AJAHN KARUNIKO BIOGRAPHY

Venerable Ajahn Karuniko (Christopher John Woodfine) was born in 1953 
near Manchester in England. He graduated from Sheffield University with 
an honours degree in electronics engineering 1975. After graduation, he 
worked as an engineer in North London. His first contact with Buddhism was 
from reading a book in 1976, which made a deep impression on him.Two 
years later, he had the good fortune to meet Ven Ajahn Sumedho who had 
recently taken up residence in Hampstead Vihara, North London. He then 
became an anagarika (novice) in 1982 under the guidance of Ven Ajahn 
Sumedho at CITTA VIVEKA Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, England.In July 
1984, he took the monk’s (bhikkju) ordination with Ven Ajahn Sumedho. 
Venerable Ajahn Karuniko had spent most of his monastic life helping to 
establish monasteries in England and New Zealand, and spent three years 
living in monasteries in Thailand. At present, he is deputy abbot at CITTA 
VIVEKA Chithurst Monastery.