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          Bhante Sujato

          Australian Theravada Buddhist monk

          Sujato, known as Ajahn Sujato or Bhikkhu Sujato (born Anthony Best[1]), is an Australian Buddhistmonk ordained into the Thai forest lineage of Ajahn Chah.[2]

          Life

          He is a former musician[3] with the post punkalternative rock Australian band Martha's Vineyard, who had toured with, amongst others, Mick Hucknall's Simply Red, INXS, Annie Lennox' Eurythmics, and early proto-punkgarage bandThe Saints before disbanding in [4] He spent several years at Bodhinyana Monastery in Western Australia before going on to found Santi Forest Monastery in where he served as the abbot.

          Following Sujato's wishes, Santi became a bhikkhunī (Buddhistnun) vihara in , and he returned to live in Bodhinyana Monastery.[5]

          Monastic work

          In , Sujato co-founded the Buddhist website SuttaCentral[2] along with Rod Bucknell and John Kelly, to provide access to Early Buddhist texts in thei