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border-radius: 50%; margin-top: 0px;\" \/><b><span style=\"font-size: 40px; color: #000000; margin-top: 40px;\">Elders<\/span><\/b><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-includes\/osf\/top-icons\/OIG4.JP6BSHcmTW4x08DA1Gn1.jpg\" alt=\"ok\" width=\"80px\" height=\"80px\" style=\"float: right; border-radius: 50%; margin-top: 0px;\" \/><\/td><\/table>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<h6>Here are some old friends who can now be called elders because each <br \/>\none is over 70 years old and have been in the dhamma more that 35 years.<br \/>\nThis page works on cell phone when held sideways<br \/>\n<\/h6>\n<table style=\"background-color: lightblue;\"><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=595\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/595\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Achan-Dhammavidu', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Achan-Dhammavidu<br>Koh Samui Surat <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TanDhammavidu\/' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/facebook.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/dipabhavan.weebly.com\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aniw24gvEYU&pp=ygUKRGhhbW1hdmlkdQ%3D%3D' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=595'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=595','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"595\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=Vajrasattva Kadampa Meditation Centre 24 Castle St, Dumfries DG1 1DR, United Kingdom' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Achan DhammaVidu ordained 1997 and after spendin many years at Dohm Kiem close the Wat Suan Mokkh is now the main teacher at DipaBhavan living with Achan Pho<\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=592\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/592\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Ajahn-Ammaro', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Ajahn-Ammaro<br>Hertfordshire UK <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.abhayagiri.org\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fsIrblU61Bs&pp=ygUMQWphaG4tQW1tYXJv' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=592'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=592','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"592\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=8105 Linden Rd. Del Valle TX 70707070\/0101\/0101 United States' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Ajahn Amaro\u00a0(born 1956)[1]\u00a0is a\u00a0Therav\u0101da\u00a0Buddhist\u00a0monk\u00a0and teacher, and abbot of the\u00a0Amaravati Buddhist Monastery\u00a0at the eastern end of the\u00a0Chiltern Hills\u00a0in\u00a0South East England. The centre, in practice as much for ordinary people as for monastics, is inspired by the\u00a0Thai Forest Tradition\u00a0and the teachings of the late\u00a0Ajahn Chah.[1]\u00a0Its chief priorities are the practice and teaching of\u00a0Buddhist ethics, together with traditional\u00a0concentration\u00a0and\u00a0insight meditation\u00a0techniques, as an effective way of dissolving\u00a0suffering. <\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=657\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/657\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Ajahn-Bodhipala', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Ajahn-Bodhipala<br>Hertfordshire UK <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/from-hatred-forgiveness-compassion-story-buddhist-nun-don-de-silva' target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/linkedin.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/amaravati.org\/about\/female-monastic-community\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href=' https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Ajahn-Bodhipala' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=657'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=657','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"657\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=13720 Midway Rd. Farmers Branch Texas 75244 USA' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Ajahn Bodhip\u0101l\u0101 was born in South-East Asia in 1940 and had three children with her now deceased husband. She also has five grandchildren. She studied applied mathematics and worked as a computer programmer for nearly twenty years. She was able to 'go forth' as an anag\u0101rik\u0101 in 1998 and received s\u012bladh\u0101ra ordination in 1999. Venerable Ajahn Sumedho was her preceptor. Her daily life in the monastery is challenging, since she has to simplify the complexity of her thoughts in order to give space to the intuitive knowledge to develop. Owing to her mathematical training, she is not surprised that this process involves a lot of patience and endurance, and is time-consuming. She considers her work in the monastery as a tool to measure her level of practice, and also as a litmus test of her ability in maintaining herself as an observer instead of as a doer. She realizes that no better place exists on earth for being able to observe the activities of her mind, and at the same time she can accumulate good deeds by serving the sangha at Amaravati.<\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=593\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/593\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Ajahn-Pissano', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Ajahn-Pissano<br>Redwood Valley CA <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/amaravati.org\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SBKll954aV8&t=3s&ab_channel=Abhayagiri' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=593'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=593','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"593\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Walking+Tree+Zen\/@42.8867799,-71.9820197,15z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89e17f2ef81f1c3d:0xdc9aef231b4fa5a!8m2!3d42.8867799!4d-71.9820197!16s%2Fg%2F11ff55b2jr?entry=ttu' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Ajahn Pasanno took ordination in Thailand in 1974 with Venerable Phra Khru \u00d1\u0101\u1e47asirivatana as preceptor. During his first year