Luang Pu Wat Paknam

 "He had a fine upright posture. His body, swathed in a thin yellow robe which left the right arm and shoulder bare. gave the impression of controlled strength. His strong, deeply-chiselled face had an air of kindness and peace about it. The eyes, surrounded by lines which could only have come through many years of laughing, were penetrating and bright. The head and eyebrows, shaven clean of hair as is the custom for Thai bhikkhus, finished for me a picture of a man majestic in his way, a man of strength and will-power, of kindness and understanding, of learning and experience--and, I imagined, a disciplinarian."

Richard Randall about Luang Pu Wat Paknam, 1954.