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Abhayagiri, or Fearless Mountain in the canonical language of Pali, is a Theravadin Buddhist monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition in Redwood Valley, California. Its chief priorities are the teaching of Buddhist ethics, together with traditional concentration and insight meditation techniques, as an effective way of dissolving stress. == Origins & Development == About north of Ukiah, the monastery has its origins in the 1980s when the UK-based Ajahn Sumedho, foremost western disciple of the Thai meditation master Ajahn Chah, started getting requests to teach in California. Visits by Ajahn Sumedho, as well as other senior monks and nuns, resulted in the Sanghapala Foundation being set up in 1988. The monastery's first were given to the foundation by the devotees of Chan Master Hsuan Hua, founder of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Talmage, before he died in 1995. Currently, the monastery rests on of mountainous forest land.〔("Origins of Abhayagiri" ), ''Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery''.〕 Until 2010, Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro served as co-abbots. In 2010, Ajahn Amaro accepted an invitation to serve as abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in England.〔("Ajahn Amaro Biography" ), ''Amaravati Buddhist Monastery''. Retrieved on 19 September 2013.〕 Ajahn Pasanno is now the sole abbot of Abhayagiri.〔("Monasteries in the lineage of Ajahn Chah" ), ''Forest Sangha''. Retrieved on 19 September 2013.〕 The monastery has developed significantly under Ajahn Pasanno's leadership and guidance. The Bhikkhu Commons (also known as the Monks' Utility Building, or MUB) was dedicated on July 4, 2010. Also in 2010, the Pacific Hermitage, a branch of Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, was founded in the Columbia River Gorge along a forested stretch of White Salmon, Washington's Jewett Creek with the support of Ajahn Pasanno, who encouraged Ajahn Sudanto to lead the effort to establish the Pacific Hermitage.〔(" The Pacific Hermitage: About Us" ).〕 The building of a new Reception Hall at Abhayagiri, which will be a two-story complex that will include a spacious meditation hall, a larger and more modern kitchen, office, a library, guest rooms, a child care room, bathrooms and showers for laymen, laundry, a small shrine room/reliquary, as well as covered decks and storage rooms, began in July 2013.〔("Groundbreaking: July 23 - August 8, 2013" ).〕 The first phase of construction is complete.〔("Construction" ), ''Updates, Floor Plans, Cost Estimation''.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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