Ajahn Kukrit
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Muttodaya Forest Monastery, Germany
Muttodaya Forest Monastery, Germany
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In this series Tan Ajahn Jayasaro, a British monk in the Theravadan Forest Tradition of Thailand who trained with Ajahn Chah and is the former abbot of the International Forest Monastery Wat Pa Nanachat, gives information on meditation in general and Buddhist meditation in particular for people with or without meditation experience.
In this series Tan Ajahn Jayasaro tells the life story of Ajahn Chah. Ajahn Jayasaro has researched Ajahn Chah's life for many years and authored an influential, 'official' biography of Ajahn Chah in Thai on request of Thai senior monks which, however, has never been translated into English. These informal recordings at his hermitage attempt to provide some insights into the origins and development of one of the most influential Buddhist meditation masters of the 20th century, who continues to affect the lives of meditators around the world. We will keep adding clips to this series until April 2008. The whole list of videos is available at http://www.ajahnchah.org/videos.htm Please rate and comment.
Luang Poo Bunyarit is a highly respected forest Monk who has been a disciple of Luang Por Chorp, one of the chief disciples of Tan Ajahn Mun, the father of the influential Thai forest tradition. He is 94 years old (in 2007) and lives and teaches in the outskirts of Bangkok.
Venerable Kumara is a Malaysian monk who is staying with ven. Aggacitta in SBS, a thriving forest monastery near Penang in Malaysia.
Sayadaw U Thuzana is a Burmese monk who is currently in charge of MBMC, a Mahasi Meditation Center in Penang, Malaysia.
Tan Ajahn Mitsuo Gavesako is a Japanese monk who was ordained under Luang Por Cha and is the abbot of Wat Sunan, near Kanchanaburi in Thailand.
A monk of Czech origine ordained in Burma 1992. He set up the Buddhist Centre Bodhipala in the Czech Republic, where he teaches insight meditation; most of the year, however, he lives in the Swiss Monastery Dhammapala.
Ven. Nagita was born in 1942 and ordained in 1999. He was appointed assistant teacher to Goenka after practicing his method for only a year. Later he became inspired by Shweoomin Sayadaw and his chief disciple U Tejjaniya.
U Rewata has been initially inspired by Mogok Sayadaw's method and is currently a teacher of the Mahasi Method in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana or "Bhante G", as he is affectionately called, was born in Sri Lanka in 1927. He was ordained as a novice at the age of twelve, and recieved higher ordination in Kandy in 1947. After visiting the Buddhist Missionary College in Colombo, he traveled to India to serve under Mahabodhi Society for five years. He spent another ten years as a missionary in Malaysia, before coming to Washington D.C. in 1968, where he served at the Buddhist Vihara for 20 years. Bhante Gunaratana cofounded the monastery and retreat center Bhavana Society in West Virginia, of which he has been president since 1982. He earned a Ph.D. in philosophy at The American University and has written best-selling books like "Mindfulness in Plain English". Bhante Gunaratana resides at Bhavana Society, where he ordains and trains monks and nuns, and offers retreats to the public. He also travels frequently to lecture and lead retreats throughout the world.
Bhante Nyanabodhi ist Mönch in der Theravada-Tradition, Abt des Waldklosters Metta-Vihara bei Kempten i.A. und spiritueller Leiter des Buddha-Hauses in der Nachfolge von Ayya Khema.
Ven. Jutipanyo has been ordained in Thailand and is currently the abbot of a monastery in Pontian, Johor, southern Malaysia.
Ven. Uttamo is staying with Ven. Dhammavuddho as his teacher in Vihara Buddha Gotama in Temoh, Malaysia. Before his ordination he was strongly engaged in the Buddhist community and as a college teacher; these experiences gave him much insight into the human condition.
Ven. Dhammavuddho Thero (Bhikkhu Hye) is the abbot of Vihara Buddha Gotama, a Theravada Buddhist monastery in Malaysia. He has originally been ordained in the Mahayana tradition by Master Hua in 1983, but changed to the Theravada school in 1986. For further information, visit his website at vbgnet.org
