Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage
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 MONASTERIES WORLDWIDE IN THE LINEAGE OF AJAHN CHAH 


AUSTRALIA

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Buddha Bodhivana Monastery
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A large monastery located in East Warburton, about one and a half hours from Melbourne.
Abbot: Ajahn Kalyano
www.buddhabodhivana.org

Wat Buddha Dhamma 
A remote monastery located in Dharug National Park, New South Wales, outside of Sydney.

Abbot: Ajahn Khemavaro
www.wbd.org.au

Dhammagiri Forest Monastery
A quiet monastery located adjacent to a National Park in the hills outside of Brisbane.
Abbot: Ajahn Dhammasiha
www.dhammagiri.org.au

Vimokkharam Forest Hermitage
A small hermitage in the Dandenong Ranges of Melbourne.
Abbot: Ajahn Hasapañño
www.vimokkharam.org

Bodhisaddha Forest Monastery
A branch of Wat Marp Jan about an hour outside of Sydney.
Abbot: Ajahn Varadhammo
www.bodhisaddha.org

Bodhipāla Monastery
A new monastery near Adelaide
Abbot: Ajahn Nyanadipo
https://www.facebook.com/bodhipalamonasteryadelaide/

BRAZIL 

Suddhavari Buddhist Monastery Another emerging monastery, located near the small hill city of São Lourenço, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
Abbot: Ajahn Mudito
www.suddhavari.org

CANADA

Tisarana Buddhist Monastery
Located near Perth, Ontario
Abbot: Ajahn Viradhammo.
www.tisarana.ca

Arrow River Forest Hermitage
A small hermitage in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Abbot: Ajahn Punnadhammo.
www.arrowriver.ca

Sitavana (Birken Forest Monastery)
A monastery and retreat center in remote British Columbia.
Abbot: Ajahn Sona.
www.birken.ca

GERMANY

Muttodaya Waldkloster
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A forest monastery not far from Nuremberg in Germany, with websites in German, English and Thai.
Abbot: Ajahn Cattamalo.
www.muttodaya.org

ITALY

Santacittarama Monastero
Located near Rome in Italy. Three main languages: Italian, Thai, and English.
Abbot: Ajahn Chandapalo.
www.santacittarama.org

NEW ZEALAND

Bodhinyanarama
Established by Ajahn Sumedho already in the mid-eighties, near Wellington.
Abbot: Ajahn Kusalo
www.bodhinyanarama.net.nz

Vimutti Buddhist Monastery
Located outside of Auckland.
Abbot: Ajahn Chandako
www.vimutti.org.nz

NORWAY

Lokuttara Vihara (Skiptvet Buddhist Monastery)
A recently established forest monastery in Norway, not far from Oslo.
Abbot: Ajahn Kalyano.
www.skiptvet-vihara.weebly.com

PORTUGAL

Sumedharama
Located near Lisbon, Portugal.
Abbot: Ajahn Vajiro
www.sumedharama.pt

SWITZERLAND

Dhammapala Kloster
Located in Kandersteg, Switzerland, surrounded by towering mountains. Main languages are German and English. Annual newsletters are also produced in French and Thai.
Abbot: Ajahn Abhinando.
www.dhammapala.ch

UNITED KINGDOM

Amaravati Buddhist Monastery 
The largest Western monastery in our tradition, near London, with communities of monks and nuns, and a retreat center. Founded by Ajahn Sumedho.

Abbot: Ajahn Amaro.
www.amaravati.org

Cittaviveka (Chithurst Buddhist Monastery) 
The first Ajahn Chah forest monastery outside of Thailand. Founded by Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Sumedho, with communities of monks and nuns.

