Bhante Sujato
Bhante Sujato (Anthony Best) is an Australian Buddhist Monk. He was a member of the Australian rock band, Martha's Vineyard (est. 1986). One album reached number 77 on the Australian charts. In 1994 he left his music career to take higher ordination in Thailand in the forest lineage of Ajahn Chah. As well as living for several years in forest monasteries and remote hermitages in Thailand, he spent three years in Bodhinyana Monastery (Perth) as secretary of Ajahn Brahmavamso, and over a year in a cave in Malaysia.
He has combined his love of meditation with study of the Buddha's Teachings, and in 2001 published his first book, "A Swift Pair of Messengers", a compilation of Sutta passages on the theme of tranquillity and insight. He has since published many books. He studies and teaches Buddhist texts from comparative and historical perspectives.
He served as founding Abbot of Santi Forest Monastery from 2003-2012.
He is actively involved with Sutta Central (http://suttacentral.net/). He teaches in Australia and internationally.
Bhikkhuni ordination reinstatement
Bhante Sujato along with his teacher Ajahn Brahm were involved with Re-establishing Bhikkhuni Ordination in the Forest sangha of Ajahn Chah. Sujato along with other scholars such as Brahm and Bhikkhu Analayo had come to the conclusion that there was no valid reason the extinct bhikkhuni order couldn't be re-established. The ordination ceremony led to Brahm's expulsion from the Thai Forest Lineage of Ajahn Chah.
Buddhist publications
- Sujato, Bhante (2012), A History of Mindfulness (PDF), Santipada, ISBN 9781921842108
- Sujato, Bhante (2012), A Swift Pair of Messengers: Calm with Insight in the Buddha's Words, Santipada, ISBN 9781921842023
- Sujato, Bhante (2012), Sects & Sectarianism: The Origins of Buddhist Schools, Santipada, ISBN 9781921842085
- Sujato, Bhante (2012), Bhikkhuni Vinaya Studies: Research and Reflections on Monastic Discipline for Buddhist Nuns, Santipada, ISBN 9781921842146
- Sujato, Bhante (2012), White Bones Red Rot Black Snakes (PDF), Santipada, ISBN 9781921842030
- Sujato, Bhante; Brahmali, Bhikkhu (2015), The Authenticity of the Early Buddhist Texts (PDF), Chroniker Press, ISBN 9781312911505
- Sujato, Bhante (2022) How early Buddhism differs from Theravada
See also: Bhante Sujato quotes
Links associated with Bhante Sujato
- Sutta Central
- Sutta Central discourse and discussion
- Blog: http://sujato.wordpress.com/
- Books: http://santifm.org/santipada/
- twitter: https://twitter.com/sujato
- http://cms.bodhinyana.org.au/ (Bodhinyana Monastery, Part of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia)
- http://www.dhammaloka.org.au/ (Buddhist Society of Western Australia)