Oh way cool, that's a great little place, and Ajahn Viradhammo is great.Kasina wrote:, by the way, is the monastery I'm considering:
http://tisarana.ca/
Ajahn Vīradhammo is the abbot there.
Really down-to-earth, great meditation teacher, relaxed, with a sense of humour. He spent how long caring for his mother? 5 years before she finally passed away?
He's the kind of ajahn I would aspire to be like.
When I was wondering which monastery to ordain at, another ajahn told me "Now that his mother has passed away, he is back at Tisarana full-time. You watch, in 5 or 10 years that place will be packed with monks who have come to learn from him. Get in now James, he's an ajahn who knows the way"
Cool eh.
Best of luck! I'd love to visit there one day, but alas, it is far.