Dhamma Day
Sun, Jul 10
|Online & at Dhammadharini Monastery
Join Dhammadharini to commemorate the Buddha's first teaching and the start of Vassa
Time & Location
Jul 10, 2022, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM PDT
Online & at Dhammadharini Monastery
About the event
Join Dhammadharini in commemoration of Dhamma Day (Asalha Puja), the start of Vassa. The event will be held on Sunday July 10th, just before the full moon of July, which marks the start of Vassa.
This day commemorates the Buddha's own going forth and entering monastic life, and his first teaching "Setting the Dhamma Wheel in Motion."
On Sunday, July 10th, we will celebrate Dhamma Day at our Dhammadharini Monastery. On the same day, our Dhammadharini's Support Foundation leadership together with Upasika Shari Gent, Emeritus and Founding Board Member, and Upasika Upasamaya Shirley Kwok, Board Member Emeritus, Ambassador for Bhikkhunis and Financials Committee Member, will formally invite our monastics to dwell, practice and teach at our Dhammadharini Monastery in Penngrove and at our Aranya Bodhi Hermitage on the Sonoma Coast for the Vassa this year.
The “Invitation to Enter the Vassa” that we plan to offer the Bhikkhunīs on July…