Forest Tradition of Thailand (from Pali: kammaṭṭhāna [kəmːəʈʈʰaːna] meaning "place of work"), commonly known in the West as the Thai Forest Tradition...
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Vinaya and the traditional Thai disciplines of the regional traditions. Tambiah writes: "The Thammayut brand of Central Thai Buddhism was to be the criterion...
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Buddhist monk and author. Belonging to the Thai Forest Tradition, he studied for ten years under the forest master Ajahn Fuang Jotiko (himself a student...
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Ajahn Mun (category Thai Forest Tradition monks)
Kantasīlo, with establishing the Thai Forest Tradition or "Kammaṭṭhāna tradition" that subsequently spread throughout Thailand and to several countries abroad...
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The Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah is a Mahanikai monastic organization in the Thai Forest Tradition composed of the students of Ajahn Chah Subhaddo. Strictly...
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Ajahn Chah (category Thai Forest Tradition monks)
was a Thai Buddhist monk. He was an influential teacher of the Buddhadhamma and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition. Respected...
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Buddhism and the Thai monarchy have often been intertwined, with Thai kings historically seen as the main patrons of Buddhism in Thailand. Although politics...
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Ajahn Sumedho (category American expatriates in Thailand)
in Thailand and the Cittaviveka and Amaravati monasteries in England. One of the most senior Western representatives of the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravāda...
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Ajahn Lee (category Thai Theravada Buddhist monks)
known as Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo, was a meditation teacher in the Thai Forest Tradition of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya order of Theravada Buddhism. He was...
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Ajahn Brahm (category Articles containing Thai-language text)
British-born Buddhist monk. Ordained in 1974, he trained in the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravada Buddhism under his teacher Ajahn Chah. Currently, Ajahn...
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Ajahn Jayasāro (category Thai Forest Tradition monks)
Michael Chiverton on 7 January 1958) is a British and Thai Buddhist monk in the Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah. Jayasāro was born on the Isle of Wight...
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Luang Pu Waen Suciṇṇo (category CS1 uses Thai-language script (th))
Suciṇṇo (Thai: หลวงปู่แหวน สุจิณโณ; 16 February 1887 – 2 July 1985) was a Buddhist monk in Thailand, and part of the Thai Forest Tradition. He took novice...
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Ajahn Maha Bua (category Articles needing translation from Thai Wikipedia)
the Thai Forest Tradition lineage until his death in 2011. Ajahn Maha Bua (Thai: อาจารย์มหาบัว) was also commonly known as Luang Ta Maha Bua (Thai: หลวงตามหาบัว)...
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Theravada (category Articles containing Thai-language text)
reinvigorated Theravāda meditation practice, the growth of the Thai Forest Tradition which reemphasized forest monasticism and the spread of Theravāda westward to...
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Ajahn Khemadhammo (category Buddhism in Thailand)
and retired professional actor. He is one of the founders of the Thai Forest Tradition in the West. Khemadhammo was born in Portsmouth, England. In 1971...
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Ajahn Amaro (section Thai honorific ranks)
as much for ordinary people as for monastics, is inspired by the Thai Forest Tradition and the teachings of the late Ajahn Chah. Its chief priorities are...
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Buddhist meditation (section Thai Forest tradition)
Ajahn Brahm (who, like Bhikkhu Thanissaro, is of the Thai Forest Tradition) writes: "Some traditions speak of two types of meditation, insight meditation...
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Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo (category Thai Forest Tradition monks)
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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by the Buddhist Publication Society and many teachers from the Thai Forest Tradition. Access to Insight began in 1993 as a bulletin board system run...
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Wat Pah Nanachat (category Buddhist temples and monasteries of the Thai Forest Tradition)
by Ajahn Chah as a training community for non-Thais according to the norms of the Thai Forest Tradition. Resident monks, novices and postulants include...
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The Dhammakaya tradition or Dhammakaya movement (sometimes spelled Thammakaai) is a Thai Buddhist tradition founded by Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro in the early...
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Chithurst Buddhist Monastery (redirect from Chithurst Forest Monastery)
Buddhist Monastery, is an English Theravada Buddhist Monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition. It is situated in West Sussex, England in the hamlet of Chithurst...
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Phra Khuva Boonchum (category Thai Forest Tradition monks)
Ñāṇasaṁvara (Thai: ญาณสํวโร; Burmese: ဉာဏသံဝရ) is a Shan Buddhist monk of the Thai Forest Tradition, specifically the Northern Thai Forest Tradition established...
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Sundara (born 1946), French-born ordained monastic in the Buddhist Thai Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah M. S. Sundara Rajan (born 1950), Indian banker, economist...
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community as well as living in the wilderness, a key feature of the Thai Forest Tradition of which he is a part.: 178 All visitors are expected to follow...
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in Thailand. Influences from both these traditions can still be seen in present-day Thai folklore. Brahminical shrines play an important role in Thai folk...
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masters). The Thai Forest Tradition names itself Kammaṭṭhāna Forest tradition in reference to their practice of meditating in the forests. In the Pali...
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Press edition, Rangoon, Myanmar (Burmese script) Thai Royal Siamese edition, Bangkok, Thailand (Thai script) คัมภีร์วิสุทธิมรรค (Khamphi Wisutthimak)...
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Fuang Jotiko (category Thai Forest Tradition monks)
Ajahn Fuang Jotiko (1915 – 14 May 1986) was a Thai Buddhist monk and abbot in the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravada Buddhism. Fuang was a student of...
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