as a monk he was taken by his teacher to meet Ajahn Chah, with whom he asked to be allowed to stay and train. One of the early residents of Wat Pah Nanachat, Ajahn Pasanno became its abbot in his ninth year. During his incumbency, Wat Pah Nanachat developed considerably, both in physical size and reputation. Spending 24 years living in Thailand, Ajahn Pasanno became a well-known and highly respected monk and Dhamma teacher. He moved to California on New Year\u2019s Eve of 1997 to share the abbotship of Abhayagiri with Ajahn Amaro. In 2010 Ajahn Amaro accepted an invitation to serve as abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in England, leaving Ajahn Pasanno to serve as sole abbot of Abhayagiri for the next eight years. In spring of 2018, Ajahn Pasanno stepped back from the role of abbot, leaving the monastery for a year-long retreat abroad. After returning from his sabbatical, Ajahn Pasanno now serves as an anchor of wisdom and guidance for the community. The monastery is now under the active leadership of Ajahn \u00d1\u0101\u1e47iko, who Ajahn Pasanno requested to serve as abbot. <\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=655\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/655\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Ajahn-Ratanavao', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Ajahn-Ratanavao<br><\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/amaravati.org\/about\/male-monastic-community\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='n\/a' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/Email-bad-2\/?r=655','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"655\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/noemail.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=Norway' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Ajahn Ratanava\u1e47\u1e47o was born in Korat, north-east Thailand, on 10 February 1971. After finishing high school he worked in an industrial concern for a year, and then, as he had not been called up for military service, he decided to become a monk for three months. Those three months have extended indefinitely. In his fifth year as a monk Ajahn Ratanava\u1e47\u1e47o moved to Wat Pah Nanachat, where he acted as the monastery secretary. In 1999 he spent a year at Abhayagiri Monastery, before moving to Amaravati in 2001. Ajahn Ratanava\u1e47\u1e47o returned to Amaravati in late November 2012, after spending the three previous years back in Thailand. <\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=656\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/656\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Ajahn-Sundara', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Ajahn-Sundara<br>Hertfordshire UK <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/amaravati.org\/about\/female-monastic-community\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href=' https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Ajahn-Sundara' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=656'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=656','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"656\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=Green Space Arts Collective 529 Malone Street Denton, TX 76202 United States' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Ajahn Sundar\u0101 was born in France in 1946. She studied dance in England and France. After working for a few years as a dancer and teacher of contemporary dance, she had the opportunity while living and studying in England to attend a talk and later a retreat led by Ajahn Sumedho. His teachings and experience of the monastic way of life in the Forest tradition impressed her deeply. Before long this led her to visit to Chithurst Monastery, where in 1979 she asked to join the monastic community as one of the first four women novices. In 1983 she received ordination as a s\u012bladh\u0101ra, with Ajahn Sumedho as her preceptor. After spending five years at Chithurst Monastery she went to live at Amaravati Monastery, where she took part in establishing the nuns\u2019 community.<\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=653\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/653\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Bhikkhu-Bodhi', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Bhikkhu-Bodhi<br>Lafayette NJ <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bodhimonastery.org\/ven-bhikkhu-bodhi.html' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=avkdGYaQ9K0&ab_channel=BAUSChuangYenMonastery' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=653'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=653','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"653\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=220 Spring Avenue Webster Groves Missouri 63119 USA' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Bhikkhu Bodhi is an American Buddhist monk from New York City. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1944, he obtained a BA in philosophy from Brooklyn College (1966) and a PhD in philosophy from Claremont Graduate School (1972).Drawn to Buddhism in his early 20s, after completing his university studies he traveled to Sri Lanka, where he received novice ordination in 1972 and full ordination in 1973, both under the late Ven. Ananda Maitreya, the leading Sri Lankan scholar-monk of recent times. <\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=594\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/594\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Christopher-Titmas', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Christopher-Titmass<br>Totnes Devon <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/christopher.titmuss\/' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/facebook.