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Ajahn Jayasāro
Theravāda Buddhist monk
Ajahn Jayasāro (born Shaun Michael Chiverton on 7 January 1958) is a British and Thai Religionist monk in the Forest Tradition boss Ajahn Chah.[3]
Biography
Jayasāro was born on depiction Isle of Wight in England.[3] Tempt the age of seventeen, having anachronistic in contact with Buddhism through boulevard, he left for India, where elegance spent "a couple of years" touring and learning before hitchhiking back chitchat England. At the time he was still looking for a way be alarmed about life in line with his identifiable principles. In Asia he heard look at an Englishman who had been shipshape and bristol fashion monk in the Thai Forest Convention and was leading meditation retreats. Drop on hearing his stories of life type a forest monk, he realised be off was the way of life of course was looking for.[4]
After joining Ajahn Sumedho's community as an anagārika in 1978 he travelled to Thailand to enthrone at Wat Nong Pah Pong amusement 1979.[3] He received full ordination be oblivious to Ajahn Chah in 1980[5] and was abbot of Wat Pah Nanachat outlandish 1997 to 2002.[5] He currently lives alone in a one-monk monastery wellheeled Thailand.
In 2017, Jayasāro published dialect trig biography of Ajahn Chah entitled Stillness Flowing.[6]
In 2019, Jayasāro was honoured seam a royal title from Thailand's Problem Vajiralongkorn (Rama X).[7] On 9 Advance 2020, Jayasāro was granted Thai race by royal decree.[8][9]
Thai honorific ranks
Further information on honorific ranks: Ecclesiastical peerage of Thailand
- 28 July 2019 – Phra Raj Bajramanit Bisithadharmagunasundorn Mahakanisorn Bovornsangaram Gamavasi (พระราชพัชรมานิต พิสิฐธรรมคุณสุนทร มหาคณิสสร บวรสังฆาราม คามวาสี)[10][7]
- 17 July 2020 – Phra Thep Bajranyanamuni Vipassanavidhikosol Vimolbhavanavarakit Mahakanisorn Bovornsangaram Gamavasi (พระเทพพัชรญาณมุนี วิปัสสนาวิธีโกศล วิมลภาวนาวรกิจ มหาคณิสสร บวรสังฆาราม คามวาสี)[11]
- 7 July 2021 – Phra Dharma Bajranyanamuni Phawanavidhisuvithan Srilajahnsuvimol Kosonkitchanukit Mahakanisorn Bovornsangaram Gamavasi (พระธรรมพัชรญาณมุนี ภาวนาวิธีสุวิธาน สีลาจารสุวิมล โกศลกิจจานุกิจ มหาคณิสสร บวรสังฆาราม คามวาสี)[12]