Ajahn Brahm is a British-born Theravada Buddhist monk. He studied under Ajahn Chah in Thailand before starting his own monastery—Bodhinyana—in Serpentine, Western Australia.

He is the author of several commercially successful books about Buddhism and meditation and is an advisor to many Western Buddhist organizations and teachers, including Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato with whom he’s played an important role in the revival of the Theravada Bhikkhuni order.