Having a background in the
computer world, LP John
Paramai was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 2008. His journey
begins with finding his own happiness but has transformed into sharing his wisdom with many people worldwide.
He teaches mindfulness and meditation by
relating to modern lifestyles. He has traveled to 70 countries worldwide and taught people from all walks of
life. This Monk's Life video explains his monastic monk life as
he spent a week in a Buddhist temple in Thailand for his meditation retreat.
Journey
Journey 96 - South Korea
5 Apr 2025
Twenty-one years have passed, and I find myself at the same temple in Korea where I once submitted a conference paper as a Telematic PhD student from NTNU Norway submitting my second conference paper in 2004. Now, I'm honored to be speaking at a meditation conference as a monk in 2025.
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Happy New Year 2025
4 Jan 2025
As we welcome 2025, or in the Buddhist calendar, the year 2568 since the Buddha's Pari Nirvana, I offer you these words of reflection and blessing.
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Peace Architect Training IX
31 Dec 2022
The 40 Peace Architects from 23 countries mention that this meditation retreat is a massive upgrade to their meditation experience after 3 years of hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The 2022 Fit Summit Bangkok
30 Nov 2022
I went to guide a meditation session at the fit summit. The venue is located at the Sofitel Bangkok hotel, Sukhumvit road. The meditation happened on the morning of 30th November with about 50 participants mainly international people.
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Monk Life Thailand
30 Nov 2022
In 2022, I taught for five ordination programs in the Monk Life Thailand project. There were 48 ordinands from 33 countries who came to be ordained at the iMonastery, in Pa Pae, Chiang Mai, Thailand.".
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FAQs about the monk’s life of LP John Paramai
1 Jan 2022
This is the list of Frequently Asked Questions that people ask me while I travel to teach meditation around the world. Many people don’t know much about Buddhism. Some don’t know anything about the monk’s life at all.
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Online Meditation with Zoom
9 Oct 2021
Dr. Sith Chaisurote invited me to guide an online meditation session with Zoom Video Communications, Inc, the most well-known video conferencing app used during the COVID-19 pandemic. The session happened around 13:00 Thai local time, and it was meant mainly for the employees who live in Asia like India, Japan, Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand.
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AMANI African Youth Training 4
28 Feb 2020
LP Pasura and I went to help facilitate an AMANI African Youth Training #4 **for 24 young Africans** from Algeria, Botswana, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda at Himmawan Sanctuary, Loei province, Thailand from 15-27 February 2020.
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Journey # 95 Albania
6 Feb 2020
In December 2019, I visited Albania to organize a series of mindfulness and meditation for psychologists in Tirana. The program is called the inner life, which is organized by an acclaimed psychologist Fleura Shkembi, endorsed by the Albanian Order of Psychologists in Tirana. The training went for 2 days with 4 meditation sessions. Who would have known that this is going to be my last international trip before a hiatus for several years.
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