Ajaan Suwat Suvaco (27 August 1919 – 5 April 2002), born in Thailand, was a Buddhist monk who founded four monasteries in the western United States. Ordained at the age of twenty, he became a student of Ajaan Funn Acaro two or three years later, and also studied briefly with Ajaan Mun.
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| Personal | |
| Born | 27 August 1919 |
| Died | 5 April 2002 (aged 82) Buriram, Thailand |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Nationality | Thai |
| School | Theravāda |
| Lineage | Thai Forest Tradition |
| Organization | |
| Order | Dhammayuttika Nikaya |
Following Ajaan Funn's death in 1977, Ajaan Suwat stayed on at the monastery to supervise his teacher's royal funeral and the construction of a monument and museum in Ajaan Funn's honor. In the 1980s Ajaan Suwat came to the United States, where he established his four monasteries: one near Seattle, Washington; two near Los Angeles; and one in the hills of San Diego County (Metta Forest Monastery). He returned to Thailand in 1996, and died in Buriram on 5 April 2002, after a long illness.[1]
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