Ven Suvijjana Bhikkhuni at Bodhi House in January

Programs with Ven. Suvijjana Bhikkhuni

at the Bodhi House in the New Year

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Dear Friends,

We are delighted to welcome our very own native Californian bhikkhuni, Venerable Suvijjana, back to the Bodhi House in this coming New Year. Ven Suvijjana has been retreating at our Aranya Bodhi Hermitage for the past 6 months.

Suvijjana Bhikkhuni plans to participate in Friday evening Kalyanamitta meditation group gatherings, offer sutta study group time, the Bodhi House during this upcoming month of January 2012.

Welcome back to Fremont Venerable Suvijjana!

Entering Monastic Life: Ordaining as a Bhikkhuni in Theravada Buddhism

If you or someone you love are interested in the possibility of entering into monastic life and ordaining as a bhikkhuni in Theravada Buddhim, please see this page on our Dhammadharini website.

Rideshare/Carpool to and from our Hermitage with Aranya_Bodhi eRideShare Group

Ride Share / Carpool to and from the Hermitage
eRideShare.com

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Dear friends,

If you would like to visit our hermitage to offer dana and/or you are coming for your own personal retreat time, please consider ridesharing to and from the hermitage. You can do this on your own with friends, or you can use our new Aranya Bodhi eRideShare.com group.

Thanks to Sara Sacsteder for suggesting this great idea!! Thanks to other friends for requesting it.

To offer or request ridesharing, just follow the live link in quotes below. The service is free. You will need to create your own personal username and password. Our "*Aranya Bodhi Hermitage Group Carpool Center*" password is "*2hermitage*". You can add, edit and delete your own postings.

If you come to the hermitage regularly, please check to see if anyone else needs a ride or would like to share the trip with you. This may allow those who otherwise could not come to be able to.

As rideshare.com says: Ridesharing saves money, reduces pollution, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, reduces dependence on foreign oil... and it's fun!

We hope this works well for you!

See you in the quiet peacefulness of the redwood forest,


Metta

Volunteering at the Bodhi House and Aranya Bodhi

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Call for Volunteers

Dear friends,

Sign up for being volunteers at our Bodhi House and for our Aranya Bodhi Awakening Forest Hermitage project.

>>> Hermitage Project on the Sonoma Coast:

For special work party days ~ check "Friends of the Hermitage"

To learn about ongoing hermitage projects scroll down on the right sidebar on our Awakening Forest blog.

Contact Ayya Sobhana: awakeningforest[at]gmail[dot]com
or Sara: saraca[at]earthlink[dot]net, 415-454-2008

Let us know if you would like to be a project leader!


>>> at the Bodhi House:

- yard work: weeding, tree & bush trimming, fence maintenance, mowing
- lotus pond maintenance
- window cleaning

Rides for monastics are also needed for events and appointments. Contact the Bodhi House or Hermitage if you live in the area of either and are available to offer rides.

volunteer for a project and name your best time for it,

Call or email our Bodhi House Office: 510-683-9608, bodhihouse.office[at]gmail[dot]come, or Liz at lizcrisp[at]comcast[dot]net.

Metta to everyone!