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Thai Forest Tradition Buddhists


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    • Kammatthana Forest Tradition Buddhists
    • Kammatthana Tradition Buddhists
    • Thai Forest Buddhists
    • Thai Theravada Forest Tradition Buddhists
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    • found: Work cat.: Ṭhānissaro, Bhikkhu. Selves & not-self, 2011:p. i (the Thai forest tradition, in which I was trained; it is a meditation tradition founded in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century by Ajaan Mun Bhūridatto) t.p. verso (The Abbott, Metta Forest Monastery)
    • found: Metta Forest Monastery website, Dec. 8, 2016:about (Metta Forest Monastery is a meditation monastery in the lineage of the Thai Forest Tradition. Founded in 1990 by Ajaan Suwat Suvaco, it has been under the direction of Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Ajaan Geoff) as abbot and meditation teacher since 1993)
    • found: Wikipedia, Dec. 8, 2016:Thai Forest Tradition (The Kammaṭṭhāna Forest Tradition of Thailand, commonly known in the West as the Thai Forest Tradition, is a lineage of Theravada Buddhist monasticism, as well as the lineage's associated heritage of Buddhist praxis)
    • found: Sunnatarama Forest Monastery website, Dec. 8, 2016:home page (a Thai forest Buddhist monastery in the Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia) about us (Sunnataram Forest Monastery is a Theravada Buddhist monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition)
    • found: Mindful journalism and news ethics in the digital era : a Buddhist approach, 2015:p. 51 (Venerable Ajahn Chah, a famous Thai Forest Buddhist monk)
    • found: Smith, R. Awakening : a paradigm shift of the heart, 2014, via Google books, viewed Dec. 8, 2016:chap. 6 (Ajahn Chah, a famous Thai Forest Buddhist master)
    • found: Portrait of an amateur artist as middle aged woman, via WWW, viewed Dec. 8, 2016:blog post 8 Apr. 2011 (Thai Forest Tradition Buddhists)
    • found: Dharmathai - Thai Buddhism website, Dec. 8, 2016:home page (Dharma Thai Theravada Forest Tradition Buddhism)
    • found: dhammatalks.org website, Dec. 8, 2016:home page (the Kammatthana (or Thai Forest) Tradition of Buddhism; the Kammatthana Tradition) about (the Kammatthana (Thai Forest) Tradition; Kammatthana: Literally, "basis of work" or "place of work." The term is most often used specifically to identify the Thai Forest Tradition, i.e., the forest tradition lineage founded by Phra Ajaans Mun and Sao; Phra Ajaan Mun Bhuridatto together with his teacher, Phra Ajaan Sao Kantasilo Mahathera, established the Kammatthana Tradition that subsequently spread throughout Thailand and to several countries abroad)
    • found: Buddhist Society of Western Australia Dhammaloka Centre website, Dec. 8, 2016:Walking meditation in the Thai Forest Tradition (In the Forest Meditation Tradition in Northeast Thailand, there is a great emphasis on walking meditation. Many monks will walk for long hours as a way of developing concentration – sometimes as much as ten or fifteen hours a day) A Forest monk - an interview with Ajahn Brahmavamso (Born in London and educated in Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University, he became a Buddhist monk in the Thai Forest tradition of Ajahn Chah)
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    • 2016-12-07: new
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