About

Ajahn Dhammavidu

Ajahn Dhammavidu (Kenneth Croston) is an English-born Buddhist monk. He ordained as a novice in 1994 and as a bhikkhu in 1995, and lived for some seventeen years at Suan Mokkh Nānāchat, the international hermitage of Wat Suan Mokkh in Chaiya, southern Thailand, founded by Ajahn Buddhadāsa.

For many years he has helped teach meditation to retreatants at the Suan Mokkh International Dharma Hermitage and at the Dipabhāvan Meditation Center on Koh Samui. Around 2010 he began translating the works of Ajahn Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu into English — the texts collected here — bringing into English talks from series such as the “Commonly Misunderstood Buddhist Principles.”

As of 2026, Ajahn Dhammavidu periodically leads Vipassanā Course 2 at the Dipabhāvan Meditation Center on Koh Samui, Thailand.

Ajahn Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu

Ajahn Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu (1906–1993) was one of the most influential Thai Buddhist teachers of the twentieth century and the founder of Suan Mokkh. He is the author of the talks translated in these texts.

About this archive

The material on this site is posted with the approval of Ajahn Dhammavidu, by a participant of his Vipassanā retreat, with the sole aim of making these teachings freely accessible to the public. The texts are Ajahn Dhammavidu’s English translations of Ajahn Buddhadāsa’s talks (with one original essay by Ajahn Dhammavidu); the audio and video are recordings of Ajahn Dhammavidu’s own meditation instructions and Dhamma talks.

If you are Ajahn Dhammavidu or represent Suan Mokkh / Dipabhāvan and would like anything changed or removed, please get in touch.