Profile of Ven. Ajahn Jayasaro :

 Ajahn Jayasaro was born in England.  He became an ‘anagarika’ in 1978 under the guidance of Ajahn Sumedho.  Later that year, he left for Wat Pah Pong in Northeast Thailand, where he was ordained a ‘bhikkhu’ with Ajahn Chah as his Preceptor.  Ajahn Jayasaro was the Abbot of Wat Pah Nanachat from 1997 to 2002.  He now resides in a hermitage at the foothills of Khao Yai mountain in Thailand.