Bhikkhuni Happenings 2017
News from Aloka Vihara
Friends of Aloka Vihara warmly invites you to join us for two events this year:
Ahimsa Samaneri’s Bhikkhuni Ordination
Date: August 26, 2017
Aloka Vihara’s First Kathina Ceremony
Date: October 22, 2017
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Charlotte Buddhist Vihara
Sunday, May 7, 2017
7:00 am – 2 pm
Dakkhina Dhammatthala
Saturday, May 13, 2017
11am – 5pm
http://mailchi.mp/2eec4427907e/vesak-2017-and-meditation-retreats?e=796d7fef86
Karuna Sevena
Saturday, May 13, 2017 starting 9:00 am
Place: ārāma Karuṇā Sevena, Slezská 3, Prostejov, CZ, E.U.
http://karunasevena.blogspot.com
Santi Forest Monastery
Saturday, May 13, 2017
http://santifm.org/santi/2017/02/26/come-and-celebrate-vesak-with-us-at-santi-on-saturday-13th-may-2017/
Newbury Buddhist Monastery
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Wesak Day Celebration with Ajahn Brahm
http://bsv.net.au/program-event/events-2017/
Dhammadharini
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Download the flyer >>
If you would like to list your celebration here, please contact us at info@bhikkhuni.net.
Two Openings at Sati Saraniya Hermitage for Volunteer Resident Stewards
There are 2 openings at Sati Saraniya Hermitage for volunteer resident stewards (male or female) who have:
- a regular Dhamma practice
- an interest in serving for at least 3 months
- experience in spiritual community
- a wish to deepen their practice within the monastic form
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Sakyadhita USA Board Members Visit Mahapajapati Monastery
From the Mahapajapati Monastery Newsletter:
Charlotte Collins, Carol Winkelmann, and Elise DeVido, all board members of Sakyadhita USA, visited us on their way back from Sakyadhita’s one-day conference in Los Angeles, “Diversity in the Dharma: Buddhist Women Engage Race and Exclusionary Politics in America.”
Read about this and more in the May issue of the Mahapajapati Monastery Newsletter >>
Tilorien Monastery has now opened in the Belgian Ardennes!
The humble beginnings of Tilorien Monastery have now started in the Belgian Ardennes. The Sangha is living in very basic conditions, in a tree house and a tent in a kind supporter’s garden.
Thanks to one of our donors, Ayya Kathrin and Ayya Vimala have created a website for the new Monastery: tilorien.org.
We hope to be able to build a monastery building with facilities for lay visitors and a meditation room. In the mean time, you can support the nuns in various ways and if you want to come and meet us for the day, you are always welcome. Please contact us in advance.
New Book: The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi
by Vicki Mackenzie
Shambhala Review:
Freda Bedi was the first Western woman to become a Tibetan Buddhist nun—but that pioneering ordination was really just one in a life full of revolutionary acts. Freda Bedi (1911–1977) broke the rules of gender, race, and religion—in many cases before it was thought that the rules were ready to be challenged. She was at various times a force in the struggle for Indian independence, spiritual seeker, scholar, professor, journalist, author, social worker, wife, and mother of four children. She counted among her friends, colleagues, and teachers Mohandas Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and many others. She was a woman of spiritual focus and compassion who was also not without contradictions. Vicki Mackenzie gives a nuanced view of Bedi and of the forces that shaped and motivated this complex and compelling figure. More>>
The Heart of Awakening Retreat
This week long retreat with Amma Thanasanti and Sharon Beckman-Brindely now has an option to join for the weekend.
Week long: May 12 -19
Weekend: May 12 -14
Download the flyer
Code Of Conduct by Bhikkhuni Kusuma is now available for purchase
This book by Bhikkhuni Kusuma presents the rules of conduct for Buddhist nuns as enshrined in the Pali Canon.
For more information and to purchase online go to http://www.online.buddhistcc.com/books/code-of-conduct-detail.html
First One Day Conference of Sakyadhita USA
April 1, 2017
Location: University of the West, conference co-sponsor, in Rosemead, CA
(Rosemead is about 15 miles east of downtown Los Angeles)
Theme: Diversity in the Dharma: Buddhist Women Engage Race and Exclusionary Politics in America
More >>
Meditation on the Elements – Retreat with Ayya Sobhana
DATE: March 25 – 30, 2017
This meditation retreat will be based on the inspiring Buddhist text, “The Exposition of the Elements” (Middle Length Discourses 140). We will begin by tuning into the six sense bases, and then direct our attention to the four physical elements as universal qualities, seeing the earthiness of the bones as no different than a tree, the wetness of tears no different than a river, the fire of digestion no different than a wild fire, the airy aspect of breath no different than the wind. By softening the perception of individuality in the physical body, this meditation makes space for a refined and pure consciousness to arise. We will attend to our feeling response to the impermanence in our external world due to climate change, aiming for patience, courage, equanimity and insight to face all difficulties.
More >>
Register for the 15th Sakyadhita International Conference
The conference will be held on June 22-28, 2017 in Hong Kong and its theme is Contemporary Buddhist Women: Contemplation, Cultural Exchange & Social Action. The conference highlights the diversity of contemporary Buddhist women throughout the world.
