Cambodian Student Association

Group picture

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Meeting day

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Paying homage to the Buddha

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Our teacher Matt and Ven. Hen Lan

Training day!!

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Actually, in our temple here every year we have training course for all foreign and locals monks to understand more about the way how to apply the teaching of Buddha in the right way and also it's the right time to learn from one and other since in this temple we have many monks who from different countries, especially South East Asian countries. On the training day, we had many activities, but I was really interested in one game called drawing competition. It was funny because every group have to draw the picture and explain the morality of the story in the picture. The last session, we had some representative from different countries to present about the culture of their countries. It was really good since every body share the opinion and learn the different cutlures.
We learn a lot!!

About us

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Welcome to Cambodian Students Association(CSA) of Chiang Mai, Thailand!
Thank you for visiting our website. We represent and support Cambodian monks who are studying in Chiang Mai at MCU university. The members of CSA are committed to offering Cambodian students community in order to help them feel connected and sense of preservation of their heritage while studying abroad.

Currently, we have over 45 members from provinces around Cambodia. Our mission is to help support and represent Cambodian monks who are studying in Chiang Mai with tuition costs, proper representation in school matters with Univesities and its students, assistance in maintaining and fair eqaul rights for Cambodian community abroads and any other needs that may arise. To learn more about our goals, please visit our vision page!

Our Vision

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The Cambodian Students Association (CSA) of Chiang Mai is dedicated to helping and supporting Cambodian Monks who are studying in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We strive to protect and support members of our community in every possible way to make their experiences here safe and rewarding.
Our 5 main goals for the CSA are:

1.To increase cooperation between the University and it's foreign monks while learning more about Thai culture and building cultural sensitivity.

2.To help the Cambodian monks who come to study at MCU Buddhist University find suitable temples for them to reside in and aid with Visa forms, extensions and other logistical issues.

4.To help advance society through the teachings of Buddhism on morality and a right livelihood.

5.To create solidarity, promote friendship and unity among the Cambodian community in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Contact us

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		CHHUNNY HEARN President Kompong Cham, Cambodia Address: Wat Saun Dok, Suthep Road Maung, Chiang Mai,Thailand H/P: (66) 835 176 030 Email: monksplanet@gmail.com
		Pov Sreng Vice President Takeo, Cambodia H/P: (66) 894 256 690 Email: live_4peace@yahoo.com
		Ms.Corina Nino Project Advisor Potaruru, New Zealand Email: cosmicolour@hotmail.com
		Mr. Matthew Schojan Project Advisor New York, USA Email: anatta12@gmail.com

E-Board

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		CHHUNNY HEARN President Kompong Cham, Cambodia
		Pov Sreng Vice President Takeo, Cambodia
		SOTHEARA KUNG Secretary Prey Veng, Cambodia
		Ms. Corina Nino Project Advisor Potaruru, New Zealand
		Mr. Matthew Schojan Project Advisor New York, USA
BOARD COMMITTEES
		James Sombo Kompong Cham, Cambodia
		Vichai Yuon Kompong Cham, Cambodia
		Sophoan Loeng Kompong Thom, Cambodia
		Virak Mey Kompot, Cambodia
		Borey Thorn Kandal, Cambodia
		Chamanan Oum Kandal, Cambodia
		Leav Srun Takoe, Cambodia
		Sarak Long Battambong, Cambodia
		Lout Chum Kompong Thom, Cambodia
		Sareath Choun Battambong, Cambodia
		Seyang Sak Phnom Penh, Cambodia
		Seam Seoung Kompong Cham, Cambodia
		Leang Un Por Sath, Cambodia
		Someth Soa Svey Rieng, Cambodia
		Dygen Dam Kompong Cham, Cambodia
		Virak Khat Prey Veng, Cambodia
		Sun Rithy Kandal, Cambodia
		Sophak Kung Kandal, Cambodia

