Ayya Niyyanika Bhikkhuni

In March, desert winds tugged my robes as I walked through the Spring blooms and […]

Sitting in the desert with the gentle Winter sun I appreciate Ajahn Brahm’s words that […]

Today I enter Winter Retreat at Dhamma Dena in Southern California. (See the end of […]

Tongdosa: The Buddha Treasure Temple The Buddha Treasure (Tongdosa) Temple was the first of the […]

I celebrate six years since Bhikkhunī ordination, Upasampadā, today. This anniversary finds me in South […]

Before starting the second half of the tour, here is a picture for the Patimokkha […]

Visiting Thailand with Ayya Santussika, Ayya Cittananda and some of the Karuna Buddhist Vihara community […]

During this Vassa. I explored what is the right rhythm of meditation and exercise, study […]

Sunday, October 22nd Meditation Daylong The sharing of a day of meditation on the beautiful […]

Warm greetings Dhamma practitioners, Sunday, September 24th is an opportunity to practice meditation and have […]

During my visit to Tilorien Monastery in Belgium, I encountered a new way of practice for the Full Moon Uposatha Nights. Rather than sitting all night, most of the night is spent walking, mostly in forest.

Coming out of about four months of retreat, I find myself uncertain of what to […]

Between retreats, I had the good fortune to spend a week at Mahapajapati Monastery. The […]

The retreats in Wisconsin and Alberta were nourishing.  The time in the cold nature of […]

Aloka Vihara is ending at its Placerville, California location (where the picture above was taken […]