Thai Forest elder
Ajahn Sumedho
American-born elder of the Thai Forest tradition, founder of Chithurst and Amaravati monasteries in England and the most senior Western monk in the lineage of Ajahn Chah.
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Fortnightly Dhamma Talk with Luang Por Sumedho
Ajahn Sumedho offers a Dhamma talk in the temple at Amaravati every half moon day, at 3pm, and the monastery asks visitors to check its online calendar in case a talk is cancelled.
“Nothing is more joyless than selfishness.”Ajahn Sumedho
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Discipline & wilderness
Thai Forest
Forest monastic lineage within Theravada Buddhism, emphasising strict monastic discipline and meditation in a natural setting.
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Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
St Margarets, Great Gaddesden
Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom