Monks / Nuns

Ajahn Brahm—visited Hamburg (an event organised by the BGH) in October 2014 for talks and a small retreat. We hope to organise other events with Ajahn Brahm in the future.

Ayya Anandabodhi – Spiritual Advisor to Tilorien Monastery.

Ayya Santacitta – Spiritual Advisor to Tilorien Monastery and visited us in 2021 for a weekend retreat.

Bhante Sujato—visited us in 2013 and 2015 for a 10-day retreat and several talks in various languages and countries. He is the spiritual advisor for Samita ASBL.

Ajahn Brahmali—visited us in 2017 for a meditation- and sutta-retreat and various talks in Germany and Belgium.

Ayya Yeshe Chodron—visited us in the summer of 2014 for a few weeks of talks and retreats before embarking on a pilgrimage tour to Santiago de Compostela and Assisi.

Ayya Vimala—is one of the founding members of Samita ASBL with the goal to one day realise a monastery in Europe.

Sabbamitta Silashin—is one of the founding members of Samita ASBL and met Ayya Vimala in 2011.

Anagārikā Āstha—ordained at Tilorien Monastery in June 2026, with Ven. Vimala as her preceptor.