]> 2026-10-16T07:54:37-04:00 People/Thanissaro Bhikkhu 0 en Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) is an American Buddhist monk of the Kammatthana (Thai Forest) Tradition. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1971 with a degree in European Intellectual History, he traveled to Thailand, where he studied meditation under Ajaan Fuang Jotiko, himself a student of the late Ajaan Lee. He ordained in 1976 and lived at Wat Dhammasathit, where he remained following his teacher's death in 1986. In 1991 he traveled to the hills of San Diego County, USA, where he helped Ajaan Suwat Suvaco establish Metta Forest Monastery (Wat Mettavanaram). He was made abbot of the Monastery in 1993. ([https://www.dhammatalks.org/index.html Source Accessed Aug 7, 2020]) Person People File:Thanissaro-bhikkhu.jpeg https://commons.tsadra.org/images/a/ac/Thanissaro-bhikkhu.jpeg true true true File:Thanissaro-bhikkhu.jpeg File:Thanissaro-bhikkhu.jpeg Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu;Geoffrey;DeGraff;Thanissaro Bhikkhu false Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu Geoffrey DeGraff Thanissaro-bhikkhu.jpeg Thanissaro Bhikkhu Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu Geoffrey DeGraff Modern Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) is an American Buddhist monk of the Kammatthana (Thai Forest) Tradition. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1971 with a degree in European Intellectual History, he traveled to Thailand, where he studied meditation under Ajaan Fuang Jotiko, himself a student of the late Ajaan Lee. He ordained in 1976 and lived at Wat Dhammasathit, where he remained following his teacher's death in 1986. In 1991 he traveled to the hills of San Diego County, USA, where he helped Ajaan Suwat Suvaco establish Metta Forest Monastery (Wat Mettavanaram). He was made abbot of the Monastery in 1993. ([https://www.dhammatalks.org/index.html Source Accessed Aug 7, 2020]) Thanissaro Bhikkhu;;;Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu;;;Geoffrey DeGraff;Geoffrey DeGraff;DeGraff, Geoffrey 1949/12/28 2019-09-19T15:33:06Z 2458746.1479861 2019-09-19T15:33:06Z 2458746.1479861 true People/Thanissaro Bhikkhu 0 0 template commons 1 [[:Thanissaro Bhikkhu]] People/Thanissaro Bhikkhu# QUERYab394201c5467fdbaa6ab9f61112c848 0 200 1 template 13 <q>[[BuNayAuthor::Thanissaro Bhikkhu]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[People::Thanissaro Bhikkhu||People/Thanissaro Bhikkhu]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[Performer::People/Thanissaro Bhikkhu]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]]</q> People/Thanissaro Bhikkhu# QUERY3b40d3c94f390cf66f31b1c947ec9c2f 0 200 1 template 3 [[Category:Library Items]] [[BuNayTopicTags::People/Thanissaro Bhikkhu]] People/Thanissaro Bhikkhu# QUERY55c5440ce102023d51c63710f38c03a3 Articles/Freedom from Buddha Nature 0 en Freedom from Buddha Nature Thanissaro Bhikkhu 0 en Thanissaro Bhikkhu AuthorPage 102 en AuthorPage REDI 102 en REDI