A conversation with Pamutto Bhikkhu about how a Canadian musician became a forest monk.
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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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Forest monastic lineage within Theravada Buddhism, emphasising strict monastic discipline and meditation in a natural setting.
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