Wat Pa Ban Tat
Wat Pa Ban Tat (alternative spelling: Wat Pa Baan Taad; Thai : วัด ป่า บ้าน ตาด ) is a Theravada Buddhist monastery ( Wat ) in the province of Udon Thani in the northeast region of Thailand , the so-called Isan .
Wat Pa Ban Tat was founded by the monk students themselves in the 1950s, who came here for purely spiritual reasons to receive instructions from an authentic master. Even monks from western countries were later ordained here, some still live here, others founded similar monasteries in western countries. Former Vice-Abbot Ajahn Pannavaddho, who was born in England, died in August 2004. Abbot Ajahn Maha Bua Nyanasampanno died on January 30, 2011.