Ajahn brahm biography for kids

British-Australian Theravada Buddhist monk (born 1951)

Phra VisuddhisamvaratheraAM (Thai: พระวิสุทธิสังวรเถร), known as Ajahn Brahmavaṃso, or simply Ajahn Brahm (born Peter Betts^[1] on 7 August 1951), is a British-born Buddhist monk.

Ordained in 1974, he trained in the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravada Buddhism under his teacher Ajahn Chah. Currently, Ajahn Brahm is the abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine, Western Australia, as well as an adviser or patron of various Buddhist organizations in Australia, Singapore, and the UK.

Early life

Peter Betts was born in London.^[1] He came from a working-class background and went to Latymer Upper School.^{[citation needed]} He won a scholarship to study theoretical physics^[2] at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge in the late 1960s.^[3] After graduation, he taught mathematics at a high school in Devon for one year before travelling to Thailand to become