Latest Steps Toward Britain’s First Bhikkhuni Monastery! By Venerable Canda Bhikkhuni, June 2021 The coronavirus pandemic has widened our eyes to the fragility and uncertainty of existence. Being subject to birth, old age, sickness, and death also means being vulnerable to the disappointment and even despair of having all our plans shattered, re-made, and then shattered again. This obvious lack of control can be scary and confronting, yet if…
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Just over two weeks ago, we relinquished our lovely little rented Bhikkhuni Vihara to her new owners. When the 4-bed Victorian terrace previously went up for sale, our charity considered buying it, but decided to hold out until we are in a practical and financial position to find something bigger. Thankfully, around the same time…
“Monk on a Motorbike,” as Danny Hill introduces himself, spends a good hour with Venerable Canda, discussing Dhamma, Venerable Canda’s path, women’s ordination in Theravada Buddhism, and much more. Listen with a cuppa in installments if you wish! The whole podcast can be found here:
This newsletter shares the progression of our journey towards our Forest Monastery, what is needed to proceed and the joyful beginnings we have already made. Sign up for Ajahn Brahm’s talks if you haven’t done so already; join me (Ven Canda) for a winter metta retreat; and find my latest teachings (“Compassion and The Inner Tyrant” and more) and…
In this New Year Newsletter, we welcome you to England’s first temporary Bhikkhuni Residence, explain how you can participate in the lunch offering and fledgling monastery life with Ven Canda, as well as share the first video uploads from Ajahn Brahm’s amazing 2018 December tour.
By Ajahn Brahm for “The Middle Way” journal of The Buddhist Society, August 2018 A young Ajahn Brahm (or Venerable Brahmavamso), at Wat Paa Nanachat, Thailand When I took refuge in Ajahn Chah as my teacher in January 1975, I made a vow never to ask to go anywhere. I would only come or go…
By Ven Candavisuddhi Bhikkhuni for “The Middle Way” journal of The Buddhist Society, August 2018 Introduction My teacher, Ajahn Brahm, and I founded Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project to strengthen Buddhism by growing the sangha of bhikkhunis – or fully ordained female monastics – on UK soil. We aspire to establish a Forest…
Tibetan Singing Bowl at one of Ajahn Brahmali’s talks, courtesy of pallotta_photograhy In our latest newsletter here, we reflect on the elucidating journey into the suttas we have just travelled with Ajahn Brahmali in Derbyshire and open bookings for Ajahn Brahm’s London and Oxford talks in December! We share many video and audio recordings as well…
Mindfulness reaches its full potential as a tool for awakening when practised in the context of the Noble Eightfold Path. This day retreat will explore how kindness, stillness and wisdom empower mindfulness, making it possible to realise how suffering arises and comes to cease. The day will include Dhamma reflections, guided meditations and opportunities for…
Bhikkhuni Canda will lead the day retreat “Training in Beauty” at the The Dharma Primary School in Brighton on Saturday 18th November, 2017. See here for more details and registration.