Ajahn George was born in the first capital of Thailand, Ayutthaya province. He graduated with a Bachelor degree in Pharmacy from Gujarat University. He became a meditation master from Rishikesh Hermitage in India in 1987. He further graduated with a Master degree in social development from Colorado University. He became a certified Advanced Dhamma scholar […]

Ajahn P. Prayad Suwanchatri was  born  in  Songkhla  provice of Thailand.  When  he  was  ten  years  old  he  moved  to the Patthalung  province.  He  became  a  novice  after  finishing secondary  school.  He  graduated from Mahachula  Buddhist  University.  Ajahn Prayad has also lived  in  India  and  Malaysia before coming to the United States and Wat Atammayatarama.  He  is  […]

Phra Maha Vallop Dechfai was born in the Sonkhla Province, of Southern Thailand.  He is a Buddhist Missionary Monk, Overseas Missionary Class XIII.  Ajahn Vallop graduated from Mahachula Buddhist University, and holds a Master degree, from the Thammasart University, in Social Science . Ajahn  Vallop used to live at Wat Chollap Prathanrungsarit.

Ajahn Phramaha Somchai was born in Sri Saked, a north east province in Thailand.  When he was 2 years old his father become a monk. He decided to followed his father’s footstep by becoming a novice when he was 14 years old. After 6 years as a novice, he ordained as a monk. He has been […]

  Ajahn Ritthi is the Abbot of Atammayatarama Buddhist Monastery in Woodinville, WA, a position he has held for 16 years and a board member of The Council of Thai Bhikkhus in the U.S.A., an elected position he has filled for 17 years. Following the Thai tradition, Ajahn Ritthi, received novice ‘samanera’ ordination as a […]