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Ajahn Ahimsako
Ajahn (, , ; ) is a Thai- and Lao-derived term that translates as "professor" or "teacher". The term is in turn derived from the Pali word '' ācariya'' and is a term of respect, similar in meaning to the Japanese ''sensei''. It is used as a title of address for high school and university teachers, and for Buddhist monks who have passed ten ''vassa'' – in other words those who have maintained their monastic precepts unbroken for a period of ten years. The term Luang Por, "Venerable father", signifies an ajahn of acknowledged seniority in Thai Buddhism. Buddhism According to the ''Vinaya,'' any properly ordained monk can become an ' after ten ''vassa'' in the robes, thus a Thai monk becomes ''ajahn.'' A senior monk may bear the honorific title ''phra ajahn'' (,"venerable monk"), or in more informal situations, ''than ajahn'' (,"venerable monk"). Some famous ''ajahns'' are: * Ajahn Amaro * Ajahn Maha Boowa * Ajahn Brahm * Ajahn Chah * Ajahn Jayasāro * Ajahn Khemadhammo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajahn Chah (3090908538)
Ajahn Chah (17 June 191816 January 1992) was a Thai Buddhist monk. He was an influential teacher of the Buddhism, ''Buddhadhamma'' and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition. Respected and loved in his own country as a man of great wisdom, he was also instrumental in establishing Theravada Buddhism in the West. Beginning in 1979 with the founding of Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, ''Cittaviveka'' (commonly known as Chithurst Buddhist Monastery) in the United Kingdom, the Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah has spread throughout Europe, the United States and the British Commonwealth. The dhamma talks of Ajahn Chah have been recorded, transcribed and translated into several languages. More than one million people, including the Thai Royal Family, Thai royal family, attended Ajahn Chah's funeral in January 1993 held a year after his death due to the "hundreds of thousands of people expected to attend". He left behind a legacy of dhamma talks, students, and monaste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajahn Mun
Mun Bhuridatta (, ; ; 1870–1949) was a Thai bhikkhu from Isan region who is credited, along with his mentor, Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo, with establishing the Thai Forest Tradition or " Kammaṭṭhāna tradition" that subsequently spread throughout Thailand and to several countries abroad. Biography Ajaan Mun was born in Baan Kham Bong, a farming village in Ubon Ratchathani Province, Isan. Ordained as a monk in 1893, he spent the remainder of his life wandering through Thailand, Burma, and Laos, dwelling for the most part in the forest, engaged in the practice of meditation. He attracted an enormous following of students and, together with his teacher, Sao Kantasīlo (1861–1941) established the Thai Forest Tradition (the kammaṭṭhāna tradition) that subsequently spread throughout Thailand and to several countries abroad. He died at Wat Suddhavasa, Sakon Nakhon Province. Forest meditation Ajaan Mun's mode of practice was solitary and strict. He followed the vinaya (mona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhante
Bhante (Pali; , ; ), sometimes also Bhadanta, is a respectful title used to address Buddhist monks, nuns, and superiors, especially in the Theravada tradition. In English, the term is often translated as ''Venerable''. Etymology ''Bhante'' is a gender-neutral term, and may be used to address both monks and nuns. It is the vocative form of the word ''bhadanta'', which confers recognition of greatness and respect. The Nepali terms ''bare'' and ''bande'' have the same derivation and are used to address Buddhist clergy. Bhante can also be used as an honorific or a form of address to specific Buddhist monks, similar to Ajahn, Phra or Luang Por in Thailand or Ashin in Burma (now Myanmar), Rinpoche in Tibet. Some famous monks who are addressed with ''bhante'' include: * Bhante K. Sri Dhammananda * Bhante Dharmawara * Bhante Henepola Gunaratana ("Bhante G.") * Bhante Dhammalok Mahasthavir * Bhante Kumar Kashyap Mahasthavir * Bhante Pragyananda Mahasthavir * Bhante Sitagu Sayada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achar (Buddhism)
An achar (, ) or achar wat (, ) is a lay Buddhist '' upāsaka'' who becomes a ritual specialist and takes on the role of master of ceremonies in various religious rites in Cambodia. Etymology The term ''achar'' comes from ''acharya'' (, IAST: ; Pali: ''acariya''): in Indian religions and society, the ''acharya'' is a preceptor and expert instructor in matters such as religion, or any other subject. Prominent ''acharya'' figures in India include Madhvacharya or Vallabhacharya. The equivalent in Thai, '' ajahn'', which comes from the same root, is used as an honorific title of address for high-school and university teachers, and for Buddhist monks who have passed ten ''vassa'' years in the ''vihāra'' monastery considered as "Venerable" (''phra ajahn'' (, "venerable monk"). The latter is similar in meaning to the Japanese ''sensei''. History While the term ''achar'' has been used since Angkorian times to refer to the master of ceremonies, the figure of the ''achar'' has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thero
