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Category Archives: Events
Vesak Meditation Day 2014
by Ayya Seri Bhikkhuni Patacara Bhikkhuni Hermitage celebrated Vesak Day on Tuesday, 13th of May with a day of quiet contemplation and meditation. Volunteers came to the Hermitage a few days before the Vesak Day celebration. We put up the … Continue reading
Jack in the Box
On Sunday, 16th of March 2014, about 19 lay supporters participated in a One Day Meditation Retreat to mark Ayya Vayama Bhikkhuni’s 29th ordination anniversary. The theme of the day was “Contemplation of Feeling”. “Contemplation of feeling” is one of the … Continue reading
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Happy New Year 2014
By Ayya Seri Bhikkhuni On the 31st of December 2013 we had a small celebration at Patacara Bhikkhuni Hermitage to welcome the Year 2014. We started with an afternoon tea together. After the sun set at 7.26pm, we toasted each other … Continue reading
End of Rains Cloth Offering Ceremony 2013
by Ayya Seri Bhikkhuni On Saturday, 26th of October 2013, about 35 people, representing the community of Patacara Bhikkhuni Hermitage, came together for a ceremony that marks the End of the annual Rains Retreat for the monastics. Every year, the monastics make … Continue reading
Rains Retreat 2013
by Ayya Seri Bhikkhuni On Pavarana Day, 19th October 2013, Ayya Vayama Bhikkhuni completed her 29th Rains Retreat since she went forth in Sri Lanka, and Ayya Seri Bhikkhuni completed her 10th Rains Retreat since she went forth in Perth. The … Continue reading
Vesak Meditation Retreat 2013
by Ayya Seri Bhikkhuni Patacara Bhikkhuni Hermitage celebrated Vesak – the birth, enlightenment and passing away of the Buddha, this year with a two day non-residential meditation retreat on Friday, 24th of May and Saturday, 25th of May. On Wednesday, … Continue reading
The Bodhi Tree
by Ayya Seri Bhikkhuni On the afternoon of Sunday, 28th of April, a few of us gathered together to transfer the Bodhi Tree from its pot into a bigger pot. I am trying to find an appropriate word for this specific … Continue reading
Ayya Vayama’s 28th Ordination Anniversary
by Bhikkhuni Seri Ayya Vayama Bhikkhuni went forth and ordained as a Ten Precept nun on 17th of March 1985 at Parappaduwa Nuns Island, Dodanduwa, in Sri Lanka. Ayya Vayama Bhikkhuni’s preceptor was Venerable Piyaratana and her teacher was Ayya Khema. … Continue reading
An Auspicious Weekend In October – 60th Birthday Celebration
by Bhikkhuni Seri Patacara Bhikkhuni Hermitage put on a Birthday Celebration to honour Ayya Vayama Bhikkhuni’s sixtieth birthday on Sunday, 28th October 2012. This was Ayya Vayama Bhikkhuni’s actual birth date. The celebration started in the afternoon at 2pm. In spite of Ayya … Continue reading
An Auspicious Weekend In October – Offering Of Robe Material
by Bhikkhuni Seri On Sunday, 28th October 2012, we had a simple Offering Of Robe Material Ceremony in the presence of 25 lay supporters, to mark the End of the Rains (Vassa) 2012 at Patacara Bhiikhuni Hermitage. Ayya Vayama’s cousin, Karina, and Aunty Shirley, Karina’s … Continue reading