Close-up of tall bamboo stalks in a forest, black and white photo with sunlight filtering through the bamboo leaves.
Close-up of bamboo stalks in a bamboo forest with sunlight filtering through.

FOREST SANGHA

International Monasteries in the Theravada Buddhist Tradition
of Ajahn Chah

This Forest Sangha website integrates the two previously separate sites: www.forestsangha.org and www.forestsanghapublications.org. It serves as a portal to an association of branch monasteries of Wat Pah Pong in NE Thailand.

This worldwide community of monasteries grew out of the early Western disciples of Venerable Ajahn Chah, and the website aims to support the free distribution of teachings from this tradition.

A black and white photo of a wooded area with trees, a small path, and a stream.

ABOUT

A history of this Forest Sangha community, with useful explanations about the website.

A large, old tree with a thick, textured trunk surrounded by dense foliage and undergrowth.

AJAHN CHAH

An introduction to the life and teachings of the Late Venerable Ajahn Chah.

A dirt path winds through a forest with tall trees, including a large, gnarled tree in the foreground on the left side.

MONASTERIES

A list with links to all the branch monasteries in this community, plus a gallery of photos.

Tall trees in a forest with a cloudy or overcast sky visible through the branches.

TEACHINGS

Published teachings in written and audiobook format, from senior monks and nuns.

If you are going to walk the same path as I did, the journey definitely has to take place in the heart.

AJAHN CHAH