Ajahn Viradhammo

Ajahn Viradhammo
Pictured (left) with a Luang Por Sumedho at Tisarana Monastery in May 2010
Personal
Born	Vitauts Akers (1947-04-27) April 27, 1947 (age 77) Germany
Religion	Buddhist
Nationality	Canadian
School	Theravada
Other names	Luang Por Viradhammo
Senior posting
Teacher	Ajahn Chah
Based in	Tisarana Monastery, Perth, Ontario
Website	tisarana.ca

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Ajahn Viradhammo or Luang Por Viradhammo (born Vitauts Akers, April 27, 1947 Esslingen, Germany) is a Canadian monk in the Thai forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism. He was ordained as a monk in 1974 by Ajahn Chah at Wat Nong Pah Pong monastery and became one of the first residents at Wat Pah Nanachat, the international monastery in north-east Thailand.^[1] Luang Por Viradhammo is the most senior Thai Forest monk in Canada and currently the Abbot of Tisarana Buddhist Monastery in Perth, Ontario. Luang Por means Venerable Father (หลวงพ่อ), an honorific and term of affection in keeping with Thai custom; ajahn means teacher.

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