Established in the 1980s by Ajahn Sumedho, Amaravati Buddhist Monastery is the largest (but far from the only!) Ajahn Chah branch temple in the UK. In addition to monks, Amaravati has a somewhat unique community of “sīladhārā” nuns who have taken on an unorthodox set of precepts.

Featured Publications:

The Verses of Sharing and Aspiration (English) (2006) – The Amaravati Saṅgha

The Island: An Anthology of the Buddha’s Teachings on Nibbāna (2009) – Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro

Featured in the course, " Nibbāna: The Goal of Buddhist Practice"

Mindfulness: The Path to the Deathless (2012) – Ajahn Sumedho

The Buddha spoke of two kinds of desire: desire that arises from ignorance and delusion which is called taṇhā—craving—and desire that arises from wisdom and intelligence, which is called kusala-chanda