Dhammadharini Monastery | California
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Dhammadharini

Bhikkhuni Sangha monastic community
San Francisco North Bay
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UPCOMING HIGHLIGHT

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White Cherry Blossoms

Writings of Venerable Ayya Tathālokā Mahātherī

Pink Cherry Blossoms

Looking back at 2025 with Dhammadharini

Event Highlights: A Look Back at Our Sacred Gathering

Footsteps of Mahapajapati Gotami | Honoring Women in Dhamma Carika

Reflecting & Sharing about the “Footsteps of Mahapajapati: Honoring Women in Dhamma” Pilgrimage

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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ONGOING EVENTS

PAST YOUTUBE TEACHINGS

Meditation & Dhamma Reflection: "Reflecting on our Winter Retreat", Ven. Kaccayana and Ven. Thavira
01:29:23
Sutta Study: "Conscience and Prudence: The Guardians of the World" with Ven. Kaccayana Bhikkhuni
01:29:53
"Four Protections": Guided meditation and Q&A with Ven. Kaccayana Bhikkhuni
01:01:37
Sutta Study: "Causes for Knowing and Seeing" Abhaya Sutta, with Ven. Kaccayana Bhikkhuni
01:30:10
Guided meditation: "Awakening with Kindness", with Ven. Kaccayana Bhikkhuni
58:16
Sutta Study with Sayadaw U Jagara and Ven. Marajina Theri
01:38:33
Guided Meditation: "Staying balanced with kindness and equanimity" with Ven. Kaccayana
58:39
Sutta Study: "The Simile of the Cloth" with Ven. Kaccayana
01:34:26

Dhammadharini means
"Upholding the Dhamma" in the feminine form

We are a community of seekers, supporters, practitioners and teachers inspired by the Theravada Forest and Insight traditions, the Early Buddhist teachings of Mindfulness & Insight, and the Bhikkhunis' way of monastic life.

"According to the Buddha’s teaching, our best chance for enlightenment is not in a heavenly realm, but here in midst of elements and aggregates, within these bodies which age and sicken, among the earth, rain, wind, fire and consciousness elements. We wake up here, not in another ideal place.

This is the ideal place."

— Ayya Tathālokā, Founding Teacher

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