Dhammadharini
Bhikkhuni Sangha monastic community
San Francisco North Bay
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Ringing in the New Year with the Arahants
Celebrating Awakening of the first Bhikkhuni Arahants Beyond India On the full moon of December, Dhammadharini and many people around the world celebrated Sanghamitta Day. But the great events commemorated on that day are far from the end of the story. As part of Dhammadharini’s HERstory initiative, we seek to share the stories we know of the ancient great Bhikkhunis, and reflect on how they can inspire our practice today.
Holiday Mettā Caroling with the Bhikkhuni Sangha at Dhammadharini
Sangha Gathering for Spreading out & Sharing Mettā & Blessings with "Mettā Holiday Caroling," gift giving and sharing blessings. May these blessings be for you ✨💝🤲 ~
“How to Master the Senses and Awaken”
Read and discuss “Development of the Faculties” Indriyabhāvanā Sutta MN 152. This sutta is so relevant to meditative investigation of the feeling that arises each time we see, hear, smell, taste, touch or think. Transcending reactivity to feeling opens the way for contentment and liberation.
Dhammadharini means
"Upholding the Dhamma" in the female form
We are a community of seekers, supporters, practitioners and teachers inspired by the Theravada Forest and Insight traditions, the Early Buddhist teachings of Mindfulness & Insight, and the Bhikkhunis' way of monastic life.
OngoingZoomOngoingEvery Sunday afternoon at 1:00 pm: Read and discuss the teachings of the Buddha. On Zoom and in-person at Dhammadharini Monastery.
OngoingZoomOngoingEvery Sunday morning at 9:00am: Guided Buddhist Meditation & time for questions, on Zoom and in-person at Dhammadharini Monastery
OngoingZoomOngoingGather together for meditation and a talk based on the Buddha's teachings every Tuesday at 7:00 pm.
"According to the Buddha’s teaching, our best chance for enlightenment is not in a heavenly realm, but here in midst of elements and aggregates, within these bodies which age and sicken, among the earth, rain, wind, fire and consciousness elements. We wake up here, not in another ideal place.
This is the ideal place."
— Ayya Tathālokā, Founding Teacher