Skip to content

Dharma Documentaries

Buddhism and Its Cultures

Menu
  • Dharma
  • Culture
  • Ecology
  • Archives
  • About
Menu

How Thai Forest Buddhism Came to British Columbia

Posted on October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries
The beginnings of the Thai Forest Tradition in Canada is explained in this presentation.

How Thai Forest Buddhism Came to British Columbia

This is a very interesting presentation tracing the history of Ajahn Soṇa and the arrival of the Thai Forest Monastic tradition in Canada, organised by the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. There are two presenters: Karen Ferguson & Luke Clossey.

The presentation focuses on Ajahn Soṇa’s background, how he was ordained, and where he trained, and then the initial establishment of the first iteration of the Berkin Forest Monastery in a very remote area about 100 km north of Vancouver.

The film also looks at the people who were involved early on at the monastery, either as helpers, supporters or neighbours, and what their contributions were to the establishment and success of the monastery. The presentation is accompanied by slides with historic photographs.

Ajahn Soṇa is now a very popular Dhamma teacher, and many of his talks are on his youtube channel.

 

if the video does not appear on the page, try reloading the page; and if that doesn’t work, leave a comment so I can update the page (the comment is not published)

 

to see an album of screenshots click here

 

TAGS:
Culture, Dharma, Ajahn Chah, Canada, Monasteries, Monks, Thai, Vajrayana

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Comments do not appear straight away, but are moderated before publication

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Search

Subscriptions

Follow our Facebook Page Follow our Tweets Subscribe to our Feed

Subscribe by Email

Email


Shortlink and QR

https://dharma-documentaries.net/b/4ej

Donations

This site has taken more than fifteen years and 1,000s of hours to build, and has more than a thousand documentaries on it. If you would like to help, you can do so here. Even small amounts make a difference.

Copyright

If anyone has any copyright claims please contact me at dharmadocus@gmail.com and the posts and films will be immediately removed.

Top Ten Tags

Theravada
Mahayana
Vajrayana

India
Silk Road
China
Tibet

Arts
Lectures
Women

Sponsorship

 hosting sponsored by exabytes.my 

Random Posts

  • For God’s Sake (Thailand, Malaysia)
  • A Monk who wears Heels
  • Gobi by Boerte (Mongolian Music Video)
  • The Story of Sudhana, Gallery 2, 97-128
  • Life of Kripasaran Mahashtavir
  • The Story of Buddhism 4, The Image of the Buddha
  • The Zen Mind
  • The Monks In The Forest
  • Ballad of Lan Huahua played by Yu Hongmei
  • Marco Polo, Journey to the East

Recent Posts

  • Mongolian Applique
  • Mongolian Thangka
  • Painting in Time
  • Allon, Buddhism in Ancient Gandhāra
  • Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan
  • Overview of the Tibetan Book of the Dead
  • Yungang Grottoes 06, Guarding Eternal Beauty
  • Yungang Grottoes 05, Wuzhou Grottoes
  • Yungang Grottoes 04, Reforms by Two Saints
  • Yungang Grottoes 03, The Twin Caves

Related Posts:

  • The Monks In The Forest
  • Forest Dharma
  • Ajahn Punnadhammo, 06 Theravada in Sri Lanka
  • The Buddha comes to Sussex
  • Ajahn Punnadhammo, 08 Buddhism in Thailand
  • Act Normal
  • Alms Bowls to Newcastle
  • Ajahn Sumedho, No Birth
  • Our Life is like our Breath
  • Ajahn Punnadhammo, 03 the 18 Schools of Buddhism
© 2025 Dharma Documentaries | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme