After ordaining at the age of 30, Venerable Luang Por Sumedho was to be the first western disciple of Luang Por Chah in Wat Nong Pah Pong. In 1975 Luang Por Chah sent him to a nearby village, Bahn Bung Wai, to establish Wat Pah Nanachat, a monastery that english speaking people could go to in order to study Buddhism and ordain. Two years later, Luang Por Sumedho went to London and spent two years in the Hampstead Vihāra, before moving to West Sussex, to found Chithurst Monastery. Under Ajahn Sumedho's guidance, the community grew steadily. Ajahn Sumedho helped found a number of branch monasteries over the years, both in England and abroad. He himself moved to establish Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, in Hertfordshire. He lived altogether 34 years in England, travelling regularly back to Thailand to keep in touch with the Sangha there. Having retired from his position as the abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, Luang Por Sumedho has been living in Wat Pah Ratanawan, in Central Thailand. For further information visit forestsangha.org.

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