Phra Suddhidhammaransi Gambhiramedhacarya (1907–1961), commonly known as Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo, was a meditation teacher in the Thai Forest Tradition of...
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Thai Forest Tradition (section Ajahn Lee)
Buddhist monasticism. The Thai Forest Tradition started around 1900 with Ajahn Mun Bhuridatto, who wanted to practice Buddhist monasticism and its meditative...
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famous ajahns are: Ajahn Amaro Ajahn Maha Boowa Ajahn Brahm Ajahn Chah Ajahn Jayasāro Ajahn Khemadhammo Ajahn Lee Ajahn Mun Ajahn Pasanno Ajahn Sao Kantasilo...
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Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (redirect from Ajahn Thanissaro)
he studied for ten years under the forest master Ajahn Fuang Jotiko (himself a student of Ajahn Lee). Since 1993, he has served as abbot of the Metta...
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Visuddhisamvarathera AM (Thai: พระวิสุทธิสังวรเถร), known as Ajahn Brahmavaṃso, or simply Ajahn Brahm (born Peter Betts on 7 August 1951), is a British-born...
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Ajahn Sumedho (born Robert Karr Jackman on July 27, 1934) is an American Buddhist monk. He was ordained in 1967, and was instrumental in establishing...
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Ajahn Chah (17 June 1918 – 16 January 1992) was a Thai Buddhist monk. He was an influential teacher of the Buddhadhamma and a founder of two major monasteries...
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Ajahn Amaro (born 2 September 1956) is a Theravāda Buddhist monk and teacher, and abbot of the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery at the eastern end of the...
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Fuang Jotiko (redirect from Ajahn Fuang Jotiko)
Theravada Buddhism. Fuang was a student of Ajahn Lee at Wat Asokaram, a monastery near Bangkok. After Ajahn Lee's death in 1961, Fuang continued at Wat Asokaram...
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Ajahn Waen as his preceptor. After his original teachers had all disrobed, he felt the need to go searching for a new teacher, and finally met Ajahn Mun...
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a Thai bhikkhu from Isan region who is credited, along with his mentor, Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo, with establishing the Thai Forest Tradition or "Kammaṭṭhāna...
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Ajahn Jayasāro (born Shaun Michael Chiverton on 7 January 1958) is a British and Thai Buddhist monk in the Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah. Jayasāro was...
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Kosala Ajahn Amaro (born 1956) Ajahn Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (1906–1993) Ajahn Brahm (born 1951) Ajahn Candasiri (born 1947) Ajahn Chah (1918–1992) Ajahn Anan...
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Ajahn Pasanno (born Reed Perry, Manitoba, Canada, July 26, 1949) is the most senior Western disciple of Ven. Ajahn Chah in the United States, and most...
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Ajahn Maha Bua (12 August 1913 – 30 January 2011) was a Thai Buddhist monk. He was thought by many of his followers to be an arahant (someone who has...
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Ajahn Khemadhammo OBE (also known as Chao Khun Bhavanaviteht; born (1944-07-17)17 July 1944) is a Theravāda Buddhist monk and retired professional actor...
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meditation-master Ajahn Lee classifies the first two types of paññā as dhamma on the theory-level and the last as dhamma on the practice-level. Ajahn Lee states...
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Ajahn Sucitto (Bhikkhu Sucitto, born 4 November 1949) is a British-born Theravada Buddhist monk (Ajahn is the Thai rendition of ācārya, the Sanskrit word...
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Ajahn Sao Kantasilo (1859–1942) was a monk in the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravada Buddhism. He was a member of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya. Ajahn Sao...
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Bhante Sujato (redirect from Ajahn Sujato)
known as Ajahn Sujato or Bhikkhu Sujato (born Anthony Best), is an Australian Buddhist monk ordained into the Thai forest lineage of Ajahn Chah. Formerly...
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Lao-speaking cultural region of Northeast Thailand known as Isan. Ajahn Mun learned from Ajahn Sao in the late 19th century, where he studied amidst the growing...
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without necessarily naming them. According to Thai meditation master Ajahn Lee, the practice of both samatha and vipassanā together allows one to achieve...
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Phra Ajahn Thate Desaransi (1902–1994), also known as Ajahn Tate, Luangpu Thet Thetrangsi, Phra Desarangsee, or by his monastic title Phra Rajanirodharangsee...
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by Ajahn Anan Akincano Wisdom Develops Samadhi, by Ajahn Maha Boowa Lessons in Samadhi, by Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo Tibetan Buddhism Developing Samadhi, by...
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original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023. Dhammadharo, Ajahn Lee (1998). "Visakha Puja". Access to Insight. Translated by Bhikkhu, Thanissaro...
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Ajaan Suwat Suvaco (redirect from Ajahn Suwat Suvaco)
Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo (1861–1941) Ajahn Mun Bhūridatta (1870–1949) Ajahn Waen Suciṇṇo (1887–1985) Ajahn Thate Desaransi (1902–1994) Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo...
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Reinhold Rost Frank Lee Woodward S. N. Goenka Hammalawa Saddhatissa Henepola Gunaratana Henry Steel Olcott Jack Kornfield Ajahn Jayasāro Joseph Goldstein...
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who Analāyo uses to exemplify this teaching method are S. N. Goenka and Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo. While justifying such a practice, Analāyo (2006), p. 23,...
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Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo (1861–1941) Ajahn Mun Bhūridatta (1870–1949) Ajahn Waen Suciṇṇo (1887–1985) Ajahn Thate Desaransi (1902–1994) Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo...
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Ajahn Viradhammo or Luang Por Viradhammo (born Vitauts Akers, April 27, 1947 Esslingen, Germany) is a Canadian monk in the Thai forest tradition of Theravada...
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