1. Currently, Ajahn Brahm is the abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine, Western Australia, as well as an adviser or patron of various Buddhist organizations in Australia, Singapore, and the UK.
18 Facts About Ajahn Brahm
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Ajahn Brahm came from a working-class background and went to Latymer Upper School.
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Ajahn Brahm won a scholarship to study theoretical physics at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge in the late 1960s.
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Ajahn Brahm was ordained in Bangkok at the age of twenty-three by Somdet Kiaw, the abbot of Wat Saket.
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Ajahn Brahm subsequently spent nine years studying and training in the forest meditation tradition under Ajahn Chah.
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Ajahn Brahm learnt plumbing and bricklaying and built many of the current buildings himself.
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In 1994, Ajahn Brahm Jagaro took a sabbatical leave from Western Australia and disrobed a year later.
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Ajahn Brahm has been a speaker at the International Buddhist Summit in Phnom Penh in 2002 and at three Global Conferences on Buddhism.
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Ajahn Brahm dedicates time and attention to the sick and dying, those in prison or ill with cancer, people wanting to learn to meditate, and to his Sangha of monks at Bodhinyana.
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Ajahn Brahm has been influential in establishing Dhammasara Nuns' Monastery at Gidgegannup in the hills northeast of Perth to be a wholly independent monastery, which is jointly administered by Ayya Nirodha and Venerable Hasapanna.
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In October 2015, Ajahn Brahm asked Venerable Canda of Dhammasara Nun's Monastery, Perth, to take steps towards establishing a monastery in the UK.
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Ajahn Brahm doesn't have that confidence in herself yet, but I do.
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Ajahn Brahm has openly spoken about his support towards same-sex marriage.
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Currently, Ajahn Brahm is the Abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine, Western Australia, the Spiritual Director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia, Spiritual Adviser to the Buddhist Society of Victoria, Spiritual Adviser to the Buddhist Society of South Australia, Spiritual Patron of the Buddhist Fellowship in Singapore and most recently, Spiritual Adviser to the Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project in the UK.
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Ajahn Brahm returned to the office of Spiritual Director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia on 22 April 2018, after briefly resigning in March, following a contentious vote by members of the BSWA during their annual general meeting.
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In October 2004, Ajahn Brahm was awarded the John Curtin medal for his vision, leadership, and service to the Australian community, by Curtin University.
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Under the auspices of the Diamond Jubilee of King Rama IX, Bhumibol Adulyadej, in June 2006, Ajahn Brahm was given the title of Phra Visuddhisamvarathera.
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On 5 September 2019, Ajahn Brahm was awarded the Order of Australia, General Division medal, for services to Buddhism and gender equality.