Brother Phap Man (Aaron)

Brother Fulfilment (Brother Phap Man) ordained in 2007 at Plum Village, where he lived for five years, and received his monastic training. He received the lamp transmission in 2016. Brother Fulfilment celebrates his Christian roots and enjoys spending time in the forest around Blue Cliff. He has engaged in the Earth Holder Sangha and has been active in supporting Wake Up since 2009. He attended his first retreat, a young adults retreat at Deer Park, in 2004.

Brother Fulfilment has degrees in applied mathematics and computer science from the University of California. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal from 1996 to 1998, where he taught maths in a rural school and at a regional teacher training centre. He taught maths, physics, renewable energy, and outdoor education at Sierra Nevada College and has worked as a test engineer on experimental air traffic control software at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA.