# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thanissaro-bhikkhu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:32:31.934Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thanissaro-bhikkhu"
name: "Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu"
slug: "thanissaro-bhikkhu"
description: "Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu is an American Buddhist monk and author. Belonging to the Thai Forest Tradition, he studied for ten years under the forest master Ajahn Fuang Jotiko. Since 1993, he has served as abbot of the Metta Forest Monastery in San Diego County, California—the first monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition in the U.S.—which he cofounded with Ajahn Suwat Suvaco."
tagline: "US Buddhist monk"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ajaan_Goeff_Dhamma_Talk_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1949-12-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           62.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.45616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 19600
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.dhammatalks.org/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6FSq_ptJ-I6aTHT-XA_e0Q"
    handle:    "@dhammatalksorg"
    followers: 19600
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanissaro"
    title: "Thanissaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B9%ACh%C4%81nissaro_Bhikkhu"
    title: "Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanissaro_Bhikkhu"
    title: "Thanissaro Bhikkhu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A1nisszar%C3%B3_Bhikkhu"
    title: "Thánisszaró Bhikkhu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B9%ACh%C4%81nissaro_Bhikkhu"
    title: "Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%8C%E1%80%AC%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%BF%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC"
    title: "ဌာနိဿရော"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A1nissara"
    title: "Thánissara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanissaro"
    title: "Thanissaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajahn_Thanissaro"
    title: "Ajahn Thanissaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%91%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%83"
    title: "Тханиссаро Бхикку"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump