Bhikkhuni Vajira

Bhikkhuni Vajira (born 1972) was born in Czechoslovakei. She became Samaneri in October 2002 in the Czech Republik. She received Samaneri-ordination from three Monks - Mahathera ven. Silavamsa, Mahathera ven. Nagasena and from her teacher ven. Ayukusala Thera. She became the first Czech buddhist nun. She received her monastic training (bhikkhuni-jiva) in Sri Lanka under the guidence of two outstanding srilankan Bhikkhunis - ven. Bhikkhuni Bhadra and ven. Bhikkhuni Sumedha. In 2003 she received full ordination, she became Bhikkhuni. In 2006 she left to Switzerland, where she continued her monastic life and Buddhist studies in the Tibetan Monastery. 
In Sri Lanka she studied Pali language and was trained as Dhamma-teacher. She translated several suttas from Pali in to Czech.