Samanera Uthumphon has been making the news when Royal Noble Consort Chao Khun Phra Sineenat Bilaskalayani went to pay her respects to him.
Samanera Uthumphon was able to chant the patimokkha even before he was 5 years old. The patimokkha is the basic code of monastic conduct, which is very difficult to learn.
Some slow monks may even take more than a decade to memorise and get their recitation correct.
Samanera Uthumphon received many great monks' confirmation that his parami is already full, so they managed to persuade his parents to let him ordain, even though he is of such young age.
One of these monks was Luang Pu Ha Supharo, the monk who can speak to dinosaurs
Samanera Uthumphon has displayed excellent conduct, much better behaved than the 5 year old Singaporean kids who only know how to watch videos on their iPads.
This reminds me of Sumana the Novice Arahant.
"I was newly ordained as a monk, and I was only seven years old. One day, I tamed a very vicious king snake, that had great supernormal powers, using my own supernormal powers.
That day I was bringing water from the great lake Anotatta (a lake located in the Himalayas, famed for the purity of its cool waters. Sumana would have had to use his psychic powers to fetch water from there) for my preceptor.
The great teacher saw me. Pointing me out, the great teacher, the Buddha said this:
Sāriputta, look at that young monk bringing a water pot.
He is perfectly stilled inwardly.
His behavior is pleasing to others. Even the sight of him is wonderful for us. That novice monk is skilled in supernormal powers.
He is excellent in the Dhamma. He is a pupil of Anuruddha.
He was made a great person by a great person. He was made a noble person by a noble person. He was trained and disciplined by Anuruddha who has already completed the path.
That novice Sumana has attained the highest peace. He is an enlightened one. But he doesn’t want others to know that he is."
The Verses of Arahant Sumana - Theragāthā 6.10
Cr. Mahamevnawa, Polgahawela, Sri Lanka
