Robin Sharma, in his bestseller "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari", wrote about a successful lawyer, Julian Mantle, who sold his worldly possessions to embrace a spiritual journey. While Mantle's story ...

Ven Ajahn Siripanyo, son of Malaysian telecom tycoon Ananda Krishnan, relinquished a multi-billion-dollar inheritance to embrace monastic life. At 18, he chose the path of a Buddhist forest monk, now ...

Ven Mettavihari who resides in the Narada Bauddha Dharmayatanaya, formerly the Narada Buddhist Research and Information Centre at Sarana Road, Colombo 7, is the advisor to the Brahm Society of Sri ...

The heir of Malaysia's Third richest person, whose net worth is more than 5 billion US dollars (Rs 40,000 crore) renounced his wealth to become a monk. Ven Ajahn Siripanyo is the son of Malaysian ...

Ven Ajahn Siripanyo, the son of Malaysian telecom tycoon Ananda Krishnan, chose to renounce his wealthy lifestyle at the age of 18, despite his father’s immense fortune. Ananda Krishnan, also known as ...

About an hour’s drive from Perth in Australia brings us to Serpentine, a quiet hilly suburb where renowned meditation master Ajahn Brahmavamso has his monastery. It’s around ten in the morning and the ...

Ajahn Brahmavamso makes us feel he prefers we use this shortened name – Ajahn Brahm, so that’s the name I use in this article. The abbreviated second name is extra meaningful since the five letters in ...

Ajahn Brahmavamso is 60 years today, August 7. Five years ago, he was an "unknown quantity" in Sri Lanka; today his is a household name. We had heard of him as a meditation teacher in Australia. His ...

unique event that takes place later this month when Ven. Ajahn Brahmavamso conducts a residential meditation retreat exclusively for monks and nuns at Bandarawela. Around two hundred members of the ...

The late Venerable Ajahn Chah Subhaddo was the founder of 350 monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition. Photo: Wat Nong Pah Pong Thai forest monasticism emulates the Buddha’s life-long connection to ...