The Cremation of Luang Pho Kung

In Thai culture, forest monks like Luang Pho Kung are venerated as living embodiments of deep spiritual power—men who have spent lifetimes in silence, discipline, and communion with the unseen. When Luang Pho Kung passed away in 2022 at the age of 109, it marked more than the end of a life—it was the release of a force long held in quiet intensity.

This piece captures that moment. Against a radiant sky of pinks and oranges—the colours of transcendence—a great upsurge of form rises like a flame or a blessing. At its peak, the energy curls into the shape of an open hand: Phra Phrom, metta, the universal symbol of peace and spiritual offering.