Wat Nong Pah Pong

Wat Nong Pah Pong
Information
Denomination	Thai Forest Tradition
Founder(s)	Venerable Ajahn Chah
Abbot(s)	Venerable Ajahn Liem
Country	Thailand
Website	watnongpahpong.org
Portal:Buddhism

Wat Nong Pah Pong (Short: Wat Pah Pong, Thai: วัดหนองป่าพง) is the main monastery of the late Thai Forest Tradition meditation master, the Venerable Ajahn Chah. The monastery sits in Ubon Ratchathani Province, in the district of (Amphoe) Warin Chamrap.

International Branch Monasteries

In 1975, one of Ajahn Chah's first Western disciples, the Venerable Ajahn Sumedho, opened what was to be the first in a long line of branch monasteries (currently around 140 branches) of Wat Pah Pong specifically geared for the growing interests in traditional Buddhist practices among Westerners. Thai monastery, Wat Pah Nanachat, along with a growing list of monasteries opened in recent years around the world, are introducing the heart of the Buddhist teachings to what was previously something of an inaccessible audience to the Thai Forest masters.

Following is an incomplete list of International branch monasteries of Wat Nong Pah Pong, sorted alphabetically by country:

• Australia
  • Bodhivana Monastery in Victoria
  • Dhammasara Nuns' monastery in Western Australia (Associated Monastery)
  • Vimokkharam Forest Hermitage (P.O. Box 152, Kallista VIC 3791) (Associated Monastery)

• Canada
  • Arrow River Forest Hermitage in Thunder Bay, Ontario (Associated Monastery)
  • Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery in Knutsford, BC (Associated Monastery)
  • Tisarana Buddhist Monastery in Perth, Ontario

• France
  • Bodhinyanarama Monastery (No.6, Chemin de Boucharin 07300 Tournon)

• Italy
  • Santacittarama (See the Homepage) in Rieti

• New Zealand
  • Bodhinyanarama Forest Monastery in Wellington
  • Vimutti Forest Monastery in Bombay (Associated Monastery)

• Switzerland
  • Kloster Dhammapala in Kandersteg

• Thailand
  • Wat Pah Nanachat in Ubon Rachathani

• United Kingdom
  • Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in Hertfordshire
  • Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery in Northumberland
  • Chithurst Buddhist Monastery in Hampshire
  • The Forest Hermitage in Warwickshire
  • Hartridge Buddhist Monastery in Devon

• United States of America
  • Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery in Redwood Valley, California

Sources

• Official homepage (Thai)
• Official homepage (English index)
• The Forest Sangha
• Forest Wisdom
• Freely available publications and translations of Ajahn Chah