Ajahn Tiradhammo to Give Satuday Night Dhamma Talk

When: 7:30-9:30pm, 5 พฤศจิกายน 2016

Location: Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, 16201 Tomki Rd, Redwood Valley, CA 95470, USA

Description: We are happy to announce that Ajahn Tiradhammo, the former abbot of the Dhammapala Monastery near Bern, Switzerland, is currently visiting Abhayagiri. He has been invited to offer a Dhamma talk on Saturday night, November 5th here at Abhayagiri following the regular evening puja starting at 7:30pm. From a short biography:

Now with 43 vassas (years as a monk), Ajahn Tiradhammo is one of the most senior monks in the tradition of Ajahn Chah. He became interested in Dhamma in his student years while travelling through Sri Lanka. Coming to Thailand and meditating at Wat Umong, he took ordination at Wat Meung Man in Chiang Mai with Venerable Tong in 1974. In 1975 he moved to study with Ajahn Chah at Wat Pa Pong and Wat Pa Nanachat. He went on several tudong journeys through the northeast of Thailand and the mountains of Chiang Mai, visiting many famous forest meditation masters. Venerable Tiradhammo was invited to England in 1982 to help with developments there. He spent two years at Chithurst Monastery, and three years in charge of Harnham Vihara in Northumberland. In 1988 he helped establish Dhammapala Monastery near Bern, Switzerland and also later at its new location in the Bernese Alpine village of Kandersteg where he was the senior monk until 2005. In July 2005 he assumed the position of senior monk at Bodhinyanarama, Wellington, NZ where he remained as abbot for six and a half years. He is currently of no fixed abode and travels widely. His visits to many monasteries and other locations can be followed on his blog http://tiradhammo.blogspot.com.au/.