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Ajahn Jayasāro
Theravāda Buddhist monk
Ajahn Jayasāro (born Shaun Michael Chiverton on 7 January ) is a British and Thai Buddhist monk in the Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah.[3]
Biography
Jayasāro was born on the Isle of Wight in England.[3] At the age of seventeen, having been in contact with Buddhism through reading, he left for India, where he spent "a couple of years" travelling and learning before hitchhiking back to England.
At the time he was still looking for a way of life in line with his personal principles. In Asia he heard about an Englishman who had been a monk in the Thai Forest Tradition and was leading meditation retreats. Upon hearing his stories of life as a forest monk, he realised it was the way of life he was looking for.[4]
After joining Ajahn Sumedho's community as an anagārika in he travelled to Thailand to ordain at Wat Nong Pah Pong in [3] He received full ordination by Ajahn Chah in [5] and was