Members

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		SEM CHOEUN Kompong Spue, Cambodia
		CHUN PANNHA Kompong Cham,Cambodia
		SOVANNARA CHEN Battambong,Cambodia
		BUN SROEUN Kompong Cham, Cambodia
		CHIN SOVANNARITH Kompong Spue, Cambodia
		PUM BUNTHAN Takeo, Cambodia
		SOUNG SOVANNAK Kompong Spue, Cambodia
		PHOEUN PHAL Kompong Spue, Cambodia
		SOKSAMBO THACH Preah Tropang, Cambodia
		BURN TUN Kompong Cham, Cambodia
		ROUG PHEARUN Preveng, Cambodia
		KHIM SOKHORN Kandal, Cambodia
		TEK RATHA Udor Meanchey, Cambodia
		NY NENG Battambong, Cambodia
		KHUN VUTHY Kompong Cham, Cambodia
		RAKSMEY YIN Kompong Cham, Cambodia
		SOTHEA HOUN Kompong Cham, Cambodia
		PANNA YUON Kompong Cham, Cambodia
		RONG CHIN Battambong, Cambodia
		CHAN HIN Kompong Spue, Cambodia
		NARITH SEM Battambong, Cambodia
		Virakrith Sarun Preyveng, Cambodia
		Chenda Dem Preyveng, Cambodia

Our Vision

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The Cambodian Students Association (CSA) of Chiang Mai is dedicated to helping and supporting Cambodian Monks who are studying in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We strive to protect and support members of our community in every way possible to make their experiences here safe and rewarding.
Our 5 main goals for the CSA are:

1. To increase cooperation between the University and it's foreign monks while learning more about Thai culture and building cultural sensitivity.

2. To help the Cambodian monks who come to study at MCU Buddhist University find suitable temples for them to reside in and aid with Visa forms, extensions and other logistical issues.

3. To help strengthen and spread The Dhamma and Buddhist morality across cultures by exchanging our Cambodian heritage and knowledge and learning from other Buddhist countries through their monks and teachings.

4. To help advance society through the teachings of Buddhism on morality and a right livelihood.

5. To create solidarity and unity among the Cambodian community in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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Uong Lung

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Loung Ung is a survivor of the killing fields of Cambodia, one of the bloodiest episodes of the twentieth century. Some two million Cambodians—out of a population of just seven million—died at the hands of the infamous Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge regime.

Loung was born in 1970 to a middle-class family in Phnom Penh. Five years later, her family was forced out of the city in a mass evacuation to the countryside. By 1978, the Khmer Rouge had killed Loung’s parents and two of her siblings and she was forced to train as a child soldier. In 1980, she and her older brother escaped by boat to Thailand, where they spent five months in a refugee camp. They then relocated to Vermont through sponsorship by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and Holy Family Church parish in Burlington.

Loung returned to Cambodia fifteen years after her escape for a memorial service for the victims of the Khmer Rouge genocide and was shocked and saddened to learn that twenty of her relatives had been killed. This realization compelled her to devote herself to justice and reconciliation in her homeland. Learning about the continuing destruction being caused by the millions of landmines that still litter the countryside in Cambodia led Loung to work to spread the word about the dangers of these indiscriminate weapons.

Her memoir, First They Killed My Father: a Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, published by HarperCollins in 2000 is a national bestseller and recipient of the 2001 Asian/Pacific American Librarians’ Association award for "Excellence in Adult Non-fiction Literature" (APALA). The book has been published in eleven countries and has been translated into German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, French, Spanish, Italian, Cambodian, and Japanese. Loung has been the subject of numerous television programs, including documentary film broadcasts on NHK Television in Japan and by WDR in Germany.

Loung is a featured speaker on Cambodia, child soldiers, women and war, domestic violence, and landmines. She worked for the Vietnam Veterans’ of America Foundation's (VVAF) Campaign for a Landmine-Free World from 1997-2003, prior to which she was Community Educator for the Abused Women's Advocacy Project of the Maine Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Ms. Ung continues to serve as National Spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World.

Loung has spoken widely to schools, universities, corporations, Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), The Million Dollar Round Table Plenary, and other symposia in the US and abroad, including the UN Conference on Women in Beijing, the UN Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, and the Child Soldiers Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Loung sits on the Advisory Board for Hewlett-Packard’s World E-Inclusion Initiative and The Cambodian Association of Chicago, Illinois. The World Economic Forum selected her as one of the "100 Global Youth Leaders of Tomorrow." She has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Boston Globe, and the London Sunday Times and in Biography, Glamour, Jane, Ms., and People magazines. Loung has been featured on National Public Radio’s The Diane Rehm Show, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition, and Fresh Air with Terry Gross, The Today Show with Matt Lauer and Katie Couric, and has appeared on ABC NEWS Nightline, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox, and C-SPAN. She has recently been spotted on stage with such notable personalities as Paul McCartney and Sheryl Crow.

