Ajahn Sona answers questions live from the monastery, streamed on his own channel. Paused while the monastery is closed for work projects in November.
Ajahn Sona answers questions live from the monastery, streamed on his own channel. Paused while the monastery is closed for work projects in November.
Ajahn Sona, born Tom West in Canada in 1954, trained as a classical guitarist before taking up monastic life in the Thai Forest Tradition. After training in Thailand, he returned to Canada and in 1994 founded Birken Forest Monastery, a monastery of this tradition in British Columbia, where he is abbot. He now teaches mainly at the monastery and online, including regular question-and-answer sessions.
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