Honouring the Early Nuns | Venerable Thubten Chokyi and Sakyadhita | 20 September 2024

Venerable Chokyi is resident teacher at Hayagriva Buddhist
Centre. Ordained in 2006 by Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, she has
held several senior posts at FPMT centres in Australia and
international positions within the FPMT. Before coming to Perth,
Venerable Chokyi was Spiritual Program Coordinator at the FPMT
Centre in Sydney, Vajrayana Institute, for 10 years and in 2018
was appointed the resident western teacher at Chenrezig
Institute, an FPMT Centre in Queensland. Ven Thubten Chokyi and
Sakyadhita friends read poetry written by the early nuns to fund
raise for the Pirivena project -
https://suttacentral-pirivena-pitaka.raiselysite.com/. This
amazing project led by Ajahn Brahmali, Bhante Sujato and others
is helping restore ancient Buddhist teachings by providing modern
English translations of the entire Sutta and Vinaya Pitaka, to
every monastic education center (Pirivena and Seela Matha units)
in Sri Lanka. While the monks and nuns are away, we will have
some interesting guest speakers coming in to give the Friday
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