Pilgrimage, Tudong, and Faith as Courage | Ajahn Ñāṇiko
Channel: Clear Mountain Monastery
Date: 2022-12-31

In this interview, Ajahn Nyaniko, abbot of Abhayagiri, speaks about his experience developing faith as a faculty and power of the heart through pilgrimage and the practice of wandering tudong.

Ajahn Nyaniko was born and raised in California. In 2001, at the age of 20, he visited Abhayagiri and decided to request anagarika ordination. In 2002 he took novice ordination, and in July 2003 he was ordained as a bhikkhu. He received his basic training from Luang Por Pasanno and Luang Por Amaro at Abhayagiri, and has also spent over six years training in Thailand. Since Ajahn Pasanno stepped back from his leadership role in 2018, Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Nyaniko guided the Abhayagiri community as co-abbots.

As of June 2020, with Ajahn Karuṇadhammo stepping back from his administrative duties, Ajahn Nyaniko is now serving as the abbot of Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.