Invitation/program: Sept. 2016-2017: 2600 Year Anniversary of Bhikkhuni Sangha |
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Letter from Ayya TathalokaLetter from Ayya Tathaaloka Bhikkhuni
Mural from Wat Pho Buddhist temple, Thailand. (Ven. Anandajoti Bhikkhu) |
All dear Venerables and Dhamma Friends,
Warm greetings of mettā for the Chinese Lunar New Year. I have
emerged from my period of secluded winter retreat a few days ago,
refreshed and most grateful and appreciative for the excellence of this
opportunity in this life.
I have some important news to share with you. Many of you know me as
something of a historian or “her-storian” of our Bhikkhunī Sangha. This
is historical – in our lifetimes.
This coming year, from the 2016 September full moon to the
2017 September full moon, is the 2600-year Anniversary of our worldwide Buddhist Nuns' Order (Bhikkhunī Sangha).
This is according to Theravāda/Pāli text tradition counting, which
includes three factors: (1) the Thai Theravāda Buddhist Era calendar,
together with (2) the traditional Sri Lankan Theravāda commemorative date
of Bhikkhunī Sangha’s founding (Nikini Poya/September full moon),
plus (3) the year of founding of Bhikkhuni Sangha found in the Pali-text
Canonical Khuddaka Nikāya Therī Apadāna, five years after the founding
of the Bhikkhu Sangha.
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