Honoring Ayya Khemā's Legacy on her 100th Birth Anniversary with Dhammadharini, Sunday August 27th, Online
❧ Dhammadharini Monastery
Honoring Ayya Khemā's Legacy
on her 100th Birth Anniversary
Ayya Khemā in the Bavarian Alps with her stupa, Peace rose in hand, is the e-version of a special commemorative painting in progress, envisioned by Ayya Tathālokā and designed by Sāmanerī Thāvirā, being painted by Zen nun artist Kosan Carla Callahan
The late, intrepid, international Dhamma & Meditation teacher, the most venerable Ayya Khemā, who ordained in the first wave of the revival as a Bhikkhuni in 1988 with 200 others in California, after becoming a successful Buddhist teacher and co-founding Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women and Sakyadhita USA, was an extraordinary inspiration to many around the world, in her adopted countries of the USA, Sri Lanka and Australia, and in her home country of Germany.
August 25th is the 100th anniversary of her birth, and Dhammadharini plans to host a program on the 27th, with Ayya Tathālokā, the Dhammadharini Bhikkhunī Sangha, Venerables & Dhamma friends, to remember, explore, and honor her legacy.
This commemorative event will be offered on Sunday August 27th, 7-9pm Pacific Daylight Time (California time) via Zoom, with livestream to Dhammadharini Monastery's YouTube and Dhammadharini on Facebook Live. See below for more time zones, or check your own time zone. Note: if you live in Europe, South or Southeast Asia or Australasia, the program will be on the 28th.
Register to join the event on Zoom!
See here to read more about Ayya Khemā's extraordinary life and Dhamma teachings, on the web site of her student, meditation teacher Leigh Brasington. The Bhikkhuni anthology Let the Light Shine also has a Dhamma reflection written by Ayya Khemā, and you may find her bio there on page 17.
We will be joined by a number of friends who knew Ayya Khemā, studied and practiced with her, and were influenced by her life. These may include the following and more:
Venerable Monastics:
Ajahn Nissarano (Australia)
Ayya Dhammanandā (Vietnam)
Ayyā Nirodhā (Santi Forest)
Artist Rev. Kosan Carla Callahan (who is offering a commemorative painting of Ayya Khema)
Meditation Teachers in Ayya Khema’s lineage:
Leigh Brasington
Susan Pembroke
Lucinda Green
From Sakyadhita:
Ven. Jampa Tsedroen (Sakyadhita International co-founder)
Ranjani de Silva (Sakyadhita Sri Lanka co-founder)
Ayya Khemā was an original co-founder of Sakyadhita International, Sakyadhita USA, and an inspiration in the founding of Sakyadhita Sri Lanka and Sakyadhita Australia.
This event will be online only, and will also be streamed to our YouTube Channel and Facebook page, where the recording will be available afterwards to watch at your comfortable time.
Practicing with Ayya Khema’s Teachings
During the Dhammadharini Winter Retreat in 2021, our community practiced for three months with Ayya Khema’s teachings. We welcome you to look back at the teachings from that time - both Ayya Khema’s recorded teachings, which we were working with, as well as the online teachings offered during that time by Ven. Tathaloka, with one special guest appearance by Leigh Brasington.
This document shows the schedule of talks which the Dhammadharini community listened to, and provides links so all who would like to can stream or download the audio.
The recorded online teachings may be found here: Winter Retreat Uposatha Program 2021 Playlist
Wishing all beings peace and happiness,
With much metta,
the Dhammadharini Community
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