sumedharama

Sumedharama is a Buddhist Monastery in the Theravada tradition, located a short distance from the town of Ericeira in Portugal. The monastery, established in 2018, is inspired by Ajahn Sumedho. In 1975 Ajahn Sumedho, following the instruction of his teacher Ajahn Chah (1918-1992), started the first monastery for non-Thai people. And since 1975 many monasteries have been established by non-Thais in Europe, Australasia, and North and South America and in Thailand itself, all following what they feel is the practice and spirit of Wat Nong Pah Pong and the Thai branch monasteries as they were when Ajahn Chah lived.
The purpose of the monastery is to provide a simple and peaceful place of practice for monastics in the Thai Forest Tradition, whose shared intention is the realization of Nibbana, release from all mental suffering.
The monastery is also open to guests and visitors and is an environment in which individuals, families and residents are given the opportunity to be in contact with the principles of the Buddha’s teachings and supported in the cultivation of these qualities in their own lives.