Ayya Suvijjana Describes her Life on the Path “In 1998 I was introduced to vipassana at Santa Cruz Insight. Soon after, I visited Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery in Northern California, and in 2002 I moved to Ukiah to be closer to the monastery. I was drawn to the monastic lifestyle that I saw. Reading the suttas, …

Venerable Silananda Recounts her Journey to ordination On November 21, 2025, in Port Townsend, Washington, USA, dalhikamma (re-ordination ceremony in the Theravada tradition) was conferred upon Venerable Silananda Bhikkhuni (formerly Ven. Thubten Kunga Bhikshuni). A total of eight bhikkhunis and six bhikkhus were present to welcome Ven. Silananda into the Theravada tradition. She is now …

Volunteers Build a Kuti—And Community—at California’s Karuna Buddhist Vihara Sarah Conover of the Clear Mountain Community near Seattle, Washington, shares her inspiring account of a weeklong volunteer effort to help Bhikkhunis Santussika and Cittananda build more than just a new kuti. She writes, “What these two nuns have pioneered on their own is remarkable, and …