Abbot: Ajahn Ahimsako.
www.cittaviveka.org

Aruna Ratanagiri (Harnham Buddhist Monastery)
A monastery established already in the 1980ies, in Northumberland, near the Scottish border.
Abbot: Ajahn Munindo.
www.ratanagiri.org.uk

Hartridge Buddhist Monastery 
A small monastery in the Devon countryside.
Abbot: Ajahn Jutindharo.
www.hartridgemonastery.org

The Forest Hermitage (Wat Pah Santidhamma) 
A hermitage already established in the 1980s, in Warwickshire, England.

Abbot: Ajahn Khemadhammo.
www.foresthermitage.org.uk

Milntuim Hermitage 
In Perthshire, Scotland, is a place where nuns can live in a female community or on solitary retreat.

Abbess: Ajahn Candasiri.

USA

Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery
A large training monastery in California near San Francisco, the first to be established in North America.
Co-Abbots: Ajahn Karunadhammo, Ajahn Nyaniko
Founding Abbot: Ajahn Pasanno.
www.abhayagiri.org

Pacific Hermitage 
A branch of Abhayagiri in the Pacific Northwest.

Abbot: Ajahn Sudanto.
www.pacifichermitage.org

Temple Forest Monastery (Jetavana)
An emerging monastery in Temple, New Hampshire, not far from Boston.
Co-Abbots: Ajahn Jayanto, Ajahn Anando.
www.forestmonastery.org

NB: The above are links to Western monasteries that consider themselves as part of the tradition of Ajahn Chah, as far as we are aware of. The list has no claim to completeness, there may be other monasteries that are simply unknown to us.
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THAILAND
(N.B.: There are hundreds of branch monasteries of the Ajahn Chah tradition in Thailand. The following is only a selection of those with long established practice of Western monks staying and training there)


Wat Nong Pah Pong 
This is the main monastery for the Ajahn Chah community, the original monastery established by Ajahn Chah himself, near Ubon Rajathani. The website is in Thai only.

Abbot: Ajahn Liem
www.ubu.ac.th/wat/


Wat Pah Nanachat 
The ‘International Forest Monastery’. Wat Pah Nanachat was established by Ajahn Chah, who asked Ajahn Sumedho to be the first abbot. Located a few miles from Wat Pah Pong, it is the main monastery in Thailand for Western monks in the Ajahn Chah community.

Abbot: Ajahn Kevali.
www.watpahnanachat.org

Wat Marp Jan
A large monastery in Rayong Province, which also accepts Westerners who wish to ordain as monks.
Abbot: Ajahn Anan
www.watmarpjan.org/en/

Wat Boonyawad
A large monastery in Chonburi Province, which also accepts Westerners who wish to become monks.
Abbot: Ajahn Dtun
www.watboonyawad.com

Wat Ratanawan
Located in Korat Province, with English-speaking monks living and training alongside Thai monks.
Abbot: Ajahn Nyanadhammo

Anandagiri Forest Monastery
Located in Petchabun Province, with English-speaking monks living and training alongside Thai monks.
Abbot: Ajahn Achalo
www.peacebeyondsuffering.org/anandagiri.html
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​OTHER DHAMMA RESOURCES

Access to Insight 
Makes available an enormous amount of Theravada Buddhist textual material, including translated discourses of the Buddha and many books from teachers in the Thai forest tradition as well as material from the Buddhist Publication Society.
www.accesstoinsight.org

Amaravati 
The website of our largest Western monastery contains a great wealth of free distribution material of Dhammatalks and Chanting, in ebook format, PDF & audio

www.amaravati.org

Ancient Buddhist Texts 
Pali texts and translations and various related materials and audio files

www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/

Dhammatalks.org 
Offers downloads of Dhamma Talks, books and essays by Ajahn Thanissaro of Metta Forest Monastery in various audio and text formats.

www.dhammatalks.org

Forestsangha 
Rich resource of Dhammabooks, Dhammatalks, Images, News and Information about the Tradition of Ajahn Chah.

www.forestsangha.org

Forest Dhamma 
This website offers books and audio teachings by Ajahn Maha Boowa and Ajahn Paññavaddho in English and other languages.

www.forestdhamma.org
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