On March 1st, the full moon day of Māgha Pūjā in the Buddhist calendar, the sāmaṇerī ordination (Pabbajja) of Jitindriyā and Marg took place at Santi. This particular date was chosen for its great auspiciousness. Māgha Pūjā day marks an event occurring at the Veḷuvana grove, near Rājagaha in northern India, ten months after the Read the full article…
Continue readingAGM, Santi Forest Monastery, Bundanoon – 9th December, 2017 Warm greetings to the Sangha, the committee, and other members attending the AGM. This year has been quite a busy year for Santi in different ways, for both the monastery residents and the Santi committee, and at times we may have struggled to keep up with Read the full article…
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Santi FM Inc. held its AGM on 9th Dec. 2017 here at the monastery and voted in the new committee for 2018. This was then followed by an ordinary meeting of the committee where we also voted in the committee officers. The 2018 committee is as follows: President/Chairperson: Jitindriya (Loraine Keats) Vice President/Chair: Jen Smith Read the full article…
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