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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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    Thai Forest Tradition of Theravada Buddhism under his teacher Ajahn Chah. Currently, Ajahn Brahm is the abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine, Western...
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    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 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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    northeast Thailand founded by Ajahn Chah for training his non-Thai students. In 1977, Ajahn Sumedho accompanied Ajahn Chah on a visit to England. After...
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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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    recognized by Ajahn Maha Bua. The community that he founded is formally referred to as The Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah. In 1967, Ajahn Chah founded Wat...
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    is inspired by the Thai Forest Tradition and the teachings of the late Ajahn Chah. Its chief priorities are the practice and teaching of Buddhist ethics...
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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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  • Look up chah in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. CHAH, or Chah may refer to: Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria or CHAH Ajahn Chah, a Thai Buddhist...
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    sympathies. Ajahn Chah Subhaddo was a Mahanikai monk who practiced in Ajahn Mun's tradition. Ajahn Chah primarily practiced under the instruction of Ajahn Kinnaree...
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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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    Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (also known as Ajahn Geoff; born December 28, 1949) is an American Buddhist monk and author. Belonging to the Thai Forest Tradition...
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    Ajahn Ahimsako. The monastery was established by Ajahn Sumedho under the auspices of his teacher, Ajahn Chah of Wat Pah Pong, Ubon, Thailand. Ajahn Chah...
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    Forest Tradition Chithurst Buddhist Monastery Aruna Ratanagiri Ajahn Chah Ajahn Sumedho Ajahn Viradhammo See Cittaviveka: teachings from the silent mind for...
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    became a novice monk and about a month later moved to Ubon to stay with Ajahn Chah at Wat Nong Pah Pong : Wat Nong Pah Pong (Generally shortened to: Wat...
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  • more well-known Theravādin monks are Ajahn Mun, Ajahn Chah, Ledi Sayadaw, Webu Sayadaw, Narada Maha Thera, Ajahn Plien Panyapatipo, Buddhadasa, Mahasi...
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    Thailand, Burma and India, first as a student of the Thai forest master Ajahn Chah and Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. He has taught mindfulness meditation worldwide...
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  • calming the mind. The Thai Forest tradition deriving from Ajahn Mun and popularized by Ajahn Chah stresses the inseparability of samatha and vipassanā, and...
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    kilometres from the city of Ubon Rachathani. It was established in 1975 by Ajahn Chah as a training community for non-Thais according to the norms of the Thai...
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  • Tamil poet and writer Ajahn Sundara (born 1946), French-born ordained monastic in the Buddhist Thai Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah M. S. Sundara Rajan (born...
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  • this, Ajahn Chah replies: "What about the rest of us, Sumedho? Don't you care about those who'll be left behind?" Ajahn Amaro comments that Ajahn Chah could...
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    was Ajahn Chah. Another fellow disciple who remained a lifelong friend was Ajahn Maha Bua. Living and meditating in isolated caves and forests, Ajahn Thate...
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    tradition of Theravada Buddhism. He was ordained as a monk in 1974 by Ajahn Chah at Wat Nong Pah Pong monastery and became one of the first residents at...
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    he sided with Ajahn Lee's agenda to rid the area of spirit worship and make Buddhist practice more orthodox. Ajahn Jayasaro. "Ajahn Chah - Bio 1 - Childhood"...
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    takes inspiration from the teachings of the community's founder, the late Ajahn Chah. Its chief priorities are the training and support of a resident monastic...
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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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  • giving them official recognition as female renunciants trained in the Ajahn Chah lineage. The reasons for its establishment are due to the historical loss...
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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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    Publications, pp. 1–78, ISBN 978-1-78432-079-9 Thai Forest Tradition Ajahn Chah Ajahn Sumedho Ajahn Candasiri Chithurst Buddhist Monastery Amaravati Buddhist Monastery...
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