Ajaan Suwat Suvaco
Thai Buddhist Monk (1919–2002) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ajaan Suwat Suvaco (27 August 1919 – 5 April 2002), born in Thailand, was a Buddhist monk who founded four monasteries in the western United States. Ordained at the age of twenty, he became a student of Ajaan Funn Acaro two or three years later. He also studied briefly with Ajaan Mun.
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Born | (1919-08-27)27 August 1919 |
Died | 5 April 2002(2002-04-05) (aged 82) Buriram, Thailand |
Religion | Buddhism |
Nationality | Thai |
School | Theravāda |
Lineage | Thai Forest Tradition |
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Order | Dhammayuttika Nikaya |
Following Ajaan Funn's death in 1977, Ajaan Suwat stayed on at the monastery to supervise his teacher's royal funeral and the construction of a monument and museum in Ajaan Funn's honor. In the 1980s Ajaan Suwat came to the United States, where he established his four monasteries: one near Seattle, Washington; two near Los Angeles; and one in the hills of San Diego County (Metta Forest Monastery). He returned to Thailand in 1996, and died in Buriram on 5 April 2002, after a long illness.[1]