# Ajahn Sumedho

> Ajahn Sumedho 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.

*US Buddhist monk*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1934-07-27
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ajahn_Sumedho)
- [Sumedho](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumedho)
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- [Ajahn Sumedho](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajahn_Sumedho)
- [Ácsán Szumédhó](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81cs%C3%A1n_Szum%C3%A9dh%C3%B3)
- [Ajahn Sumedho](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajahn_Sumedho)
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- [Ajahn Sumedho](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajahn_Sumedho)
- [Ajahn Sumedho](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajahn_Sumedho)
- [พระพรหมวชิรญาณ (โรเบิร์ต สุเมโธ)](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%93_(%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%95_%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B8%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%98))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2005455)

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