- Ayya Sucinta Bhikkhuni
Ayya Sucinta Bhikkhuni is a German-born member of the
Bhikkhuni Sangha . She trained with the lateAyya Khema andAjahn Sumedho atAmaravati Monastery inEngland . There, she began her monastic life, as well as at theBhavana Society in America, withBhante Gunaratna (Bhante G). One of the few WesternTheravadan bhikkhunis in the world, Ayya Sucinta receivedfull ordination at the historicInternational Gathering of the Sangha inBodhgaya ,India in 1998. In America, she has stayed and taught at theCarolina Buddhist Vihara ,Dhammadharini Vihara and the Bhavana Society.Ayya Sucinta left the
United States forAustralia in January 2007, at the invitation of theMelbourne Buddhist Society , to become the Resident Teacher atBuddhaloka Center inMelbourne and to support the foundation of the first Theravadan Buddhist monastery for fully ordained women in Australia. It is tentatively named “Sanghamittarama ”. The Sanghamittarama Project has the blessings ofAjahn Brahm , the Spiritual Advisor to the BSV and Bhante Gunaratana of the Bhavana Society inWest Virginia , where Ayya took her first ordination and Bhante G has offered his full support.ee also
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* Bhante Henepola Gunaratana ("Bhante G")
*Bhante Ratanansara
*Ayya Sudhamma Bhikkhuni
*Ayya Tathaaloka
*Dhammadharini Vihara
*Abhayagiri Monastery References
* [http://www.payer.de/neobuddhismus/neobud0408.htm Materialien zum Neobuddhismus]
* [http://www.carolinabuddhist.net/ Carolina Buddhist Vihara]
* [http://www.buddhanet.net/whats_n.htm/ BuddhaNet's Message Board]External links
* [http://www.dhammadharini.org Dhammadharini Vihara official site]
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