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/money' target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/dollars.png' \talt='' . width=\"10\" . height=\"10\" . ><\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.christophertitmuss.net' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gVF4YoyCkjU&ab_channel=ChristopherTitmuss' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=594'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=594','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"594\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=9325 Lasaine Ave Northridge California 91325 USA' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> I have been living primarily chargin high fees and also want money as donations (dana in the Buddhist tradition) since 1970 when I ordained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand. All teachings are offered on a donation basis. If you wish, you might like to become a paid monthly subscriber. Your paid subscription will go directly to support the teachings, the office expenses and support for the family and myself.<\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=4233\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/4233\/profile_photo.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Geshe+Kelsang+Gyatso', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Geshe Kelsang Gyatso<br>London <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/45433823612\/posts\/10160399825788613\/' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/facebook.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/kadampa' \t target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/twitter X.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newkadampatradition\/'target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/instagram.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Geshe Kelsang Gyatso' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href= 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NkGseopVaao' target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube_.png' \t\t \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . 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He was the founder and spiritual director of the \r\nNew Kadampa Tradition-International Kadampa Buddhist Union, a registered non-profit, modern Buddhist organization that came out of the Gelugpa school\/lineage. <\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=865\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/865\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Gil-Fosdale', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Gil-Fosdale<br>CA <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.insightmeditationcenter.org\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Gil-Fosdale' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=865','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"865\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=320 Foxdale Loop Apt 221, San Jose, CA 95122' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Gil is the founding teacher and a co-guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California, and the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, California. He is also a founder of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies, where he is the Dean of its Buddhist Chaplaincy training programs. He has trained as a monk and as a teacher in both Burmese Therav\u0101da and Japanese S\u014dt\u014d Zen. In addition to books on Buddhist meditation practice, his published translations of Buddhist texts, including The Dhammapada: A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations (Shambhala, 2005) and The Buddha Before Buddhism: A Translation of the A\u1e6d\u1e6dhakavagga with Commentary (Shambhala, 2016). His dissertation was published in 2014 as Dawn of the Bodhisattva Path: The Early Perfection of Wisdom (Institute of Buddhist Studies and BDK America).<\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=611\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/611\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Santikaro', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Santikaro<br>Norfork Wi <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/suwat.santikaro\/' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/facebook.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/santikaro\/'target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/instagram.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.kevalaretreat.org\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VqmH6Sj7WIM&pp=ygUJU2FudGlrYXJv' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=611'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href= 'https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/santikarothera\/' target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube_.png' \t\t \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . 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There are only a few rooms available, so not many people will be there at one time. In the front, there are two of the guest houses, one with a shared kitchen and library space upstairs, and the house of Santikaro and his wife Marie Jo. Marie Jo and Santikaro spend some time each day taking care of the wildlife, the trails, and the horses that live on the property, but they are both available to schedule a chat with at any time if you just knock on their door. Walking to the back, there is a long soft grass trail with 6 or 5 places to veer off and sit on a little bench in seclusion. It\u2019s like a beautiful little nature park full of native flora and fauna. There is also one guest house in the back of the property that sits more secluded than the houses in front. Santikaro and Marie Jo also keep three friendly cats that wander around making friends with the guests. Guests are expected to bring their own food, keep to their own schedule, and to clean up after themselves. It\u2019s a wonderful place to come and retreat on your own or in a group.<\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=756\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/756\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Shinzen-Young', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Shinzen-Young<br>North; Yardley PA <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Shinzendotorg\/' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/facebook.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShinzenYoung' \t target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/twitter X.