Suvira Bhikkhuni.Smithfield The roses smell nicer the colours are brighter and someone has been polishing Full ordination as a Buddhist nun, or Bhikkhuni, is lifechanging for women like Ayya Suvira.
"My ordination day was the happiest day of my life," says Suvira Bhikkhuni. "The motion is passed to accept you as a member of the sangha – it's a very special experience."
the grass again! Joy can make a big difference in our lives boosting our health relaxing our bodies and making us forget our difficulties and worries. People generally associate Buddhism with happiness. Buddhist meditation and mindfulness are well known ways to beat stress but what role does joy have in that? What did the Buddha really say about joy? And how can we use it to improve and give meaning to our day-to-day lives? Join this interactive session to find out! About the speaker: Ayyā Suvīrā is Buddhist nun (bhikkhunī) in the Theravāda tradition and a student of Bhante Sujato. She received the going-forth ordination as a sāmaṇerī in 2016 and higher ordination as a bhikkhunī at Dhammasara Nuns’ Monastery in 2019 with Ayyā Santinī of Indonesia as preceptor and Ajahn Brahm as instructing teacher.
