Ajahn Metta

Ajahn Metta was born 1953 in Germany. She became an Anagārikā in ‘93 at Amaravati and took higher ordination as a Sīladhāra in ‘96. During her monastic life she has been involved in many areas of the community. Currently she is helping with the organisation of the kitchen and taking care of visiting nuns. She is one of the group of senior nuns leading the Sīladhārā community. For the past few years she has been teaching meditation workshops and retreats.
Prior to monastic life she worked as a secretary and office assistant. She is a mother of a grown-up son and was living a family life before entering the monastic path. She has been practising meditation since ‘84 and has experience of living in other spiritual communities in Europe and Thailand ( Wat Suan Mokkh).

” I became interested in the spiritual path about 20 years ago. I was practising meditation in different groups and workshops for a number of years before I entered a spiritual community in Switzerland, looking for a situation where the practice was ‘the focus of the life’ and experiencing that ‘not quite right’ feeling. I left the community and continued to practise… When I came to Thailand I made the connection with the Theravada Tradition at Wat Suan Mokkh where I got interested in the monastic life. What struck me most at that time, was the integrity of this life and the people I met ( like Ajahn Buddhadasa). I heard about Ajahn Sumedho and Amaravati when I was there and after my return to Europe found my way into this community.”

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