Luangpu Pha (monk name: Gosalo) of Wat Duei Kai is a highly respected monk in Ubon Ratchathani province. In 2015, he is 93 and has been a monk for 73 years.
People sometimes call him Luangpho Phee Yan that means a monk who makes ghost fear Luangpho means a monk and Phee Yan (northeastern Thai dialect) means making ghosts fear.
This name came from when LP Pha was a young monk, he helped people who were obsessed by ghosts with magic he had learnt from his lay guru master.
People obsessed by ghosts screamed and after LP Pha treated, they became normal.
At present, he is sometimes invited to do that by people living near Laos and Cambodia.
When LP Pha was newly ordained, he traveled to learn magic from many experts until he all understood. With his sacredness, he was once cut at throat by a criminal, but the blade did not cut his skin at all.
LP Pha is a good monk. All his life, he does good and helps people. T
oday, LP Pha lives at Wat Duei Kai, a small temple where he established by himself.
This temple has only LP Pha and a lot of chickens. LP Pha feeds these chickens every day and they are very tame.