Samdech Mahaghosnanda's biography

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A Prayer

The suffering of Cambodia has been deep.
From this suffering comes Great Compassion.
Great Compassion makes a Peaceful Heart.
A Peaceful Heart makes a Peaceful Person.
A Peaceful Person makes a Peaceful Family.
A Peaceful Family makes a Peaceful Community.
A Peaceful Community makes a Peaceful Nation.
And a Peaceful Nation makes a Peaceful World.
May all beings live in Happiness and Peace.

-- Ven. Maha Ghosananda

The Biography of Preah Samdech Maha Ghosananda
(1913-2007)

Samdech Preah Maha Ghosananda Var Yav was born on May 23, 1913, Buddhist Era 2457, in Baray village, Trang district, Takeo Province, Kingdom of Cambodia. Parents name were Var Kut and Kim Keav. He has no siblings, only child of the family.

Samdech Preah Maha Ghosananda got ordained novice Monk on April 7, 1927, Buddhist Era 2416, at the age of fourteen (14) years old in Baray Temple, Baray Village, Trang District, Takeo Province, Kingdom of Cambodia.

Samdech received his religious education from third to first classes of Dhammavinaya, Takeo Province, Kingdom of Cambodia, 1929-1932, Buddhist Era 2472.

Samdech then got ordained Buddhist Monk on April 19,1934, Buddhist Era 2477, age of 21, Keo Preahplaeng Monastery, Phnom Penh City, Cambodia, by Samdech Preah Mahasumetatipadey Chourn Nath Jotanhano, King of Cambodian Buddhist Monks, as his ordaining teacher.

Samdech had traveled and relocated himself to many different Monasteries in Phnom Penh City for fifteen years (15) 1938-1953, Buddhist Era 2481 to 2495. Monasteries such as Sampaomeas Monastery, Langka Monastery, Ounalom Monastery, and Keo Preahplaeng Monastery.

Samdech has received and taken a lot of advantages to learn and educate one another in one way or another. He received several Master degrees from several countries all over the world. He could also speak and write in fifteen different languages such as Cambodian, English, Sangscrit, French, Lao, Chinese, Boengkali, Burmese, German, Pali, Thai, Vietnamesse, Japanese, Hindi, and last but not least Korean.

In 1978, Buddhist Era 2520, when Cambodian was in a civil war Samdech was busy coordination with the United Nations and the United States of America with Peter Pond, King Phumipokn Adoknyadat and Princess Maha Chakrey Serindorn of Thailand to help Cambodian refugees in refugees’ camps located along Thai-borders.

Samdech is a founder of International religious Council for Peace to search for a formal that can be used to find out truth, peace, and happiness. Samdech got appointed as King of Buddhist monks by Khmer Buddhists monks and laymen, by Cambodian leaders, and by the Cambodian people, and was officially recognized by United Nations and the United States of America in 1988, Buddhist Era 2530.

Samdech got honored “Doctorate” from Providence college, State of Rhode Island for his intelligence, compassions, and great favor in rescuing all kinds of human beings and educating about truth, happiness, and peace regardless of their classes which took place during Buddhist Era 2531, in 1989. Samdech also preach to educate Cambodian leaders of all parties and simple people to stop hatred and killing each other violently but to follow path of morality, good manners, truth, humanity, development, intelligence, and law as mean to resolve and settle all kinds of problems in own society. (Peace Maker all around the World)

Samdech got appointed member of Supreme International Religious Council and went to take part in an extraordinary meetings to discuss about altering war using military weapons to war using psychological weapon, in Chicago City, State of Illinois, in 1993, B. E. 2535.

