{"id":355,"date":"2016-08-10T11:13:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T09:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/?p=355"},"modified":"2018-01-17T04:26:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T03:26:27","slug":"bhikkhuni-ordination-ayya-vimala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/en\/2016\/08\/10\/bhikkhuni-ordination-ayya-vimala\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhikkhun\u012b ordination Ayya Vimala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Dhamma Friends,<\/p>\n<p>So now I have ordained as a\u00a0Bhikkhun\u012b. I can hardly believe it right now.<\/p>\n<p>I thank it all to the many Bhikkhun\u012bs, Bhikkhus and lay friends, who have supported me all these years and especially to my teacher, Bhante Sujato and my good friend and Samita&#8217;s President, Danny Buysse and all those who have donated towards this trip to Los Angeles, including the kind help from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhikkhuni.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alliance for Bhikkhunis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-635\" src=\"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160807_143700-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"20160807_143700\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160807_143700-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.samita.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160807_143700-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.samita.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160807_143700-768x432.jpg 768w, 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Paliyagoda Sudarshana, performed the ceremony as my preceptors from the side of the Bhikkhun\u012bs and Ven. Walpola Piyananda Nayaka Maha Thera and Ven. Udagama Sumangala Maha Thera from the side of the Bhikkhus.<\/p>\n<p>I was very lucky to have two experienced Bhikkhun\u012bs to support me during the ceremony, namely Ven. \u0100nandabodh\u012b and Ven. Dhammadh\u012br\u0101. I could always count on them to prompt me or hold my bowl when bowing so it would not fall off!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_615\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-615\" class=\"wp-image-615 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160807_071420-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Ayyas Dhammadhira and Anandabodhi\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ayyas Dhammadhira and Anandabodhi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I will now stay in the Mojave-desert here in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahapajapati.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mah\u0101paj\u0101pat\u012b monastery<\/a>. The desert is actually very beautiful, especially at dawn and sunrise, and amazingly still. There are some tall hills bordering the monastery that I have as yet to climb.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_596\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-596\" class=\"wp-image-596 size-medium\" title=\"Kutis at Mahapajapati Monastery\" src=\"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12932773_796908997107981_5261549939707877623_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12932773_796908997107981_5261549939707877623_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.samita.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12932773_796908997107981_5261549939707877623_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kutis at Mahapajapati Monastery<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I hope to be back in Belgium and maybe Germany in November\/December.<\/p>\n<p>With much gratitude and metta,<\/p>\n<p>Ayya Vimala<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Dhamma Friends, So now I have ordained as a\u00a0Bhikkhun\u012b. I can hardly believe it right now. I thank it all to the many Bhikkhun\u012bs, Bhikkhus and lay friends, who have supported me all these years and especially to my&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/en\/2016\/08\/10\/bhikkhuni-ordination-ayya-vimala\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3551,"href":"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions\/3551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samita.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}