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Well known Theravada teachers

PremaSagarPremaSagar Veteran
edited January 2013 in Buddhism Basics
I'm familiar with names of modern teachers and masters Mahayana Buddhism such as: Shunryu Suzuki, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and Seung Sahn and classic masters like Nichiren and Honen Shonin but I don't know many of the popular figures of Theravada Buddhism. What are some names that come up under the category of well known classic and modern Theravada teachers ? To start off I'm familiar with the names of Jack Kornfield, Mahasi Sayadaw, Munindra Ji, and Ajahn Chah.

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  • mettanandomettanando Veteran
    Ajahn Munindo, Dhiravamsa, Ajahn Sucitto, Ajahn Anando, Webu Sayadaw.
    ThailandTomPremaSagar
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    That is more than enough to go on :P Thanks Jason and Mettanando, I have been thinking recently about what school of Buddhism reaches out to me the most. I have come to realise that I can take something from them all but the Theravada tradition, if taught well correlates with me mostly on the whole. Now I have a whole bunch of names to go and wiki and so forth, thanks again :)
  • BhikkhuJayasaraBhikkhuJayasara Bhikkhu Veteran
    edited January 2013
    a very good list so far with some names I've never even heard of , but how can we forget Ajahn brahm :P, also Ajahn Sujato who is less well known and more along the lines of a scholar like Bhikkhu Bodhi

    btw I never promote my youtube channel on here however I have put together playlists of all the hundreds of dhamma videos I've watched on youtube from most of the listed teachers who have stuff on the net.

    I have playlists for Ajahn Brahm, Ajahn Sujato, Bhante G, Ven K Sri Dhammananda and more. It is often hard to find just one place for these videos so I figured I'd create one. Just scroll down to find the playlists.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/StudentofthePath?feature=mhee
  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    edited January 2013
    Ajahn Brahm is a favourite of mine, even though I'm more of a Zen guy.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/BuddhistSocietyWA
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    I wish there were more books in the bookstore by those guys. I've read Mindfulness Plain and Simple and A Path with Heart. I like books versus youtube videos because I can read a little each day and finish the book, but it's hard to listen to a talk slowly like that.
  • JasonJason God Emperor Arrakis Moderator
    Also, Gil Fronsdal.
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