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ajaan geoff giving a dhamma talk -lsb- http://www.watmetta.org www.watmetta.org -rsb- theravada buddhism fuang phra ajahn jotiko , phra ajahn , suwat suvaco , black metta forest monastery american taan ajahn treasurer , dhammayut order of the us thai forest tradition #ffd 068 1949 phra racha khana -lrb- chao khun -rrb- ajaan goeff dhamma talk cropped.jpg thanissaro bhikkhu
 oberlin college Ṭhānissaro bhikkhu
thanissaro bhikkhu

Ṭhānissaro bhikkhu , also known as ajaan geoff -lrb- born 1949 -rrb- , is an american buddhist monk .
belonging to the thai forest tradition , for 22 years he studied under the forest master ajahn fuang jotiko , who was himself a student of ajaan lee .
he is currently the abbot of metta forest monastery in san diego county , california .
Ṭhānissaro bhikkhu is perhaps best known for his translations of the `` dhammapada '' and the `` sutta pitaka '' - almost 1000 suttas in all - providing the majority of the sutta translations for the reference website access to insight , as well as his translations from the dhamma talks of the thai forest ajahns .
he has also authored several dhamma related works of his own , and has compiled study guides of his pali translations .
