Thanissaro bhikkhu biography of mahatma gandhi
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Thanissaro bhikkhu biography of mahatma gandhi
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, also known as Ajaan Geoff (born 1949), is an American Buddhist monk. Belonging to the Thai Forest Tradition, for 22 years he studied under the forest master Ajahn Fuang Jotiko (himself a student of Ajaan 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 US — which he cofounded with Ajahn Suwat Suvaco.
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu is perhaps best known for his translations of the Dhammapada and the Sutta Pitaka — almost 1000 suttas in all - as well as translations from the dhamma talks of the Thai forest ajahns.
These translations are freely available at his website "dhammatalks.org"[2] He has also authored several dhamma-related works of his own, and has compiled study-guides of his Pali translations.[3]
Biography
Early life
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu was born Geoffrey DeGraff in 1949 and was introduced to the Buddha'