, many around his village accredited him as the phu mee boon or a person having merit.^[2] As a child, Fahong has been described to have compassion with all beings.

Previous biographies cite that as a child he would release the animals that his father caught for cooking