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Venerable Ajahn Munindo - The Biography

Ajahn Munindo (Keith Morgan) was born in 1951, in the town Te Awamutu, New Zealand. He first encountered Buddhism at the age of 19 years. It had a profound impact and on a visit to Australia in 1972, he had an opportunity to attend a meditation retreat led by Ajahn Khantipalo.

After a period living on a community at Mullumbimby he left Australia in 1973 with the intention of traveling to Japan. He taught English for a while in Bangkok and there met some Western monks from Wat Bovoronives, where he eventually requested initial ordination as a samanera. He later received upasampada there from Phra Somdet Nanasamvara in 1974, and spent his first Vassa with Ajahn Thate at Wat Hin Mark Peng, on the Laotian border.

After a period in a Bangkok hospital with serious health problems, he met Ajahn Sumedho, and went to Wat Pah Nanachat, which had begun a few months earlier. He was re-ordained at Wat Nong Pah Pong by Ajahn Chah in 1975. 

Ill health caused a return to New Zealand for six months in 1979. During his time there, interest grew in having monks living locally on a more permanent basis.

In 1980 he travelled to England to join the community at Chithurst; three years later, he was given the responsibility of establishing a vihara in Devon, in the southwest of England. In 1987 he returned for another two years at Chithurst Monastery before moving in 1991 to Harnham Aruna Ratanagiri in Northumberland where he is presently abbot.

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