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Second International Bhikkhuni Day. September 29, 2012. This Year Honoring: Bhikkhuni Sanghamitta Theri. Sanghamitta means “Friend of the Sangha”. What is a Bhikkhuni / Bhikshuni ? A bhikkhuni (Pali) or bhikshuni (Sanskrit) is a fully-ordained female Buddhist monastic. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Second International Bhikkhuni Day
September 29, 2012
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Sanghamitta means“Friend of the Sangha”
This Year Honoring: Bhikkhuni Sanghamitta
Theri
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.What is a Bhikkhuni/Bhikshuni?
A bhikkhuni (Pali) or bhikshuni (Sanskrit) is a fully-ordained female Buddhist monastic.
A bhikkhu/bhikshu is a fully-ordained male monastic.
Both bhikkhus & bhikkhunis are ordained by receiving the precepts of the Vinaya (monastic discipline).
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Sites associatedwith the life ofThe Buddha
“Buddhism”, Kevin Trainor, Ed.
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Beginnings of the Bhikkhuni Order
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Many Enlightened Bhikkhunis
The Thirteen Great
Arahant Bhikkhuni Disciples,
mural in Wat Pho,
Bangkok, Thailand
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The Buddha said: “I will not pass away…until I have bhikkhu disciples...bhikkhuni disciples...layman disciples… laywoman disciples who are accomplished, disciplined, skilled, learned, expert in the Dhamma.”
From the Mahaparinibbana Sutta.
The Fourfold Sangha
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Mural of Fourfold Assembly at Wat Pho, Bangkok,
Thailand
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www.buddha101.com
The Early Spread of Buddhism in IndiaAnd then to Sri Lanka
Sanghamitta’sContribution
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•By the time of Emperor Asoka (304-232 BC), Buddhism was well established in India.
Emperor Asoka, Bhikkhuni Sanghamitta’s Father
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Pillar in Lumbini, Nepal, birthplace of the BuddhaMarking Ashoka’s visit to Lumbini
Wikipedia
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One of the many pillars erected by Emperor Asoka
• Asoka made Ahimsa (non-violence) a policy.
• He was a devotee of:–Love–Truth–Tolerance–Vegetarianism
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After her father’s
conversion, Sanghamitta was raised according
to Buddhist teachings.
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Asoka Sent out Missionaries to Spread Buddhism
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A ‘Liberated’ Woman!
She is recorded to have said to her father, “My brother’s word has importance to
me, King, together with the request of the great Queen and the thousand women. Further, I suppose, this is not just my brother’s word and many are waiting for the going-forth, which I also desire to give, Great King, and so now I must go.”
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Bhikkhuni Sanghamitta sails to Sri Lanka with a cutting from the Bodhi tree.
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Bhikkhuni Sanghamitta, with the Bodhi-Tree sapling, lands in Sri Lanka, greeted by King Tissa.
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Sanghamitta & the Bodhi Tree
are Escorted to Anuradhapura
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Anuradhapura
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The Bodhi Tree in Anuradhapura,Sri Lanka is said to be the oldest living tree in the world.
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Sanghamitta’s Stupa
As it was found After being restored
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Bhikkhuni Sangha Spreads to ChinaIn 429 CE, Sri Lankan Bhikkhuni Devasara traveled to China with a group of bhikkhunis to establish a bhikkhuni sangha
there.
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Sri Lankan Bhikkhunis Establish Unbroken Bhikkhuni Lineage
China’s bhikkhuni lineage has continued to the present day in an unbroken upasampada (ordination) lineage. This lineage
eventually spread to Taiwan, Korea, and Vietnam.
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Disappearance of the Bhikkhuni Sangha in India and Sri Lanka
Between the 11th and 14th centuries CE both the Bhikkhu and Bhikkhuni Sanghas died out in India and Sri Lanka due to invasions, war, and famine.
