Deep Thai Buddhism: Soft Skills for a Hard Life & Living the Monk Dream | Ajahn Dan Thiracitto Q&A

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Ajahn Dan Thiracitto about his experience as a Western forest monk in Thailand: living with Thai Krooba Ajahns, walking tudong, and living close to the earth.

Resources mentioned in this conversation:

- Luangta Maha Bua: Shedding Tears of Dhamma - https://youtu.be/iI5TQnYcFn8?si=yUJb3t2e4d_cscAV

- Arahattamagga Arahattaphala: The Path to Arahantship by Luangta Maha Bua - https://www.abhayagiri.org/media/books/maha_boowa_arahattamagga_arahattaphala.pdf

- Talks by and Q&A with Ajahn Dick Silaratano - https://www.abhayagiri.org/talks/teachers/51-ajahn-dick-silaratano

Ajahn Dan Thiracitto's Biography:

Ajahn Dan Thiracitto, born in Germany in 1980, encountered Buddhism through Vietnamese Pure Land practice in 2001 in Australia. He explored Tibetan and Chinese Buddhism before embracing the Thai Forest Tradition, inspired by Luang Por Chah, Luang Dta Maha Bua, and the Pali Canon. Ordained in 2011 in Thailand’s Dhammayut Order, he trained four years in the lineage of Luang Dta Maha Bua and Luang Por Chop in Loei province. Since 2013, he has largely lived an independent, nomadic lifestyle of Carika (Thudong, walkabout). He spent five Vassas at Wat Pah Nanachat and affiliated monasteries, including a year with Ajahn Jayasaro. Since 2019, he is based in Nan province while regularly undertaking long-distance pilgrimages in Thailand and other countries like Malaysia, Nepal, India, Taiwan, Germany, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Australia.

He currently resides at a small branch monastery on the outskirts of Chiang Mai City, Thailand.

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