Finding Sanctuary Ep. 1: Therigatha verse 1.1—Ayya Yeshe and Ayya Vimalanyani
Channel: Vimalanyani Bhikkhuni
Date: 2021-05-20

The Therīgāthā (Poems of the Elder Nuns) is the world’s oldest collection of literature composed by women. In this Finding Sanctuary episode, series host Ayya Vimalanyani is joined by Ayya Yeshe, to discuss Therigatha verse 1.1 by an unknown bhikkhuni.

Read the poem here: https://suttacentral.net/thig1.1/en/sujato

Ayya Yeshe is the Abbess of Bodhicitta Dakini Monastery, a non sectarian, female-led Buddhist Monastery in Tasmania, Australia. She is also the director of Bodhicitta Foundation, a socially engaged Buddhist charity empowering “ex-untouchable” Buddhists in India. Ayya Yeshe is a teacher, a contemplative and a feminist. She has been published by Harper Collins and her sacred chants have 90k hits on YouTube.
www.bodhicitta-monastery.com & www.bodhicitta-vihara.com

Ayya Vimalanyani is a German bhikkhuni currently living in a small hermitage in the Sri Lankan forest. She has a special interest in early Buddhist texts and the lifestyle of nuns at the time of the Buddha. For her research, she translates sutras and texts on monastic discipline from ancient Chinese into English. She’s also an artist and publishes „Dhamma Doodles“ under the pseudonym Ven. Yodha.
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dhamma-doodles-grin/7206