This was because of a felt need to provide more accommodation for the growing Orders of bhikkhus and sīladharā and also of lay people who wished to study and train under his guidance. He was, between 1992 and 2014, the abbot of Cittaviveka, Chithurst Buddhist Monastery.

Europe ; United Kingdom (UK) England ; West Sussex ; Chithurst ; Things to Do in Chithurst ; Chithurst Buddhist Monastery; Search. that compose Cittaviveka, Chithurst’s very own Buddhist monastery, which although comparatively new (the main house dates from 1862) is so apparently uneventful that it has been happily accepted into the sociocultural landscape. Wat Pah Nanachat is a Thai Theravada Buddhist Monasatery in northeast Thailand about 15 kilometres from the city of Ubon Rachathani. Some years later the Santacittarama Association acquired an adjoining property, with a building used mainly to accommodate elderly monks (Nirodha), and a large Temple was constructed. They were soon joined by four women who took up the training as eight-precept nuns (mae-chee ["spiritual mothers"-Thai]) and who in 1983 became the first four sīladharā, ten-precept nuns. The Siladhara Order is a Theravada Buddhist female monastic order established by Ajahn Sumedho at Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, England.

The great architectural historian Pevsner put this down to the poverty of the area - and he was right. She is currently ordained as a ten-precept sīladhārā, the highest level that is allowed for women in the Thai Forest Tradition.

The title "Chithurst Buddhist Monastery" is also commonly used, although the approximately 175 acres/70 hectares of the monastery’s land extend into the adjacent parish. The current abbot, since 2014, is Ajahn Karuniko. The outstanding feature of the village is Chithurst's 11th century Norman church of St Mary - it's absolutely tiny. Established in 1984 by Ajahn Sumedho as an extension of Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, the monastery has its roots in the Thai Forest Tradition.

Cittaviveka will in the future establish a new sīma inside its main meditation hall. Ajahn Jayasaro is a Theravāda bhikkhu in the Thai Forest Tradition. This is a place where the business and busyness of the mind are …

… Teachings are given on a regular basis, generally on weekends. In the more specifically monastic aspect of the monastery’s development was the establishment of an ordination precinct (sīma) by Ven. For many years he was the abbot of Wat Pah Nanachat International Forest Monastery in Northeast Thailand. Cittaviveka (Pali: 'discerning mind'), commonly known as Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, is an English Theravada Buddhist Monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition. With much of the major repairs completed by 1984, more attention was given to reafforestation; bhikkhus would also spend time on retreat in the Hammer Wood in tents and tepees or in one of two kutis that had been erected there. [1] [2]. Let the world see your experience through your eyes. [4] [The term means "those who uphold virtue" in Pāli.] Two or three members of the community currently go to the local towns on alms-rounds (pindapāda) for their daily meal on a couple of days of each week.

"Cittaviveka" is a term used in the Pāli scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. Sucitto was born in London and ordained in Thailand in March 1976.

It was established by the late Ajahn Chah as the main monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition. Santacittarama is the name of the Italian Theravada Buddhist monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition lineage of Ajahn Chah located near Rome.

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