Closing date soon -  28 May 2025. If you have not registered,  please do so at   www.bubs.my/retreat-2025-lpvajiro

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Biodata: 

Luang Por Vajiro was born in Malaysia in 1953. He met  Luang Por Chah and Luang Por Sumedho at the Hampstead Vihara in 1977.  In 1979 he went to Wat Pah Nanachat and received upasampadā  from Luang Por Chah at Wat Pah Pong in 1980. Luang Por Vajiro returned to England in 1984 and assisted with the establishment of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery. He lived in the monasteries in the UK for many years. 

In 1993, he moved to New Zealand to lead the Bodhinyanarama community in Wellington for five years. Following this, he entered a three-year retreat in Australia before returning to Amaravati in 2001. 

In 2012, he moved to Portugal, where he has been closely involved in the establishment of Sumedharama Buddhist Monastery near Lisbon, which is where he is now based and is the Abbot of the monastery.