Meet the Englishman who became Thailand's top foreign monk
A journey that began in a working-class family on England’s Isle of Wight has taken Shaun Chiverton to one of the highest ranks in Thailand’s Buddhist monkhood. The 68-year-old, now known as Ajahn Jayasaro, became the first non-Thai to be elevated to the rank of Somdet Phra Rachakhana, the second-highest level in Thailand’s monastic hierarchy. Chiverton travelled to India about five decades ago,…
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