Thai Theravada Buddhism

Thailand is home to one of the most vibrant and historically continuous Theravada
Buddhist traditions in the world — a tradition that has preserved the original teachings of
the historical Buddha in the Pali Canon with extraordinary fidelity for over 2,500 years. Thai
Theravada Buddhism is not a simplified or popularized version of Buddhist teaching. It is
the full, uncompromised path to liberation as taught by the Buddha himself and preserved
by generations of Thai forest masters.
Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola — also known as Ajarn Shaman Shu, a title earned through years
of study and practice in the Thai Buddhist tradition — presents the complete history,
philosophy, and practice of Thai Theravada Buddhism: the Pali Canon and its key texts, the
Thai forest tradition of Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Mun, the practice of Vipassana (insight
meditation), the Vinaya (monastic code), and the role of Buddhism in Thai culture and
society.
This is the Buddhism that the Buddha actually taught. And it works.
Learn more at OrishaUniversity.com.

About the Author
Robert S. Shumake, publishing as Ajarn Shaman Shu, has lived two lives in one — the builder and the priest — and his books are where the two meet. He rose from a Ford factory floor to become founding president and CEO of Inheritance Capital Group, a Black Enterprise-ranked private equity firm, served as honorary consul for Botswana and Tanzania, and founded Inheritance Media Group, owner of more than 300 publications produced by an AI-run newsroom. In spirit, each tradition that initiated him gave him a name: Buddhist Ajarn in the Theravada and Vajrayana lines, Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola in Ifá, and Shri Surya Narayana Swamikal in the Tamil Siddha line. He is the founder of Soul Tribes International Ministries and of Buddha Digital Temple and its universities — Orisha University, Buddha University, and Shiva University. He authored Detroit’s Proposal E, the 2021 ballot initiative that decriminalized entheogenic plants in Detroit, and is the author of more than 140 published books and 86+ DOI-registered academic publications. His philosophy: the Double Bottom Line — make a profit, and make a difference. Robertshumake.biz