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. 

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​AJAHN DHAMMADARO
Ajahn Dhammadaro is an Australian monk, who ordained with Ajahn Kalyano at Buddha Bodhivana, Warburton, and trained there for 10 years. He has since lived many years in Thailand and was recently a senior monk at Sunyata monastery, Ireland. Recently at Dhammagiri to oversee the monastery while
​Aj. Dhammasiha was in silence, he has extended his stay due to the coronavirus emergency.

VEN. MONEYYO
Ven. Moneyyo was born in 1982 in Vienna, Austria and started his monastic life in 2009 
at Cittaviveka Monastery, UK with Ajahn Sucitto as Acariya. In 2010 he became Novice 
(Samanera) and in 2011 Monk (Bhikkhu) with Ajahn Amaro as Upajjhaya. He resided at 
Dhammagiri for a year in 2015 and has returned for a planned stay of two years.​

​VEN. DANTACITTO
Ven. Dantacitto (5 Vassa) is an Australian of Japanese background who trained under Ajahn Kevali at Wat Pah Nanachat in Thailand. He has resided at Dhammagiri since November 2018 and has extended his stay due to the coronavirus emergency.