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.
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.