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.shinzen.org\/contact\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Shinzen-Young' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=756'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=756','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"756\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=133 SW 2nd Ave Portland Oregon 97204 United States' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Shinzen is like no other teacher you\u2019ve ever encountered. He merges scientific clarity, a rare grasp of source-language teachings East and West, and a gift for sparking insight through unexpected analogies, illustrations, humor, and firsthand accounts that reveal the inner journey to be as wondrous as any geographical expedition. <\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=615\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/615\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/ThanissaroBhikkhu', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Thanissaro Bhikkhu<br>Valley Center CA <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2038968529687480\/' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/facebook.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.watmetta.org\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MnjBX72gOgo&pp=ygUSVGhhbmlzc2FybyBCaGlra2h1' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=615'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=615','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"615\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=17212 West Maryland Avenue Waddell AZ United States' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> This is Achan Thannissaro wat founded in 1990's there are a number of western monks<\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-includes\/osf\/top-icons\/images (2).jfif\" alt=\"ok\" width=\"80px\" height=\"80px\" style=\"float: left; border-radius: 50%; \" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-includes\/osf\/top-icons\/older_hotei.gif\" alt=\"ok\" width=\"80px\" height=\"80px\" style=\"float: right; border-radius: 50%;\" \/><\/td><\/table>\n<p>Views: 1335<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some old friends who can now be called elders because each one is over 70 years old and have been in the dhamma more that 35 years. 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{"id":15278,"date":"2024-09-05T02:22:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T02:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/?page_id=15278"},"modified":"2024-11-15T07:10:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T07:10:25","slug":"elders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/elders\/","title":{"rendered":"Elders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nYour Page Title<\/title>\r\n<style>\r\n.custom-icon-top-left {\r\nposition: fixed;\r\ntop: 0px;\r\nleft: 0px;\r\nwidth: 200px;\r\nheight: 41px;\r\nbackground-image: url('https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/osf-logo-horizontal-white-200x41%201.png');\r\nbackground-size: cover;\r\ncursor: pointer;\r\nz-index: 1000;\r\n}\r\n.custom-icon-lower-right {\r\nposition: fixed;\r\ntop: 0px;\r\nleft: 260px;\r\nwidth: 50px;\r\nheight: 50px;\r\nbackground-image: url('https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/bsearch.png');\r\nbackground-size: cover;\r\ncursor: pointer;\r\nz-index: 1000;\r\n}\r\n.login-logout-button {\r\nposition: absolute;\r\ntop: -15px;\r\nright: 10px;\r\npadding: 10px 20px;\r\nbackground-color: red;\r\ncolor: white;\r\ntext-decoration: none;\r\nborder-radius: 5px;\r\nz-index: 1000;\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<\/head>\r\n<body>\r\n<div class=\"custom-icon-top-left\" onclick=\"window.location.href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/'\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"custom-icon-lower-right\" onclick=\"window.location.href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/detail-search\/'\"><\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/login\/\" class=\"login-logout-button\">Login<\/a><\/body>\r\n<\/html> <style>\r\nbody {\r\n background-image: url('https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-includes\/osf\/background-posts\/4.jpg');\r\n background-size: cover;\r\n background-position: center;\r\n}\r\n<\/style><table><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-includes\/osf\/top-icons\/leaf2.jpg\" alt=\"ok\" width=\"80px\" height=\"80px\" style=\"float: left; border-radius: 50%; margin-top: 0px;\" \/><b><span style=\"font-size: 40px; color: #000000; margin-top: 40px;\">Elders<\/span><\/b><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-includes\/osf\/top-icons\/OIG4.JP6BSHcmTW4x08DA1Gn1.jpg\" alt=\"ok\" width=\"80px\" height=\"80px\" style=\"float: right; border-radius: 50%; margin-top: 0px;\" \/><\/td><\/table>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<h6>Here are some old friends who can now be called elders because each <br \/>\none is over 70 years old and have been in the dhamma more that 35 years.<br \/>\nThis page works on cell phone when held sideways<br \/>\n<\/h6>\n<table style=\"background-color: lightblue;\"><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=595\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/595\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Achan-Dhammavidu', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Achan-Dhammavidu<br>Koh Samui Surat <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TanDhammavidu\/' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/facebook.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/dipabhavan.weebly.com\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aniw24gvEYU&pp=ygUKRGhhbW1hdmlkdQ%3D%3D' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=595'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=595','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"595\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=Vajrasattva Kadampa Meditation Centre 24 Castle St, Dumfries DG1 1DR, United Kingdom' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Achan DhammaVidu ordained 1997 and after spendin many years at Dohm Kiem close the Wat Suan Mokkh is now the main teacher at DipaBhavan living with Achan Pho<\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=592\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/592\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Ajahn-Ammaro', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Ajahn-Ammaro<br>Hertfordshire UK <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.abhayagiri.org\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fsIrblU61Bs&pp=ygUMQWphaG4tQW1tYXJv' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=592'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=592','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"592\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=8105 Linden Rd. Del Valle TX 70707070\/0101\/0101 United States' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Ajahn Amaro\u00a0(born 1956)[1]\u00a0is a\u00a0Therav\u0101da\u00a0Buddhist\u00a0monk\u00a0and teacher, and abbot of the\u00a0Amaravati Buddhist Monastery\u00a0at the eastern end of the\u00a0Chiltern Hills\u00a0in\u00a0South East England. The centre, in practice as much for ordinary people as for monastics, is inspired by the\u00a0Thai Forest Tradition\u00a0and the teachings of the late\u00a0Ajahn Chah.