About Ajahn Katadhammo

Pali name: Kata Dhammo ("One who has accomplished the Dhamma")

2010 — Ordained in Korea

2011 — Trained at a Mahasi-tradition practice center in Myanmar

2012 — Practiced under Long Puu Uthai in the Thai Dhammayut tradition

2013 — Received full bhikkhu ordination at Wat Pa Taap Nimit, Udon Thani, Thailand, with Long Puu Katapunyo as preceptor

2017–Present — Serves as a Buddhist chaplain at a military temple in Korea

2026 — Received Ph.D. in Dept. of Counseling Psychology and Meditation Therapy from Dongbang Culture University (Ha Dae-yong (Katadhammo)), and has authored numerous papers published in journals accredited by the Korea Citation Index (KCI)

Through the military temple and the "Buddha's Noble Disciples" community, Ajahn Katadhammo shares the Buddha's teachings realized through direct practice, along with the teachings of the great forest masters of the Thai tradition.

Over the past three decades, monastics and lay practitioners across Southeast Asia have studied and practiced early Buddhism, and this knowledge has steadily made its way to Korea. Ajahn Katadhammo's own path — through Korea, Myanmar, and Thailand — was built on this foundation.

Drawing on these formative experiences, he came to believe that the practice methods of the Thai Forest Tradition were well worth introducing to a wider audience, and began sharing them through an online community.

The teachings center on the early Buddhist scriptures and the Buddha's own words, as lived out through the forest practice and monastic life of the Dhammayut order.

The Dhammayut order is one of Thailand's two major monastic denominations, comprising roughly 10 percent of Thai Sangha. Its Forest Tradition has produced a lineage of deeply revered teachers, among them Ajahn Mun, Ajahn Maha Bua, and Ajahn Chah.

Because most Dhammayut forest monasteries are located deep in the wilderness, keep their distance from the internet, and center their practice on austere discipline (dhutanga), reliable information about this tradition has historically been difficult to find outside Thailand.

Through his own experience and the teachings of the great Dhammayut masters, Ajahn Katadhammo continues working to let the fragrance of the Buddha's truth reach a wider audience.