Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
American Buddhist monk (born 1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (also known as Ajahn Geoff; born December 28, 1949) is an American Buddhist monk and author. Belonging to the Thai Forest Tradition, he studied for ten years under the forest master Ajahn Fuang Jotiko (himself a student of Ajahn Lee). Since 1993, he has served as abbot of the Metta Forest Monastery in San Diego County, California—the first monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition in the U.S.—which he cofounded with Ajahn Suwat Suvaco.[2]
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu | |
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Personal | |
Born | Geoffrey DeGraff (1949-12-28) December 28, 1949 (age 74)[1] Long Island, New York, U.S. |
Religion | Buddhism |
School | Theravāda |
Lineage | Thai Forest Tradition |
Education | Oberlin College |
Organization | |
Order | Dhammayuttika Nikāya |
Senior posting | |
Teacher | Ajahn Fuang Jotiko |
Ordination | November 7, 1976, aged 26 (47 years ago)[1] |
Post | Abbot of Metta Forest Monastery (since 1993) |
Website | dhammatalks |
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu is perhaps best known for his translations of the Dhammapada and the Sutta Pitaka—almost 1000 suttas in all—provided free of charge on his website "Talks, Writing & Translations of Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu"[3] as well as translations from the dhamma talks of the Thai forest ajahns. He has also authored several dhamma-related works of his own, and has compiled study-guides of his Pali translations.[4]