Please join us on International Bhikkhuni Day for a joyful celebration of generosity and appreciation for the continued unfolding of Aloka Vihara. All are invited to attend this community gathering at which we offer our material and financial donations to Aloka Vihara. This year we will focus our support on the “Founders’ Fund” for paying off the loan for the land on which the new monastery will arise. This year is particularly auspicious as…

A Symposium in Honor of the Nuns of Aloka Vihara The Sati Center for Buddhist Studies will host a unique symposium highlighting the accomplishments of women scholars in the early years of Buddhist Studies in the West, on the one hand, and portraits of women as presented in the scriptures of early Buddhist literature on the other. We will celebrate the contributions of these women as part of a benefit to support the…

IMC will host a grand dramatization of the great passing away of the first Buddhist nun, the Buddha’s aunt and adoptive mother, Mahāpajāpatī.  The dramatization will be based on an ancient poem that confidently asserts the spiritual potential of women. It also celebrates the role Buddhist nuns have for teaching the Dharma and displaying the attainment of liberation. It is likely this poem was originally composed to be dramatized. It is also likely that…

The four-fold sangha, past and present, will be explored by Ayya Anandabodhi and Mindy Zlotnick at the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies on August 19, 2017 from 1-5pm. Ayya Anandabodhi is co-founder of the Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery in Placerville, CA. Mindy is a long time supporter of the nuns and co-founder of Friends of Aloka Vihara. The Program “I Will Not Pass Away….Reinstating the Buddha’s Vision of the Four-Fold…

All are invited to a day of meditation practice and companionship, led by our dear friend Debbie Stamp at a private home in Occidental. We will sit and walk together in a day of silent reflection. Debbie will offer reflections on Buddhist practices for awakening the heart.  This day is offered on a dana (freewill donation) basis.  All funds raised by our collective generosity will go to support the monastic…