[1]\u00a0Its chief priorities are the practice and teaching of\u00a0Buddhist ethics, together with traditional\u00a0concentration\u00a0and\u00a0insight meditation\u00a0techniques, as an effective way of dissolving\u00a0suffering. <\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=657\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/657\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Ajahn-Bodhipala', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Ajahn-Bodhipala<br>Hertfordshire UK <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/from-hatred-forgiveness-compassion-story-buddhist-nun-don-de-silva' target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/linkedin.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/amaravati.org\/about\/female-monastic-community\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href=' https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Ajahn-Bodhipala' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=657'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=657','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"657\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=13720 Midway Rd. Farmers Branch Texas 75244 USA' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Ajahn Bodhip\u0101l\u0101 was born in South-East Asia in 1940 and had three children with her now deceased husband. She also has five grandchildren. She studied applied mathematics and worked as a computer programmer for nearly twenty years. She was able to 'go forth' as an anag\u0101rik\u0101 in 1998 and received s\u012bladh\u0101ra ordination in 1999. Venerable Ajahn Sumedho was her preceptor. Her daily life in the monastery is challenging, since she has to simplify the complexity of her thoughts in order to give space to the intuitive knowledge to develop. Owing to her mathematical training, she is not surprised that this process involves a lot of patience and endurance, and is time-consuming. She considers her work in the monastery as a tool to measure her level of practice, and also as a litmus test of her ability in maintaining herself as an observer instead of as a doer. She realizes that no better place exists on earth for being able to observe the activities of her mind, and at the same time she can accumulate good deeds by serving the sangha at Amaravati.<\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=593\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/593\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Ajahn-Pissano', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Ajahn-Pissano<br>Redwood Valley CA <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/amaravati.org\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SBKll954aV8&t=3s&ab_channel=Abhayagiri' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=593'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=593','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"593\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Walking+Tree+Zen\/@42.8867799,-71.9820197,15z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89e17f2ef81f1c3d:0xdc9aef231b4fa5a!8m2!3d42.8867799!4d-71.9820197!16s%2Fg%2F11ff55b2jr?entry=ttu' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Ajahn Pasanno took ordination in Thailand in 1974 with Venerable Phra Khru \u00d1\u0101\u1e47asirivatana as preceptor. During his first year as a monk he was taken by his teacher to meet Ajahn Chah, with whom he asked to be allowed to stay and train. One of the early residents of Wat Pah Nanachat, Ajahn Pasanno became its abbot in his ninth year. During his incumbency, Wat Pah Nanachat developed considerably, both in physical size and reputation. Spending 24 years living in Thailand, Ajahn Pasanno became a well-known and highly respected monk and Dhamma teacher. He moved to California on New Year\u2019s Eve of 1997 to share the abbotship of Abhayagiri with Ajahn Amaro. In 2010 Ajahn Amaro accepted an invitation to serve as abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in England, leaving Ajahn Pasanno to serve as sole abbot of Abhayagiri for the next eight years. In spring of 2018, Ajahn Pasanno stepped back from the role of abbot, leaving the monastery for a year-long retreat abroad. After returning from his sabbatical, Ajahn Pasanno now serves as an anchor of wisdom and guidance for the community. The monastery is now under the active leadership of Ajahn \u00d1\u0101\u1e47iko, who Ajahn Pasanno requested to serve as abbot. <\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=655\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/655\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Ajahn-Ratanavao', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Ajahn-Ratanavao<br><\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/amaravati.org\/about\/male-monastic-community\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='n\/a' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/Email-bad-2\/?r=655','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"655\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/noemail.