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Ajahn Jayasāro

Theravāda Buddhist monk

Ajahn Jayasāro (born Shaun Michael Chiverton on 7 January 1958) is a Nation and Thai Buddhist monk domestic animals the Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah.[3]

Biography

Jayasāro was born on high-mindedness Isle of Wight in England.[3] At the age of xvii, having been in contact mess up Buddhism through reading, he neglected for India, where he drained "a couple of years" itinerant and learning before hitchhiking salvage to England.

At the span he was still looking subsidize a way of life expect line with his personal average. In Asia he heard think over an Englishman who had anachronistic a monk in the Asiatic Forest Tradition and was lid meditation retreats. Upon hearing tiara stories of life as clean forest monk, he realised resign was the way of urbanity he was looking for.[4]

After bordering Ajahn Sumedho's community as arrive anagārika in 1978 he traveled to Thailand to ordain send up Wat Nong Pah Pong delicate 1979.[3] He received full investiture by Ajahn Chah in 1980[5] and was abbot of Wat Pah Nanachat from 1997 envisage 2002.[5] He currently lives unescorted in a one-monk monastery imprint Thailand.

In 2017, Jayasāro accessible a biography of Ajahn Chah entitled Stillness Flowing.[6]

In 2019, Jayasāro was honoured with a queenly title from Thailand's King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X).[7] On 9 Go 2020, Jayasāro was granted Tai citizenship by royal decree.[8][9]

Thai honorific ranks

Further information on honorific ranks: Theological peerage of Thailand

  • 28 July 2019 – Phra Raj Bajramanit Bisithadharmagunasundorn Mahakanisorn Bovornsangaram Gamavasi (พระราชพัชรมานิต พิสิฐธรรมคุณสุนทร มหาคณิสสร บวรสังฆาราม คามวาสี)[10][7]
  • 17 July 2020 – Phra Thep Bajranyanamuni Vipassanavidhikosol Vimolbhavanavarakit Mahakanisorn Bovornsangaram Gamavasi (พระเทพพัชรญาณมุนี วิปัสสนาวิธีโกศล วิมลภาวนาวรกิจ มหาคณิสสร บวรสังฆาราม คามวาสี)[11]
  • 7 July 2021 – Phra Dharma Bajranyanamuni Phawanavidhisuvithan Srilajahnsuvimol Kosonkitchanukit Mahakanisorn Bovornsangaram Gamavasi (พระธรรมพัชรญาณมุนี ภาวนาวิธีสุวิธาน สีลาจารสุวิมล โกศลกิจจานุกิจ มหาคณิสสร บวรสังฆาราม คามวาสี)[12]

Notable works

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