Also known as Luang Por Sumedho, Robert Karr Jackman, Sumedha Bhikkhu
US Buddhist monk
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Luang Por Ajahn Sumedho (Thai: อาจารย์สุเมโธ) (born Robert Kan Jackman, July 27, 1934, Seattle) is the senior Western representative of the Thai forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism. He was abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK, from its consecration in 1984 until his retirement in 2010. Luang Por means Venerable Father (หลวงพ่อ), an honorific and term of affection in keeping with Thai custom; ajahn means teacher. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ajahn+Sumedho">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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