{"id":1844,"date":"2012-09-11T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T09:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2012-10-31T22:11:36","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T22:11:36","slug":"30th-september-sunday-open-house-international-bhikkhuni-day-at-santi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/2012\/09\/11\/30th-september-sunday-open-house-international-bhikkhuni-day-at-santi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"30th September: Sunday Open-House & “International Bhikkhuni Day” at Santi"},"content":{"rendered":"

~ We welcome you to visit the monastery for a Sunday open-house and \u201cInternational Bhikkhuni Day<\/span><\/a>\u201d all day on 30th<\/sup>\u00a0September! ~
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9:30 AM \u201cHistory of Bhikkhunis\u201d
\n(Ayya Dhammananda)
\n10:15 AM \u201cThe Women Who Inspired Us\u201d
\n(Circle discussion)
\n11:00 AM Lunch Dana & clean-up
\n1:00 PM Walk to the cave
\n1:15 PM Guided Meditation
\n1:30 PM Sitting \/ Walking Meditation
\n2:30 PM Short break, followed by Dhamma talk
\n3:30 PM End
\n6:00 PM Tea time<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

In our Theravada tradition, the sight of bhikkhunis is something relatively new, though the Order of Bhikkhunis can traced back to the Buddha’s time 2600 years ago in India. The tradition of Bhikkhuni Sangha lasted for more than 1000 years in India & Sri Lanka before dying out in war conditions.\u00a0 Meanwhile, having gained the lineage from Sri Lanka, the bhikkhunis of China, Korea and Vietnam continued the lineage and practice up to this day.<\/div>\n
The last decades of the 20th century witnessed a great revival of the Bhikkhuni Order in\u00a0 Sri Lanka.\u00a0 Theravada bhikkhunis made inroads in additional countries where the Buddha Dhamma has a foothold…<\/p>\n
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Santi’s new Samaneri Tapasi of Thailand (3 Sept 2012). (Click for whole photo.)
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…including Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Buddhism’s home country of India, and the West: Canada, the United States, Germany, and of course Australia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Australian Sayalay Santacari’s recent head-shaving preparing to go forth as a novice….<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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New Samaneri Santacari of Australia (Aranya Bodhi, USA) 2nd Sept 2012<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

To support and celebrate this global revival, last year the Alliance for Bhikkhunis (AfB) chose the full moon of September to celebrate<\/div>\n
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Arahant Sanghamitta Theri arrives in Jaffna Port of Sri Lanka bringing the cutting of the Bodhi Tree; image from Kelaniya temple mural, Sri Lanka.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

an annual\u00a0International Bhikkhuni Day<\/em>.<\/p>\n