The people we point to.
Teachers the society works with are those with a concrete relationship to DDBF — Ajahn Nitho and Ajahn Candā teach is our main spiritual contacts and guiding teachers.
Teachers who inspire us are those teachers that we have spiritual connections to and see as our big family of monks and nuns across the world and we recommend to check out.
Teachers the society works with.
Ajahn Nitho
NorwayNorwegian forest monk, born 1970 on the west coast. Educated at the University of Bergen and the Norwegian School of Economics, he worked as a CFO for several years before…
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Ajahn Candā
UKAjahn Canda is a british bhikkhuni, born in Chesterfield, Northern England. She first encountered the Dhamma in India in 1996 in the Goenka vipassana tradition. Lived 16 years…
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Ajahn Brahm
AustraliaBorn Peter Betts in London in 1951. He read theoretical physics at Cambridge, taught school maths for a year, then travelled to Thailand and ordained in 1974. He trained for…
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Ajahn Brahmali
Norway / AustraliaNorwegian-born monk at Bodhinyana, with master's degrees in engineering and finance. He began monastic training at Amaravati and Cittaviveka in the UK before becoming a student…
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Ayya Ānandabodhī
Ayya Ānandabodhī was born and raised in Wales, UK. She began her monastic training at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery under the guidance of Ajahn Sumedho. After 17 years, she…
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Bhante Sujato
AustraliaAustralian monk, born Anthony Best, formerly a rock musician. Ordained in Thailand in 1994, trained at Wat Pah Nanachat and three years at Bodhinyana. He founded Santi Forest…
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Ayya Santussika
Ayya Santussika was born in 1954 and grew up on a farm in Indiana, USA. She began exploring meditation in the 1970s and later earned BS and MS degrees in computer science while…
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Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho
Pacific Northwest, USAClear Mountain Monastery. A small Theravāda Buddhist monastery in the Pacific Northwest, in the Western Forest tradition aligned with the bhikkhuni-supportive network.…
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Ajahn Hāsapañña
Ajahn Hasapanna was born in Ipoh, Malaysia, in 1960. Inspired by the Thai Forest Tradition and the monastic way of life, she entered monastic training at Dhammasara Nuns…
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