At the age of ** Pra Ajarn Phob Chok was introduced to Buddhism and since then, he became a disciple and has dedicated his life to cultivate Buddhism ever since. At the age of 38, he chose to give up the ordinary life of a person including his properties, assets and family in the course of following the path of a monk. He asked for the blessing and permission of his parents to leave home in order to be a monk.
Since then, he has been very dedicated and passionate in learning, cultivating and spreading the teaching of Buddhism. He has been given a Buddhist name, Ti Sa Wuang So, when he became a disciple of Buddhism. At the current age of 53, he started his journey living in the temple at Ratchaburi about 100km far from Bangkok. He travelled down to Chiang Rai one day to study Dharma. He realised that Chiang Rai was a the best place for him to study Dharma and he then decided to stay in Chiang Rai ever since. He lived at the first temple in WAT RONG THAN for 8 years continuing his cultivation of Buddhism. At the end of the 8th year, from word of mouth through friends, he came to know of an old temple which is was not properly maintained. The old temple which had no name at that time was given a name, WAT HYUA PLA KANG. The temple which is the present temple has been using the name ever since.
When Pra Ajarn Phob Chok saw this place being not properly taken cared of, he realised that he should take on the responsibility of developing it because of its importance as the glorious creed of Buddhism.