HRH the King may have bestowed Thai nationality upon famous farang Buddhist monk Ajahn Jayasaro back in 2020 but it took almost three years to get his Thai ID card.
On Sunday, Phra Ajahn Jayasaro took photos for his new Thai ID card in Nakhon Ratchasima province in northeast Thailand.
On March 9, 2020, King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand bestowed Thai nationality upon the monk under “special circumstances” by nature of his service to spreading the Dharma both in Thailand and internationally.
The 64 year old monk has held important roles, previously serving as the abbot of Wat Pah Nanachat (Bung Wai International Forest Monastery) in northeast Thailand from 1997-2002.
Ajahn Jayasaro was born on the Isle of Wight in England in 1958 as Shaun Michael Chiverton. As a child, he suffered from asthma and often missed school because of it. Determined to learn, he would educate himself at…
