Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen () is a royal wat located in Phasi Charoen District, Bangkok, at the Chao Phraya River. Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen is the temple where Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro used to be the abbot, and still is known for its meditation lessons. The temple underwent a major change during the period that Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro became the temple's abbot, from a temple with only thirteen monks that was in disrepair, to a prosperous center of education and meditation practice. In 2008, it housed two hundred to four hundred monks, eighty to ninety "samanera" (young novices) and two hundred to three hundred "maechis" (nuns). the temple's abbot was Somdet Chuang Varapuñño, who was the acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand ("Sangharaja") from 2013 to 2017. In 2015, he was proposed by the Sangha Supreme Council as the new Supreme Patriarch, but the appointment was stalled by the "junta," which cited objections by several influential former leaders of the 2014 coup d'état. The appointment was eventually withdrawn and a monk from the Dhammayuttika Nikaya appointed instead after the "junta" changed the law to allow the King to appoint the Supreme Patriarch directly, with the Prime Minister countersigning.