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Achan K. Khemananda is the Buddhist pen name of Kovit Aneckachai who is an internationally renowned Thai independent scholar. He has been teaching Buddhism, both in theory and practice, from various perspectives including social ethics, cultures, symbolism and arts for more than 20 years. He has taught in Thailand, Singapore, England, Germany, Switzerland, Australia and the United States. He is the author of more than 20 books, both in Thai and English, on Buddhism, meditation, art and culture. He is also a poet and artist whose work has been exhibited internationally and reviewed in the local press of those countries where the exhibitions have been held. Khemananda is the founder of the Ariyabha Foundation, a non-sectarian society for the study and practice of religion in Bangkok. Khemananda graduated from Silpakorn University in Bangkok with a degree in fine arts in 1965. He taught at Bangkok Technical University for two years, from 1965 to 1967. In 1967 he resigned and entered monkhood for the next 15 years. He studied Buddhism under Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, one of the great reformist Buddhist monks in Thailand, and Luangpor Teean, The Grand Master of Sati Meditation. Khemananda founded the Ariyabha Foundation in 1976. Being a 'liberal" abbot Buddhist monk, he left Thailand in 1981-1985 in exile under the political pressure of the military government. In 1985 he disrobed and has continued his work as a layperson ever since. Khemananda was invited by the BAUS and stayed in Chuang Yen Monastery in 1998 to teach Sati Meditation. Besides Thai, he speaks fluent English. |
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