Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo
Phra Suddhidhammaransi Gambhiramedhacarya (Lee Dhammadharo) | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1907 |
| Died | 1961 (aged 53–54) |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Occupation | bhikkhu |
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| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Dhammayuttika Nikaya order of Theravada Buddhism |
| Lineage | Thai Forest Tradition |
| Dharma names | Dhammadharo |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Mun Bhuridatta |
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Phra Suddhidhammaransi Gambhiramedhacarya (Thai:พระสุทธิธรรมรังสี คัมภีรเมธาจารย์; January 31, 1907 – April 26, 1961), commonly known as Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo (Thai: พระอาจารยย์ลี ธมฺมธโร), was a prominent meditation master of the Thai Forest Tradition in the Dhammayuttika Nikaya order of Theravāda Buddhism. He was a direct disciple of Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta Thera, and later became the founding abbot of Wat Asokaram.
Ajahn Lee is regarded as one of the most influential teachers of the Thai Forest Tradition in the 20th century. He is remembered for devising comprehensive meditation instructions and detailed expositions of the jhānas, as well as for bringing the practices of the Forest Tradition into the mainstream of Thai religious life. Though he never spoke of his attainments, his disciples widely believed he possessed advanced psychic powers.