Dhammadharini Bhikkhuni Sangha Kathina 2023
Sat, Nov 04
|Aranya Bodhi Hermitage, Jenner, CA
Join us for a daylong festival celebrating community and generosity (in-person only)
Time & Location
Nov 04, 2023, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM PDT
Aranya Bodhi Hermitage, Jenner, CA
About the event
Kathina Wish List | Supporting our Bhikkhuni Sangha
We welcome all of our Dhamma friends to join our Dhammadharini Bhikkhuni Sangha Kathina Sangha Gathering “Offering the Robe of Merit” on Saturday November 4th, at our Aranya Bodhi Forest Hermitage on the Sonoma Coast in Jenner, California.
The Kathina comes at the end of Vassa, the three-month rainy season retreat, and is a celebration of community & generosity. It is the traditional time of year for the lay community to express their support for the monastic Sangha by offering essential requisites (food, clothing, shelter, and medicines).
The central feature of Kathina is the offering of cloth to the Sangha, who awards it to one of their members--in some traditions, this cloth is then sewn into a robe before dawn of the next day. This year the cloth will be offered by Chathuri Senanayake & Dilshan Amarathunga Family as leading supporters…