CanadaAjahn Soṇa is the #31,761 most-subscribed YouTube creator worldwide and #584 in Canada, with 37.6K subscribers and 5.4M total views across 412 videos. Ajahn Soṇa is known as Buddhist monk.
Channel description
This channel features various talks given by Venerable Ajahn Sona, the Abbot of Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery - a Canadian Theravada Buddhist monastery following the Thai Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah. Also known by its Pali name, 'Sitavana' (translated as 'cool forest grove'), the monastery is located in the tranquil and secluded forests of British Columbia's interior region. The monastery provides a peaceful refuge for monastics and lay people seeking to deepen their practice of the Buddha's teachings. For more information, please see our website at: https://birken.ca/.
The talks on this channel cover many aspects of meditation and Buddhism, focusing in particular on attitudes and techniques which give emotional benefit to the contemporary person. Audio downloads are available at https://anchor.fm/ajahn-sona
Latest videos Channel ↗
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Live from Birken: Dhamma Q&A with Ajahn Sona (06.14.2026)
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Live from Birken: Dhamma Q&A with Ajahn Sona (06.07.2026)
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Live from Birken: Dhamma Q&A with Ajahn Sona (05.31.2026)
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Cool Head Warm Heart (15): The Choices We Make
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Cool Head Warm Heart (14): The Breeze of Equanimity
Frequently asked
- How many subscribers does Ajahn Sona have?
- 37.6K subscribers — #31,761 worldwide, #584 in Canada.
- What is Ajahn Sona's real name?
- Ajahn Sona's real name is Ajahn Soṇa, born Apr 5, 1954.
- When did Ajahn Sona start on YouTube?
- The channel was created in Feb 2013.