ACARIYA MAHA BOOWA IN LONDON – VENERABLE AJAAN PAÑÑĀVAḌḌHO

Translated by Venerable Ajaan Paññāvaḍḍho

Introduction

The Venerable ajaan Mahā Boowa Ñāṇasampanno accepted an invitation to go to England in June 1974 together with two other Bhikkhus, Venerable Paññāvaḍḍho and Venerable Abhiceto, originally from the U.K. and Canada respectively. All three had the good fortune to be able to stay at the Dhammapadipa Vihāra in Haverstock Hill which was run by the English Sangha Trust. It was there that Ajaan Mahā Boowa gave the talks recorded in this book, the only exception being the discussion on 13th June in the morning at Cambridge, when the Bhikkhus went to receive food at Mr. Benedic Wint’s house.

The talks given by Ajaan Mahā Boowa were tape recorded, but the questions and answers were mostly taken down in shorthand by M.R. Sermsri Kasemsri. It is mainly due to her efforts, not only in taking down the questions and answers, but also in subsequently transcribing all the talks and her shorthand notes and typing out the manuscript, that the Thai book was produced from which this translation was made.