Country Thailand Founder Venerable Ajahn Chah Affiliation Thai Forest Tradition | Website watnongpahpong.org Phone +66 95 246 0648 | |
Address บ้าน พง สว่าง หมู่ ที่ 10 Non Phueng, Warin Chamrap District, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand Similar Wat Pah Nanachat, Wat Phrathat Nong Bua, Wat Pa Ban Tat, Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, Suan Mokkh Moklapha | ||
Wat Nong Pah Pong (Short: Wat Pah Pong, Thai: วัดหนองป่าพง) is the main monastery of the late Thai Forest Tradition meditation master, the Venerable Ajahn Chah. The monastery sits in Ubon Ratchathani Province, in the district of (Amphoe) Warin Chamrap.
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International Branch Monasteries
In 1975, one of Ajahn Chah's first Western disciples, the Venerable Ajahn Sumedho, opened what was to be the first in a long line of branch monasteries (currently around 240 branches) of Wat Pah Pong specifically geared for the growing interests in traditional Buddhist practices among Westerners. Thai monastery, Wat Pah Nanachat, along with a growing list of monasteries opened in recent years around the world, are introducing the heart of the Buddhist teachings to what was previously something of an inaccessible audience to the Thai Forest masters.
Following is an incomplete list of International branch monasteries of Wat Nong Pah Pong, sorted alphabetically by country: