Ajahn Amaro

Ajahn Amaro is a Theravadin teacher and abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery at the eastern end of the Chiltern Hills in south east England. The centre, in practice as much for ordinary people as for monastics, is inspired by the Thai forest tradition and the teachings of Ajahn Chah. Its chief priorities are the practice and teaching of Buddhist ethics, together with traditional concentration and insight meditation techniques, as an effective way of dissolving stress. (Bio by Wikipedia, Photo by Kevin K. Cheung)

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