Samdech wrote an book named “Step by Step”, a guide leading to truth, happiness, and peace for all Cambodians as well as for other nations in the whole world if they all follow the eminent path or ideas. His famous saying in the book he wrote was “The suffering of Cambodian has been deep, from this Suffering come great Compassions, great Compassions makes a Peaceful Heart, a Peaceful Heart makes a Peaceful Person, a Peaceful Person makes a Peaceful Family, a Peaceful Family makes a Peaceful Community, a Peaceful Community makes a Peaceful Nation, a Peaceful Nation makes a Peaceful World, and may all Beings live in Happiness and Peace in Our Universe Forever.” This book “Step by Step” was published in 1993, Buddhist Era 2535 in many different languages.

Samdech has received nominee his first “Nobel Peace Prize” from Mr. Pell, Chairman of the House, senate of the United States of America in 1994, Buhhdist Era 2536. He also got elected as Supreme counselor of Community of Khmer Buddhist Monks Center, in the United States of America in 1994, Buddhist Era 2539-2544. He then received his second, third, forth, and fifth nominee “Nobel Peace Prize” in 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998, Buddhist Era 2537, 2538, and 2539.

Samdech, heroic leader of Dhammaytra walks, to share paying his gratitude to his country, religion, monarch, and people, by doing his best to stop wars as well as to cause true happiness and real peace to our beloved homeland Cambodia. He sacrificed all of his physical and spiritual strength, including his intelligence and skills, to help his homeland and many leaders on International Arena.

Samdech Preah Mahaghosananda has led Khmer Buddhist Monks delegates, Preah monastic Supreme Sao Khon Dhammathero, Venerable Yem Nak, and preah Bhikkhu Pinn Mahamonirath Intapanyo to join a special meeting with leaders of world religions, invited by United Nations, which held about 500 religions in the world participating, held in the Conference Hall of the United Nations, New York City for four days, which costed 100 millions dollars.

Samdech got appointed to lead the second Dhammayatra in Cambodia, which started moving from Siemrab Province to Phnom Penh City. The Dhammayatra walk was interrupted many times by war between government troop and Khmer Rouge. One B-40 bomb was dropped about two meters from Samdech, but fortunately it didn’t exploded probably due to the power of his purely holy mind and power of the Triple Jewels. Dhammayatra takes total times of 7 years from 1992 to 1998, Buddhist Era 2534 to 2540. For 7 years, the Dhammayatra walk took a total distance of more than 1 million kilometers.

Sandwich also joined meeting with leaders of Sri Lanoka in Colombo City, Sri Lanoka to discuss about solidarity and sociology in which each leader must have good intelligence and compassion toward their own people, and have moral power to bring forth development, truth, happiness, peace to their own nation and people in the entire Sri Langka which took place in 1994,
Buddhist Era 2536.

Samdech offered his preaching on television and in radio of Israel to educate youngsters there, to make themselves good descendants of their families and country as “Bamboo-Shot in place of Bamboo”. The Fivefold characteristics of good descendants of families are “To listen and follow up with good advice of parents physical, verbally, and spiritually”, second “Take effort in learning up to higher education for knowledge is the basic of one’s own value and his family value as well as all times”, third “To listen and follow up with lesson taught use them to cause value to own self, family, country, and making own-self”, forth “To use knowledge that own-self has got as means of causing value and reputation to his own family and teachers”, and last is “To have plans of making, maintaining, and protecting own family and own country as well as walking towards real development, intelligence, justice, physically and spiritually, so they can catch up with modern societies of human in the whole world.

Samdech is a top Khmer Monastic intellectual, who has multi-Doctor degrees. He got Doctor degree in Buddhism Philosophy from NALANDA University, India, Honor Doctor degree from Rhode Island College, Doctor degree from Preah Suramair College from Phnom Penh City; Kingdom of Cambodia. He traveled all around the world with Venerable Pinn Mahamonirath Intapanyo to join meetings with the International Peace Council in the state of Kentucky and Ohio and more. Samdech was a chairman of “Soul Memorial Ceremony”, for all Cambodian victims who passed away from 1975-2001; invited by Lady Doctor Roberson m an official of the Refugee Immigration Service Ministry of the United States of America.

Preah Samdech Mahaghosananda last breathe on this earth was located at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in North Hampton, Mass, third floor. In present there was Novice Rinh Kim, student of Master Venerable Pinn Mahamonirath Intapayno on March 13, 2007 at 8:15 a.m. with an announcement from his doctor.