Sanghamitta Shrine, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
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Ayutthaya Historic Park, the ancient Thai Capital
•The Bhikkhu Sangha revived multiple times.•The Bhikkhuni Sangha was not revived.•In 1928, the Thai Bhikkhu Sangha decreed that the bhikkhuni lineage had died out and could not be revived.
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One Major Thing Prevented the Spread of the Bhiksuni
Order to Tibet
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Bhikkhunis Worldwide! Today there are now bhikkhunis & bhiksunis
in the U.S., India, Italy, Germany, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Mahayana Bhikshunis Helped Revive the Bhikkhuni/Bhiksuni Sanghas
in the Theravada & Tibetan Traditions
Unmoonsa Bhikkhuni Monastery & Sangha University, South Korea
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“In all the Mahayana schools whether in Tibet, China, Korea, or Vietnam, they follow mostly a Dharmagupta Vinaya. Dharmagupta is one of the Theravada sects. ”
Ajahn Brahm
Mahayana ordination almost identical to Thai ordination ceremony
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1998 International Full Ordination
Ceremony in Bodhgaya, India
Bhikshunis-to-be pay respects to theirpreceptors, Bhiksunis Thubten Chodron
& Karma Lekshe Tsomo
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Theravada Bhikkhuni reestablished in Sri Lanka.
• 1996 – The Korean Bhikkhu Sangha and Sri Lankan monks sponsored another bhikkhuni ordination for 10 Sri Lankan dasasilmatas in Sarnath, India.
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First Modern Bhikkhuni Ordination in Sri Lanka
• 2003 - First bhikkhuni higher ordinations in modern times on Sri Lankan soil. (American Bhikkhuni Ayya Sudhamma, Thailand’s Ven. Dhammananda, and Burmese born Ayya Gunasari & Ayya Saccavadi were ordained at this time.)
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In 2006, in a secret ceremony in the ancient ruins at Ayutthaya in Thailand, three more Thai women ordained as bhikkhunis −
Bhikkhunis Rattanavali, Dhammamitta, and Silananda.
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Hamburg Congress, 2007
Bhikkhunis and bhikshunis ordained earlier help to mentor and ordain new bhikkhunis.
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August 2010 Bhikkhuni
Ordination of four bhikkhunis at Aranya Bodhi Hermitage,
Northern California
October 2010 Bhikkhuni Ordinations at Dharma Vijaya in Los Angeles
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Three More North American Bhikkhunis
Spirit Rock Meditation Hall – Oct. 17, 2011
L-R: Ayya Nimmala, Sate Saraniya Hermitage, Ontario, Canada; Ayya Santacitta and Ayya Anandabodhi, Aloka Vihara, San Francisco, California
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A Sima of Flowers
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Alliance for Bhikkhunis (AFB) was founded in 2007 to support the creation of a Bhikkhuni Sangha in the U.S. and its revival overseas.
Alliance for Bhikkhunis
Bhikkhunis near Joshua Tree National Park, Mohave Desert, Southern
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What Do We Do?
• AFB educates lay practitioners about the essential role bhikkhunis play in preserving the Dhamma.
• AFB offers financial assistance to monastics four their four requisites: food, clothing, shelter and medicine/health care
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Contributed to the construction of living
quarters .
Contributed to a “new used” kitchen trailer for
Aranya Bodhi Monastery in Northern California.
AfB Raises Funds for Financial Assistance for Monastics
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Health Insurance and Medicine
•Paid for bhikkhunis’ medical and dental care.
•Paid insurance premiums for some bhikkhunis with no health insurance.
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Assist in Travel to Conferences, Retreats, and
Travel for Vassa
Bhikshunis chanting at Sakyadhita conference in Bangkok, Thailand 2011.
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Inform and Connect
•Present Magazine (Online)•Website bhikkhuni.net•Facebook
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International Bhikkhuni Day
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I’ve been waiting forbhikkhuni ordinationfor such a long time…
From Santi Forest Monastery Website
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Alliance for BhikkhunisProtecting bhikkhunis, we protect ourselves and future generations.
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May all beings be happy!