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Biography
Born in 1954, Ajahn Sona's background as a lay person
is in classical guitar performance (U. of Toronto). He left behind the
worldly life and embarked on a five year spiritual journey as a lay
hermit. He ordained as a Theravada monk in West Virginia and further
trained for three years at such monasteries as Wat Pah Nanachat and Wat
Keuhn in Northeast Thailand.
Ajahn Sona is a pioneer in introducing the Theravadin forest monastic
tradition to Canada. he established the Birken Forest Monastery north of
Vancouver upon his return to British Columbia in 1994. He is well
experienced in leading meditation retreats and his teachings on Buddhist
practice combine tried and true Buddhist wisdom with modern common
sense. Ajahn Sona is the abbot of
Birken Forest Monastery
at its new and expanded location near Kamloops, BC.
