Ajahn Sumedho

Ajahn Sumedho
Personal
Born
Robert Karr Jackman

(1934-07-27) July 27, 1934 (age 90)
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolTheravāda
LineageThai Forest Tradition
Organization
OrderMahā Nikāya
Senior posting
TeacherAjahn Chah
Ordination1967 (57 years ago)
Post

Ajahn Sumedho (born Robert Karr Jackman on July 27, 1934) is an American Buddhist monk. He was ordained in 1967, and was instrumental in establishing Wat Pa Nanachat in Thailand and the Cittaviveka and Amaravati monasteries in England. One of the most senior Western representatives of the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravāda Buddhism, Sumedho is considered a seminal figure in the transmission of the Buddha's teachings to the West.