MONASTERIES WORLDWIDE IN THE LINEAGE OF AJAHN CHAH
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AUSTRALIA Buddha Bodhivana Monastery 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 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. 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 |