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=Norway' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Ajahn Ratanava\u1e47\u1e47o was born in Korat, north-east Thailand, on 10 February 1971. After finishing high school he worked in an industrial concern for a year, and then, as he had not been called up for military service, he decided to become a monk for three months. Those three months have extended indefinitely. In his fifth year as a monk Ajahn Ratanava\u1e47\u1e47o moved to Wat Pah Nanachat, where he acted as the monastery secretary. In 1999 he spent a year at Abhayagiri Monastery, before moving to Amaravati in 2001. Ajahn Ratanava\u1e47\u1e47o returned to Amaravati in late November 2012, after spending the three previous years back in Thailand. <\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=656\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/656\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Ajahn-Sundara', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Ajahn-Sundara<br>Hertfordshire UK <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/amaravati.org\/about\/female-monastic-community\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href=' https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Ajahn-Sundara' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=656'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=656','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"656\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=Green Space Arts Collective 529 Malone Street Denton, TX 76202 United States' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Ajahn Sundar\u0101 was born in France in 1946. She studied dance in England and France. After working for a few years as a dancer and teacher of contemporary dance, she had the opportunity while living and studying in England to attend a talk and later a retreat led by Ajahn Sumedho. His teachings and experience of the monastic way of life in the Forest tradition impressed her deeply. Before long this led her to visit to Chithurst Monastery, where in 1979 she asked to join the monastic community as one of the first four women novices. In 1983 she received ordination as a s\u012bladh\u0101ra, with Ajahn Sumedho as her preceptor. After spending five years at Chithurst Monastery she went to live at Amaravati Monastery, where she took part in establishing the nuns\u2019 community.<\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=653\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/653\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Bhikkhu-Bodhi', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Bhikkhu-Bodhi<br>Lafayette NJ <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bodhimonastery.org\/ven-bhikkhu-bodhi.html' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=avkdGYaQ9K0&ab_channel=BAUSChuangYenMonastery' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=653'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=653','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"653\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=220 Spring Avenue Webster Groves Missouri 63119 USA' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Bhikkhu Bodhi is an American Buddhist monk from New York City. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1944, he obtained a BA in philosophy from Brooklyn College (1966) and a PhD in philosophy from Claremont Graduate School (1972).Drawn to Buddhism in his early 20s, after completing his university studies he traveled to Sri Lanka, where he received novice ordination in 1972 and full ordination in 1973, both under the late Ven. Ananda Maitreya, the leading Sri Lankan scholar-monk of recent times. <\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=594\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/594\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Christopher-Titmas', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Christopher-Titmass<br>Totnes Devon <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/christopher.titmuss\/' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/facebook.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/money' target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/dollars.png' \talt='' . width=\"10\" . height=\"10\" . ><\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.christophertitmuss.net' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gVF4YoyCkjU&ab_channel=ChristopherTitmuss' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=594'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=594','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"594\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=9325 Lasaine Ave Northridge California 91325 USA' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> I have been living primarily chargin high fees and also want money as donations (dana in the Buddhist tradition) since 1970 when I ordained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand. All teachings are offered on a donation basis. If you wish, you might like to become a paid monthly subscriber. Your paid subscription will go directly to support the teachings, the office expenses and support for the family and myself.<\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=4233\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/4233\/profile_photo.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Geshe+Kelsang+Gyatso', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Geshe Kelsang Gyatso<br>London <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/45433823612\/posts\/10160399825788613\/' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/facebook.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/kadampa' \t target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/twitter X.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newkadampatradition\/'target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/instagram.