Visits from Respected Elders
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Luang Por Liem
Luang Por Jundee
Luang Por Sucitto
Luang Por Viradhammo
From May 15 we are honored to host visits from several very respected Thai and Western senior monks.
Luang Por Liem will be visiting the three official branch monasteries of Wat Pah Pong (Ajahn Chah’s monastery in Thailand) in North America upon our collective invitation, first to Abhayagiri in California, then here to Jetavana in Temple, then to Tisarana in Canada. Ajahn Liem is the abbot of Wat Pah Pong, who succeeded Ajahn Chah, and many will remember his visits to Temple in 2015 and 2018.
As was the case for his previous visits, with Luang Por will be traveling Luang Por Jundee, who is likewise highly respected and was a monk with Ajahn Chah having grown up in the same village; he is the abbot of Wat Pah Ampahwan in Chonburi Province, Thailand.
With these two senior monks will be three others, two who’ve been here before in a similar supporting role, Ajahn Sek and Ajahn Moshe, and one who is coming for the first time: Ajahn Sawaeng. Ajahn Sawaeng is the vice abbot of an important Ajahn Chah branch in Thailand (Wat Pah Sai Ngam) and has spent several years living with our sangha in the UK. In addition, Ajahn Nyaniko, abbot of Abhayagiri, will be traveling with the group to help with translations.
The Thai group will be staying at Temple from May 23–28.
From May 15–30, Luang Por Sucitto will be with us too. Over the past few days he has been generous with his time already, giving Dhamma Talks and meeting with visitors.
And along with Luang Por Sucitto, Luang Por Viradhammo will be visiting for our monastery’s 10th anniversary celebrations and the Pa Bah (Offering Ceremony) to mark this occasion on Sunday. Many of you are familiar with Luang Por V, as he is known, as he is our neighbor of sorts, and as abbot of Tisarana he has been supporting us since our inception (including our first Pa Bah in Boston in 2013). Luang Por V will be here from May 23–26.
More visiting sangha include Tan Sihanado and Tan Dhirabodhi, and from May 28–31 we will be joined by the abbot of Hartridge Buddhist Monastery in England, Ajahn Jutindharo.
Many blessings indeed.