Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo

One of the foremost teachers in the Thai forest ascetic tradition founded by Phra Ajaan Sao Kantasilo and Phra Ajaan Mun Bhuridatto.

Phra Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo (1907- 1961) was one of the foremost teachers in the Thai forest ascetic tradition of meditation founded at the turn of the century by Phra Ajaan Sao Kantasilo and Phra Ajaan Mun Bhuridatto. His life was short but eventful. Known for his skill as a teacher and his mastery of supernatural powers, he was the first to bring the ascetic tradition out of the forests of the Mekhong basin and into the mainstream of Thai society in central Thailand.

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