Ajahn Amaro (born Jeremy Horner, 1956) is a British Theravada monk in the Thai Forest Tradition. After completing studies in psychology and physiology in England, he travelled to Thailand, stayed at Wat Pah Nanachat, and took full ordination in 1979 with Ajahn Chah as his preceptor.
For many years he was co-abbot, with Ajahn Pasanno, of Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery in Redwood Valley, California, founded in 1996. In 2010 he returned to England to become abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, at Ajahn Sumedho’s request, succeeding him. His book Small Boat, Great Mountain offers Theravadin reflections on Dzogchen, the Natural Great Perfection, and with Ajahn Pasanno he co-wrote The Island, an anthology of the Buddha’s teachings on Nibbāna.
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teacher to student
Studied with
Ajahn Amaro
Thai Forest (Kammaṭṭhāna) · b. 1956
Fellow students: also studied with Ajahn Chah or Ajahn Sumedho · 8
| Name | Tradition | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Ajahn Anan AkiñcanoThai Forest (Kammaṭṭhāna) | Thai Forest (Kammaṭṭhāna) | b. 1954 |
 | Thai Forest (Kammaṭṭhāna) | b. 1951 |
Ajahn Dtun ThiracittoThai Forest (Kammaṭṭhāna), Ajahn Chah lineage | Thai Forest (Kammaṭṭhāna), Ajahn Chah lineage | b. 1955 |
 | Thai Forest (Kammaṭṭhāna) | b. 1958 |
 | Thai Forest (Kammaṭṭhāna) | |
 | Thai Forest (Kammaṭṭhāna) | b. 1949 |
Jack KornfieldInsight meditation (Thai Forest and Burmese traditions) | Insight meditation (Thai Forest and Burmese traditions) | b. 1945 |
Luang Por Liem ṬhitadhammoThai Forest (Kammaṭṭhāna) | Thai Forest (Kammaṭṭhāna) | b. 1941 |
Talks
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Places
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Books
Small Boat, Great Mountain: Theravadin Reflections on the Natural Great Perfection
Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery
Tudong: The Long Road North
1984
The Island: An Anthology of the Buddha's Teachings on Nibbāna
2009
Sources and verification
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Written from published sources by the volunteer editors. Not yet reviewed by an outside advisor.
- OrganisationAmaravati Buddhist Monastery (amaravati.org): official biographical material
- OrganisationForest Sangha: Amaro teaching archive
- OrganisationAmaravati Buddhist Monastery: biography of Ajahn Amaro (born in England 1956; BSc in psychology and physiology; ordained by Ajahn Chah in 1979; Abhayagiri 1996, co-abbot with Ajahn Pasanno until 2010; books)
- ReferenceWikipedia: Ajahn Amaro (born 2 September 1956; asked by Ajahn Sumedho to succeed him at Amaravati; Tudong 1984)
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