Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
- Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
Infobox Buddhist temple
name = Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
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img_capt = Stupa at Amaravati Buddhist monastery
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denomination = Thai Forest Tradition
founded = 1984
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founder = disciples of Luang Por Chah
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abbot = Ajahn Sumedho
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address = St. Margarets Lane Great Gaddesden Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire, England HP1 3BZ
country = United Kingdom
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website = [http://www.amaravati.org/ www.amaravati.org/]
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery is a monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition of the Theravada lineage of Buddhism. Amaravati Buddhist Monastery is a centre of teaching and practice. It is located in the Chiltern Hills north of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. "Amaravati" means "Deathless Realm" in Pāli, the Buddhist scriptural language of the ancient Canon. The temple was founded by the disciples of the noted Thai meditation master, Luang Por Chah. Its current abbot is Ajahn Sumedho.
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery also has a retreat centre, where meditation retreats of varying lengths are held for lay people, and which is run on donations.
Amaravati was created in 1984 when the English Sangha Trust purchased a residential school (previously an army base) from Buckinghamshire County Council. The official opening was in 1985. Recently, in the late 1990s, a new temple was constructed at Amaravati which was officially opened by the Princess of Thailand.
ee also
*Buddhism in the West
*Buddhism in the United Kingdom
*Buddhism in Europe
*Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, UK
*Wat Pah Pong, Thailand
*Wat Pah Nanachat, Thailand
*Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, USA
*Bodhinyana Monastery, Australia
*Bodhivana Monastery, Australia
External links
* [http://www.amaravati.org/ Amaravati Buddhist Monastery]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=51.793421,-0.519769&spn=0.005494,0.013604&t=h&z=16&om=1&msid=101847840104789899263.000438277833b28a2366c/ Amaravati at Google Maps]
* [http://www.forestsangha.org Forest Sangha website]
* [http://www.bodhimonastery.net/courses/Pali/course_Pali.html On-line Pali Language Course]
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