Ajaan Suwat Suvaco

Ajaan Suwat Suvaco (1919–2001) was an abbot in the Thai Forest Tradition. In the 1980s, he came to the United States, where he established his four monasteries: one near Seattle, Washington; two near Los Angeles; and one in the hills of San Diego County (Metta Forest Monastery).
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