Forest monastery in Boston

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Forest monastery in Boston

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Good news for the Americans. I heard plans are in place for the founding of a monastery near Boston, Massachusetts next year, headed by Ajahn Jayanto.
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I wasn't aware there were forests anywhere near Boston!

Great news though. Do you have any information on said Abbot?
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Just what is available on google. I just attended a short retreat with him .

Ajahn Jayanto (Chris Bowen) was born in 1967 in Boston, Massachussetts, USA. In 1988 he left university in order to pursue something more meaningful, and within a year had found his way to Amaravati in order to join the monastic community. After eight years training, mostly in the monasteries at Chithurst and Harnham, he spent another eight years in Buddhist countries in Asia, mostly in Thailand. He returned to Britain in order to live at Amaravati in March, 2006.
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Ajahn Jayanto is a great person....
won't blow too much smoke up hisXXXX though :)
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Hello all,

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is this is in the tradition of ajahn chah?
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befriend wrote:is this is in the tradition of ajahn chah?
Yes, he should still be at Wat Pa Nana Chat
he is a really great guy!
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Awesome! I live right by the Boston area. If anyone knows who to contact I'd love to help out! I suppose in the mean time I should try to contact Amaravati?

Thanks for sharing the news.

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Looks like the project is kicking off
http://jetagrove.us/
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LonesomeYogurt wrote:I wasn't aware there were forests anywhere near Boston!
:lol: It must be referring to the tradition, not the trees.
LonesomeYogurt wrote: Great news though.
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pilgrim wrote:Looks like the project is kicking off
http://jetagrove.us/
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Preparations are under way to host Ajahn Jayanto and one or two monks this summer in Boston. The plan is for Jeta Grove to rent – or borrow, if that becomes possible – a property suitable for the monks to stay in for the three-month ‘Vassa’ period this year, from mid-July until late October.

A small search committee has been making enquiries, and they are still looking. If you have any leads or suggestions, feel free to let us know by sending a message using the form on our Contact page.
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I really hope this happens. Ajahn Jayanto came through Portland last year while visiting Abhayagiri and the Pacific Hermitage and I was really impressed by him. He talked about this project a little and that it might be a possibility (I think his mother might even be involved with it), and I'm glad to see that it might actually happen.
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LonesomeYogurt wrote:I wasn't aware there were forests anywhere near Boston!
It depends upon how you define "near." Much of the eastern and central farm lands of Massachusetts were were quite crappy as farm lands and have now reverted back to wooded areas.
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Latest development: Buddhist monks plan to buy part of Temple farm, build forest monastery
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/102 ... rt-of.html
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