Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Ajahn

Index Ajahn

Ajahn (อาจารย์,,, also romanized ajaan, aajaan, ajarn, ajahn, acharn and achaan) is a Thai language term which translates as "professor" or "teacher." It is derived from the Pali word ācariya, and is a term of respect, similar in meaning to the Japanese sensei, and is used as a title of address for high-school and university teachers, and for Buddhist monks who have passed ten vassa. [1]

21 relations: Acharya, Ajahn Amaro, Ajahn Brahm, Ajahn Chah, Ajahn Khemadhammo, Ajahn Lee, Ajahn Maha Bua, Ajahn Pasanno, Ajahn Sucitto, Ajahn Sumedho, Bhante, Luang Por, Mun Bhuridatta, Pali, Sayadaw, Sensei, Thai language, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Theravada, Vassa, Vinaya.

Acharya

In Indian religions and society, an acharya (IAST) is a preceptor or instructor in religious matters; founder, or leader of a sect; or a highly learned person or a title affixed to the names of learned people.

New!!: Ajahn and Acharya · See more »

Ajahn Amaro

Ajahn Amaro (born 1956) is a Theravada Buddhist monk and teacher, and abbot of the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery at the eastern end of the Chiltern Hills in south east England.

New!!: Ajahn and Ajahn Amaro · See more »

Ajahn Brahm

Phra Visuddhisamvarathera, known as Ajahn Brahmavamso, or simply Ajahn Brahm (born Peter Betts on 7 August 1951), is a British-Australian Theravada Buddhist monk.

New!!: Ajahn and Ajahn Brahm · See more »

Ajahn Chah

Chah Subhaddo (ชา สุภัทโท, alternatively Achaan Chah, occasionally with honorific titles Luang Por and Phra) or in honorific name "Phra Bodhiñāṇathera" (พระโพธิญาณเถร, Chao Khun Bodhinyana Thera; 17 June 1918 – 16 January 1992) was a Thai Buddhist monk.

New!!: Ajahn and Ajahn Chah · See more »

Ajahn Khemadhammo

Venerable Ajahn Khemadhammo, OBE, (also known as Luang Por Khemadhammo or Chao Khun Bhavanaviteht) is a Theravada Buddhist monk.

New!!: Ajahn and Ajahn Khemadhammo · See more »

Ajahn Lee

Phra Suddhidhammaransi Gambhiramedhacarya, (1907–1961), commonly known as Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo, was a meditation teacher in the Thai Forest Tradition of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya order of Theravada Buddhism.

New!!: Ajahn and Ajahn Lee · See more »

Ajahn Maha Bua

Phra Dharma Visuddhi Mangala (Bua Ñāṇasampaṇṇo) (RTGS: Phra Thamma Wisutthi Mongkhon (Bua Yanasampanno); พระธรรมวิสุทธิมงคล (บัว ญาณสมฺปนฺโน)), commonly known as Ajahn Maha Bua or in Thai Luang Ta Maha Bua (พระอาจารย์มหาบัว, หลวงตามหาบัว; the word "Ajahn" (อาจารย์) means "teacher"), born as Bua Lohitdee (บัว โลหิตดี), (August 12, 1913 – January 30, 2011), was a Thai Buddhist monk.

New!!: Ajahn and Ajahn Maha Bua · See more »

Ajahn Pasanno

Ajahn Pasanno (born Reed Perry, Manitoba, Canada, July 26, 1949) is the most senior Western disciple of Ven.

New!!: Ajahn and Ajahn Pasanno · See more »

Ajahn Sucitto

Ajahn Sucitto (Bhikkhu Sucitto, born 4 November 1949) is a British-born Theravada Buddhist monk ("ajahn" is the Thai rendition of ācārya "teacher").

New!!: Ajahn and Ajahn Sucitto · See more »

Ajahn Sumedho

Luang Por Sumedho or Ajahn Sumedho (อาจารย์สุเมโธ) (born Robert Kan Jackman, July 27, 1934, Seattle) is one of the senior Western representatives of the Thai forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism.

New!!: Ajahn and Ajahn Sumedho · See more »

Bhante

Bhante (Pali; Nepali; ဘန္တေ,, Sanskrit: vande and vandanā) is the polite particle used to refer to Buddhist monks in the Theravada tradition.

New!!: Ajahn and Bhante · See more »

Luang Por

Luang por means "venerable father" and is used as a title for respected senior Buddhist monastics.

New!!: Ajahn and Luang Por · See more »

Mun Bhuridatta

Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta Thera (มั่น ภูริทตฺโต,; ຫຼວງປູ່ມັ່ນ ພູຣິທັຕໂຕ), 1870–1949, was a Thai bhikkhu of Lao descent who is credited, along with his mentor, Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo, with establishing the Thai Forest Tradition or "Kammaṭṭhāna tradition" that subsequently spread throughout Thailand and to several countries abroad.

New!!: Ajahn and Mun Bhuridatta · See more »

Pali

Pali, or Magadhan, is a Middle Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian subcontinent.

New!!: Ajahn and Pali · See more »

Sayadaw

A sayadaw (ဆရာတော်,; lit. royal teacher and alternatively spelt hsayadaw, sayado, sayāḍo or sayāḍaw) is a Burmese Buddhist title used to reference the senior monk or abbot of a monastery.

New!!: Ajahn and Sayadaw · See more »

Sensei

Sensei (can be pronounced "Sensai" as well), Sin Sang, Sonsaeng, Seonsaeng or Xiansheng (先生) is an honorific term shared in Chinese honorifics and Japanese honorifics that is translated as "person born before another" or "one who comes before".

New!!: Ajahn and Sensei · See more »

Thai language

Thai, Central Thai, or Siamese, is the national and official language of Thailand and the first language of the Central Thai people and vast majority Thai of Chinese origin.

New!!: Ajahn and Thai language · See more »

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

hānissaro Bhikkhu, also known as Ajaan Geoff (born 1949), is an American Buddhist monk.

New!!: Ajahn and Thanissaro Bhikkhu · See more »

Theravada

Theravāda (Pali, literally "school of the elder monks") is a branch of Buddhism that uses the Buddha's teaching preserved in the Pāli Canon as its doctrinal core.

New!!: Ajahn and Theravada · See more »

Vassa

Vassa (script, script, both "rain") is the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada practitioners.

New!!: Ajahn and Vassa · See more »

Vinaya

The Vinaya (Pali and Sanskrit, literally meaning "leading out", "education", "discipline") is the regulatory framework for the sangha or monastic community of Buddhism based on the canonical texts called the Vinaya Pitaka.

New!!: Ajahn and Vinaya · See more »

Redirects here:

Ajaan.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajahn

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »