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Luang Pu Thep Lok Udon or Luang Pu Yai is a legendary bikkhu (Buddhist monk), who is widely revered and is believed to have been guiding people to adhere to the Dharma through many ages. According to legends, Luang Pu Thep Lok Udon is the monk Utara Thera who traveled to Suvarnabhumi together with the monk Sona Thera during the reign of King Ashoka the Great around the year 236 B.E. (Buddhist Era) or 779 C.E. Many believe him to be a living arhat who continues to remain on earth through the practice of Dhyana (Pāli: jhāna) and the four Iddhipāda (Pali; Skt. ṛddhipāda) in order to prolong Buddhism to the present times.