Ajahn Amaro

Ajahn Amaro (born 2 September 1956) is a British–American Theravāda Buddhist monk and teacher, and abbot of the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery at the eastern end of the Chiltern Hills in South East England. The centre, in practice as much for ordinary people as for monastics, is inspired by the Thai Forest Tradition and the teachings of the late Ajahn Chah. Its chief priorities are the practice and teaching of Buddhist ethics, together with traditional concentration (such as ānāpānasati) and insight meditation techniques, as an effective way of dissolving suffering.

Biography Ajahn Amaro was born J. C. J. Horner in Kent. He was educated at Sutton Valence School and Bedford College, University of London. He is a second cousin of I.B. Horner (1896–1981), late President of the Pali Text Society.

Apart from a certain interest in the theories of Rudolf Steiner—to which he had been introduced by Trevor Ravenscroft, Ajahn Pasanno was appointed founding co-abbot of Abhayagiri with Ajahn Amaro. The latter announced on 8 February 2010 that he would be leaving Abhayagiri and returning to England, having accepted a request from Ajahn Sumedho to succeed him as abbot at Amaravati.

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