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Dhammadharini
Women's Buddhist monastic community in Sonoma County
Women Upholding the Dhamma
Dhammadharini is a spiritual destination for women to
train as monastics in the Theravada tradition and
lay visitors to practice and volunteer.
Meet our monastics
Oct 17, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM PDTYouTube LiveTen-year anniversary online commemorative gathering of the Oct 17th, 2011 Bhikkhuni ordination at Spirit Rock
Oct 31, 6:30 AM – 6:00 PMZoom, Facebook Live, YouTubeA daylong festival celebrating community and generosity
Join in Dhammadharini’s Vassa by joining for practice on the Uposatha lunar observance days.
Offering an outdoor Dana Sala pavilion at Dhammadharini Monastery for our community
"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 Tathaloka, Founding Teacher