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Venerable Ajahn Vimalo - The Biography

Born Paul Hendrick 1946 in Luton Bedfordshire. Left school at 15 and worked in a magazine company. Married at 21 he has two sons and a daughter.

In his mid 20’s became very keen on Hatha Yoga . Then at the beginning of the 1970’s he met Kapilavaddho, a Buddhist teacher who had formerly been a Bhikkhu. On hearing the teachings of the Buddha Paul started to meditate daily. In 1976 he met Ajahn Sumedho who was on a visit to England with his teacher Luang por Chah. Paul remained a supporter of the Bhikkhus until he was in a position to ordain himself.

He finally took upasampada as Vimalo Bhikkhu in Thailand in 1991, spending 3 years in the forest monasteries there before leaving to spend firstly 2 years in Australia followed by 5 years in Sri Lanka . Vimalo Bhikkhu returned to England in 2001 and is now resident at Amaravati.
 

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