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Geshe Kelsang Gyatso' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href= 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NkGseopVaao' target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube_.png' \t\t \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . '><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=4233','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"4233\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=No. 368 Lordship Lane London SE22 8NB United Kingdom' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> On 19 September 2022, the NKT announced the death of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche (\r\nGeshe Kelsang Gyatso was a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher, scholar, and author. He was the founder and spiritual director of the \r\nNew Kadampa Tradition-International Kadampa Buddhist Union, a registered non-profit, modern Buddhist organization that came out of the Gelugpa school\/lineage. <\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=865\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/865\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Gil-Fosdale', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Gil-Fosdale<br>CA <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.insightmeditationcenter.org\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Gil-Fosdale' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=865','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"865\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=320 Foxdale Loop Apt 221, San Jose, CA 95122' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Gil is the founding teacher and a co-guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California, and the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, California. He is also a founder of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies, where he is the Dean of its Buddhist Chaplaincy training programs. He has trained as a monk and as a teacher in both Burmese Therav\u0101da and Japanese S\u014dt\u014d Zen. In addition to books on Buddhist meditation practice, his published translations of Buddhist texts, including The Dhammapada: A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations (Shambhala, 2005) and The Buddha Before Buddhism: A Translation of the A\u1e6d\u1e6dhakavagga with Commentary (Shambhala, 2016). His dissertation was published in 2014 as Dawn of the Bodhisattva Path: The Early Perfection of Wisdom (Institute of Buddhist Studies and BDK America).<\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=611\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/611\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Santikaro', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Santikaro<br>Norfork Wi <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/suwat.santikaro\/' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/facebook.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/santikaro\/'target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/instagram.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.kevalaretreat.org\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VqmH6Sj7WIM&pp=ygUJU2FudGlrYXJv' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=611'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href= 'https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/santikarothera\/' target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube_.png' \t\t \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . '><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=611','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"611\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=2126 E. Locust Street Milwaukee Wisconsin 53211 USA' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Kevala Retreat Center was inspired by Wat Suan Mokkh in Thailand. Sitting on a hill in Southwestern Wisconsin, it consists of three guest houses where people can come stay and retreat either alone or with a group. There are only a few rooms available, so not many people will be there at one time. In the front, there are two of the guest houses, one with a shared kitchen and library space upstairs, and the house of Santikaro and his wife Marie Jo. Marie Jo and Santikaro spend some time each day taking care of the wildlife, the trails, and the horses that live on the property, but they are both available to schedule a chat with at any time if you just knock on their door. Walking to the back, there is a long soft grass trail with 6 or 5 places to veer off and sit on a little bench in seclusion. It\u2019s like a beautiful little nature park full of native flora and fauna. There is also one guest house in the back of the property that sits more secluded than the houses in front. Santikaro and Marie Jo also keep three friendly cats that wander around making friends with the guests. Guests are expected to bring their own food, keep to their own schedule, and to clean up after themselves. It\u2019s a wonderful place to come and retreat on your own or in a group.<\/textarea><\/td><\/tr><\/td><td>\t\t\t\t<tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/test-2\/user-update\/?r=756\"><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/ultimatemember\/756\/profile_photo-190x190.jpg?1777137515'\t\t\twidth='70' height='70' alt='User Photo' style='border-radius: 50%;'><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/user\/Shinzen-Young', '_blank')\"><p><b style=\"color: black; font-size: 18px;\">Shinzen-Young<br>North; Yardley PA <\/b><\/p><\/a><\/td><td>\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Shinzendotorg\/' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/facebook.png' \talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShinzenYoung' \t target='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/twitter X.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.shinzen.org\/contact\/' \ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/website.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Shinzen-Young' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/youtube with text.png' \t\t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/sanghafriends\/?r=756'\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/sangha.png' \t\talt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a id=\"contact-btn\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('\/newsite\/test\/email-get\/?r=756','popup', 'width=500,height=700,left=' + (screen.width - 500) \/ 2 + ',top=' + (screen.height - 600) \/ 4)\" data-userid=\"756\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/email.png\" alt=\"Email icon\" . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=133 SW 2nd Ave Portland Oregon 97204 United States' \t\ttarget='_blank'><img loading=\"lazy\" src='https:\/\/opensanghafoundation.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/map alternative.png' alt='' . width=\"35\" . height=\"35\" . ><\/a><\/td><td><textarea cols='60' rows='3'> Shinzen is like no other teacher you\u2019ve ever encountered. 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