From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bour Kry
Bour Kry
Bour Kry Exile in France
The rise to power of the Khmer Rouge in 1975 began a
grim and violent period for the country, and the exis-
tence of the Cambodian Sangha was put in critical dan-
ger. Bour Kry managed to flee, arriving in France in 1976.
In 1977, he founded the Association Bouddhique Khmer
(Khmer Buddhist Association) with a small group of ex-
patriate monks and laypersons. The growth of this re-
ligious community in the following years led to the es-
tablishment of Vatt Khémararam at Créteil, a suburb of
Paris, in 1980. Bour Kry’s continued support for the
Southeast Asian refugee community saw the foundation
of Secours Bouddhique International (International Bud-
dhist Assistance), a humanitarian organization indepen-
dent of the monastery, in 1982.
Royal nominations
Samdech Preah Sanghareach Bour Kry at Wat Khémararam Prince Norodom Sihanouk appointed Bour Kry to the
Religion Buddhism
rank of Spiritual Eminence (Khmer: ??????????????????)
in 1987. Following the signing of the Paris Agreement
School Theravada in 1991, now King Norodom Sihanouk further appointed
Lineage Dhammayuttika Nikaya Bour Kry to the head of the Cambodian Buddhist Dham-
mayuttika order with the title of Supreme Patriarch (Kh-
Personal mer: ??????????????????????).
Nationality Cambodian
Born January 11, 1945 (1945-01-11) Social and religious activities
Battambang, Cambodia
After 1991 Bour Kry returned regularly to Cambodia to
Senior posting assist in the reconstruction and redevelopment of Bud-
dhist schools and monasteries. The number of Dham-
Title Sangharaja
mayuttika monasteries has since grown to over 150. The
Predecessor Chuon Nath Preah Sihanouk Dhammadhiraj Buddhist Institute was
founded in 1995 with the goal of education and profes-
Samdech Preah Sanghareach Bour Kry (Khmer: ??? ????) sional training for Cambodia’s poorest youth, the revi-
(born January 11, 1945) is the seventh and current talization of Buddhist teachings, and the introduction of
Supreme Patriarch of the Dhammayuttika order of Cam- Cambodian youth to Khmer culture and traditions.
bodia. Bour Kry has been involved in addressing the spread
of AIDS, participating in international discussions on the
Early life topic and encouraging the role of the monastery in dis-
seminating health information. He has also been active in
Bour Kry was born in Battambang and was ordained as a spreading information concerning drug and cigarette de-
Buddhist monk in 1963. His early years in the monkhood pendence in Cambodia.
were devoted to the study of the Pali Canon. In the fol-
lowing years, he was given the spiritual post of Secretary
of the Mekon and appointed to the head of a monastery Titles
on the Thai-Cambodian border. As the Supreme Patriarch of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya,
Bour Kry’s full official title is Samdech Preah Aphiserei
Sukonthea Mohasangreacheathipadei (Abhisirī Sugandhā
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bour Kry
Mahāsangharājādhipati) (Khmer: ?????? ???? ??????? http://www.buddhachannel.tv/portail/
??????? ????????????????). This title means ’Of Higher spip.php?article300, retrieved 2007-10-24
Merit and Pure Virtue, Great Supreme Patriarch Leader’. • Sakada, Ly, ed. (June 2005), "Le Sangharajah Bour
In letters with King-Father Sihanouk, an abbreviated title Kry", Chatomukh (165),
is used in the valediction: Samdech Preah Sangreach (Kh- http://www.buddhachannel.tv/portail/
mer: ?????? ???? ???????).[1] spip.php?article432, retrieved 2007-10-24
• Biography of Sangharaja Bour Kry (Vatt
See also Khémararam)
• Buddhism in Cambodia
• Dhammayuttika Nikaya
External links
• Modern Cambodia • Vatt Khémararam
• Norodom Sihanouk Persondata
• Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia
Name Bour Kry
• Tep Vong
Alternative names
References Short description
Date of birth 1945-01-11
• Harris, Ian (August 2001), "Sangha Groupings in
Cambodia", Buddhist Studies Review (UK Association Place of birth Battambang, Cambodia
for Buddhist Studies) 18 (I): 65–72 Date of death
• Lacroze, Magali (2007-02-21), Sa Sainteté le Place of death
Sangharajah Bour Kry,
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• Theravada Buddhist monks
• Cambodian Buddhist monks
• Cambodian Theravada Buddhists
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