''Thero'' (commonly appearing in the masculine and feminine forms ''thera'' and ''therī'' respectively) is an honorific term in Pali for senior bhikkhus and bhikkhunis (Buddhist monks and nuns) in the Buddhist monastic order. The word literally means "elder". These terms, appearing at the end of a monastic's given name, are used to distinguish those who have at least 10 years since their '' upasampada'' (higher ordination). The name of an important collection of very early Buddhist poetry is called the '' Therigatha'', "verses of the ''therīs''". The terms ''mahāthera'' and ''mahātherī'' (the prefix ''mahā'' meaning 'great' in both Sanskrit and Pali) are used to refer to very distinguished elderly and venerable monks and nuns considered to have reached a higher level of spiritual development. Usage of these terms varies according to the Buddhist tradition and culture. In Sri Lanka, these terms are widely used. Some prominent theras and therīs: * Ananda Thera * Reruka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theravada
''Theravāda'' (; 'School of the Elders'; ) is Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school's adherents, termed ''Theravādins'' (anglicized from Pali ''theravādī''), have preserved their version of the Buddha's teaching or ''Dharma (Buddhism), Dhamma'' in the Pāli Canon for over two millennia. The Pāli Canon is the most complete Buddhist canon surviving in a Indo-Aryan languages, classical Indian language, Pāli, which serves as the school's sacred language and ''lingua franca''.Crosby, Kate (2013), ''Theravada Buddhism: Continuity, Diversity, and Identity'', p. 2. In contrast to Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna, Theravāda tends to be conservative in matters of doctrine (''pariyatti'') and monastic discipline (''vinaya''). One element of this Religious conservatism, conservatism is the fact that Theravāda rejects the authenticity of the Mahayana sutras (which appeared onwards). Consequently, Theravāda generally does not recognize the existence of many Buddhas and bodhisattva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajahn Thate
Phra Ajahn Thate Desaransi (1902–1994), also known as Ajahn Tate, Luangpu Thet Thetrangsi, Phra Desarangsee, or by his monastic title Phra Rajanirodharangsee, was a famous meditation master and Buddhist monk from northern Thailand. He was a disciple of Ajahn Mun and thus a first generation student of the Thai Forest Tradition and one of the founding teachers of the lineage. Following the death of Ajahn Mun in 1949, he was considered to be the ''Ajahn Yai,'' or the head of the Thai Forest Tradition lineage until his death in 1994. Background Ajahn Thate was born into the family of Ree-o rahng on 26 April 1902 (in the Buddhist calendar the fourth day of the waning moon in the year of the tiger). His birthplace was the village of Nah Seedah, in the subdistrict of Glahng Yai, Bahn Peur District, Udorn-thani Province. His father's first name was Usah, and his mother's Krang. They were rice-farmers and both had grown up as fatherless orphans. Thate was one of ten children.Ajahn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajaan Suwat Suvaco
Ajaan Suwat Suvaco (27 August 19195 April 2002), born in Thailand, was a Buddhist monk who founded four monasteries in the western United States. ( Access to Insight
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Ajahn Sumedho
Ajahn Sumedho (born Robert Karr Jackman on July 27, 1934) is an American Buddhist monk. He was ordained in 1967, and was instrumental in establishing Wat Pa Nanachat in Thailand and the Cittaviveka and Amaravati monasteries in England. One of the most senior Western representatives of the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravāda Buddhism, Sumedho is considered a seminal figure in the transmission of the Buddha's teachings to the West. Biography Ajahn Sumedho, also known as Luang Por Sumedho, was born Robert Karr Jackman in Seattle, Washington, in 1934. (''Sumedho'' is his Dhamma name, and '' Ajahn'', meaning "teacher", and '' Luang Por'', meaning "venerable father", are honorific terms.) During the Korean War he served for four years from the age of 18 as a United States Navy medic. He then did a BA in Far Eastern studies and graduated in 1963 with an MA in South Asian studies at the University of California, Berkeley. After a year as a Red Cross social worker, Jackman served w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajahn Sucitto
Ajahn Sucitto (Bhikkhu Sucitto, born 4 November 1949) is a British-born Theravada Buddhist monk ('' Ajahn'' is the Thai rendition of ''ācārya'', the Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ... word for 'spiritual teacher'). He was, between 1992 and 2014, the abbot of ''Cittaviveka'', Chithurst Buddhist Monastery. Sucitto was born in London and ordination, ordained in Thailand in March 1976. He returned to Britain in 1978 and took up training under Ajahn Sumedho at the Hampstead Buddhist Vihara. In 1979 he was one of the small group of monks, led by Ajahn Sumedho, who established ''Cittaviveka'', Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, in West Sussex. In 1981 he was sent up to Northumberland to set up a small monastery in Harnham, which subsequently became Aruna Ratanagir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achan Sobin S
Achan may refer to: * Achan (title), a title traditionally adopted by some feudal landlords in southern India * Achan (biblical figure) Achan (; ), the son of Carmi, a descendant of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, is a figure who appears in the Book of Joshua in the Hebrew Bible in connection with the fall of Jericho and conquest of Ai. His name is given as Ach ..., a person in the Book of Joshua * ''Achan'' (1952 film), a 1952 Malayalam film starring Prem Nazir and B. S. Saroja * ''Achan'' (2011 film), a 2011 Malayalam film starring Thilakan {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