For more information and to register go to http://www.sakyadhita.org/conferences/15th-si-con.html
Daily Mirror Features an Article on Ven. Bhikkhunī Tathālokā Therī
March 15, 2017
Read the article, Restore lost glory of Bhikkhuni order An American Bhikkhuni’s plea
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Bhikkhuni Happenings 2017
News from Aloka Vihara
Friends of Aloka Vihara warmly invites you to join us for two events this year:
Ahimsa Samaneri’s Bhikkhuni Ordination
Date: August 26, 2017
Aloka Vihara’s First Kathina Ceremony
Date: October 22, 2017
More >>
Charlotte Buddhist Vihara
Sunday, May 7, 2017
7:00 am – 2 pm
Dakkhina Dhammatthala
Saturday, May 13, 2017
11am – 5pm
http://mailchi.mp/2eec4427907e/vesak-2017-and-meditation-retreats?e=796d7fef86
Karuna Sevena
Saturday, May 13, 2017 starting 9:00 am
Place: ārāma Karuṇā Sevena, Slezská 3, Prostejov, CZ, E.U.
http://karunasevena.blogspot.com
Santi Forest Monastery
Saturday, May 13, 2017
http://santifm.org/santi/2017/02/26/come-and-celebrate-vesak-with-us-at-santi-on-saturday-13th-may-2017/
Newbury Buddhist Monastery
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Wesak Day Celebration with Ajahn Brahm
http://bsv.net.au/program-event/events-2017/
Dhammadharini
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Download the flyer >>
If you would like to list your celebration here, please contact us at info@bhikkhuni.net.
Two Openings at Sati Saraniya Hermitage for Volunteer Resident Stewards
There are 2 openings at Sati Saraniya Hermitage for volunteer resident stewards (male or female) who have:
More >>
Sakyadhita USA Board Members Visit Mahapajapati Monastery
From the Mahapajapati Monastery Newsletter:
Charlotte Collins, Carol Winkelmann, and Elise DeVido, all board members of Sakyadhita USA, visited us on their way back from Sakyadhita’s one-day conference in Los Angeles, “Diversity in the Dharma: Buddhist Women Engage Race and Exclusionary Politics in America.”
Read about this and more in the May issue of the Mahapajapati Monastery Newsletter >>
Tilorien Monastery has now opened in the Belgian Ardennes!
The humble beginnings of Tilorien Monastery have now started in the Belgian Ardennes. The Sangha is living in very basic conditions, in a tree house and a tent in a kind supporter’s garden.
Thanks to one of our donors, Ayya Kathrin and Ayya Vimala have created a website for the new Monastery: tilorien.org.
We hope to be able to build a monastery building with facilities for lay visitors and a meditation room. In the mean time, you can support the nuns in various ways and if you want to come and meet us for the day, you are always welcome. Please contact us in advance.
New Book: The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi
by Vicki Mackenzie
Shambhala Review:
Freda Bedi was the first Western woman to become a Tibetan Buddhist nun—but that pioneering ordination was really just one in a life full of revolutionary acts. Freda Bedi (1911–1977) broke the rules of gender, race, and religion—in many cases before it was thought that the rules were ready to be challenged. She was at various times a force in the struggle for Indian independence, spiritual seeker, scholar, professor, journalist, author, social worker, wife, and mother of four children. She counted among her friends, colleagues, and teachers Mohandas Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and many others. She was a woman of spiritual focus and compassion who was also not without contradictions. Vicki Mackenzie gives a nuanced view of Bedi and of the forces that shaped and motivated this complex and compelling figure. More>>
The Heart of Awakening Retreat
Week long: May 12 -19
Weekend: May 12 -14
Download the flyer
Code Of Conduct by Bhikkhuni Kusuma is now available for purchase
This book by Bhikkhuni Kusuma presents the rules of conduct for Buddhist nuns as enshrined in the Pali Canon.
For more information and to purchase online go to http://www.online.buddhistcc.com/books/code-of-conduct-detail.html
First One Day Conference of Sakyadhita USA
April 1, 2017
Location: University of the West, conference co-sponsor, in Rosemead, CA
(Rosemead is about 15 miles east of downtown Los Angeles)
Theme: Diversity in the Dharma: Buddhist Women Engage Race and Exclusionary Politics in America
More >>
Meditation on the Elements – Retreat with Ayya Sobhana
DATE: March 25 – 30, 2017
This meditation retreat will be based on the inspiring Buddhist text, “The Exposition of the Elements” (Middle Length Discourses 140). We will begin by tuning into the six sense bases, and then direct our attention to the four physical elements as universal qualities, seeing the earthiness of the bones as no different than a tree, the wetness of tears no different than a river, the fire of digestion no different than a wild fire, the airy aspect of breath no different than the wind. By softening the perception of individuality in the physical body, this meditation makes space for a refined and pure consciousness to arise. We will attend to our feeling response to the impermanence in our external world due to climate change, aiming for patience, courage, equanimity and insight to face all difficulties.
More >>
Register for the 15th Sakyadhita International Conference
The conference will be held on June 22-28, 2017 in Hong Kong and its theme is Contemporary Buddhist Women: Contemplation, Cultural Exchange & Social Action. The conference highlights the diversity of contemporary Buddhist women throughout the world.
For more information and to register go to http://www.sakyadhita.org/conferences/15th-si-con.html
Daily Mirror Features an Article on Ven. Bhikkhunī Tathālokā Therī
March 15, 2017
Read the article, Restore lost glory of Bhikkhuni order An American Bhikkhuni’s plea
Pages:Previous 1 2 3Next