Ajahn Tiradhammo : « An old 'Self' in a New Year »

Dhamma talk with Q&A session offered by Venerable Ajahn Tiradhammo, former abbot of Wat Dhammapala in Switzerland and Wat Bodhinyanarama in New Zealand, two monasteries in the Thai forest tradition of Ajahn Chah https://dhammapala.ch/home-eng & https://www.bodhinyanarama.net.nz ‘An old "Self" in a New Year’ 23rd January, 2014 (18.30 - 20.00) BIA Lay Sangha Meeting Meditation Hall Buddhadāsa Indapañño Archives (Suan Mokkh Bangkok) [Q&A session starts at 59:27] For other teachings by Ven. Ajahn Tiradhammo, please visit: https://forestsangha.org/teachings/au... http://tiradhammo.blogspot.com/ http://www.bia.or.th/en/index.php/tea... About Ven. Ajahn Tiradhammo: Ajahn Tiradhammo [correct Pali spelling is Thiradhammo] was born near Vancouver, Canada in 1949. In 1969 he interrupted his Engineering studies for a two-year trip to Europe, the Middle East and Asia, including a bicycle ride from Pakistan through India to Sri Lanka, where he did a month-long intensive meditation retreat at Kandaboda Meditation Centre. Unable to continue meditation while back at university, he decided to take another year out to travel to Thailand for a further month-long intensive meditation retreat. This was repeatedly extended for the next nine years during which time he took the novice ordination in 1973 and the monk ordination in 1974 while living at Wat U-mong in Chieng Mai, North Thailand. In 1975 he visited Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Sumedho and decided to move to Wat Pah Nanachat (International Monastery) in Ubon Rajathani, NE Thailand. After numerous travels in the mountains of north Thailand and to visit some of the well-known meditation teachers in Thailand, in 1982 he was invited to Britain to help with the establishing of the Forest Sangha in Europe. He was one of the senior monks at Chithurst Monastery, Harnham Monastery and Amaravati Monastery in Britain before being asked to establish a monastery in Switzerland in 1988. After being Abbot of Dhammapala Monastery in Switzerland for seventeen years he became Abbot of Bodhinyanarama Monastery in Wellington, New Zealand, for seven years before retiring from abbotship in 2012. Currently he goes on retreats and gives teachings around the world. - ❖ - -