Ajahn Suchart @ The Open Buddhist University

Than Ajahn Suchart Abhijāto was born in Thailand in 1947 and received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Civil Engineering from California State University before returning to Thailand to manage an ice cream shop in Pattaya. Receiving a copy of Wheel 186 from a tourist, he realized the importance of meditation and wrote to the BPS requesting more. He received from them a copy of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta which he then chanted and practiced diligently. Leaving his job in 1974 to meditate full time, he was ordained at Wat Bowon by Somdet Yan himself in 1975 thanks to the help of Bhikkhu Khantipalo. He then traveled to Wat Pa Baan Taad where he would train under Luangta Maha Bua for the next nine years.

For his tenth rains, Ajahn Suchart came back to Pattaya where he has remained ever since. You can find his teachings and more at PhraSuchart.com.

~ Adapted from his two biographies: My Way (2014) and Beyond Birth (2022)