Monks in Residence

BHIKKHU DHAMMASIHA (Abbot of Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage)
Bhikkhu Dhammasiha was born in West Germany in 1966. He ordained as a Theravāda Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka in June 1995, with most Ven. Pandita K. Sri Jinavamsa as preceptor. For three years he trained at Nissarana Vana, Meetirigala in Sri Lanka, a forest monastery dedicated to solitary practice of meditation, and meticulous observance of the Theravāda Vinaya. His approach to practice was guided by the Suttas of the Pāli Canon, and by the examples of senior monks. In 1998 he came to Australia and started training in the tradition of Ajahn Chah, first at Bodhinyana Monastery in Perth, and later at Vimokkharam, a quiet Forest Hermitage in Melbourne’s Dandenong Ranges. Bhikkhu Dhammasiha arrived in Brisbane in 2007 and helped in establishing a forest monastery in South East Queensland, where he remains as abbot. 

VENERABLE KHANTIKO
​Venerable Khantiko, a German monk of 8 Vassa, arrived at Dhammagiri on 26 February and will be in residence until 28 June.
Venerable is a German monk of 8 vassa, who has ordained in the Dhammayut tradition with Luang Por Tongdaeng. 
The last few years Ven Khantiko has lived in 'Doi Mongkolsathan Forest Hermitage', in in a remote area of Chiang Mai Province,
​which he shares with one other monk

VEN. AKINCANO
Ven Akiñcano is a British monk of 3 vassa, who has trained at Cittaviveka Monastery, Chithurst near London, with Ajahn Kāruniko as his teacher.