Fearless Mountain Newsletter
Fall 2007 Articles
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Sīladhāras and Anagārikās
View Printer Friendly FormatThe nuns of Amaravati and Chithurst are exploring the idea of establishing a community in the United States – most likely on the west coast. This is exciting news for the Saranaloka Foundation, a nonprofit that was set up to support them coming here to practice and teach. Several things are being planned to see if the time is right to take the first steps towards a permanent community.
Ajahns Anandabodhi and Santacitta will be coming for the winter months, January 10–March 6, and living somewhere in the Bay Area. We are looking for a house for them and Anagārikā Santussika to create a temporary “pocket monastery” that is fairly central. This is a wonderful opportunity to help support the quickly expanding vision of a more permanent monastery here. They will be the guest teachers for the two first Tuesday sittings in Berkeley in February and March, during the time when Abhayagiri is on retreat, as well as visiting sanghas around the Bay Area and traveling to Oklahoma and the Northwest.
Ajahns Mettā, Thānasanti, Upekkhā, and Thāniyā will all be visiting America within the next year. Meetings to discuss the potential community here will be set up. News on the future monastery, meetings, the nuns’ teaching schedules and information on Saranaloka can be found at . If you do not have access to the web, feel free to call me at (408) 379-6835.
- Jill Boone, Saranaloka Foundation