Bhikkhuni Sudhamma

Bhikkhuni Sudhamma

Sudhamma Bhikkhuni from Charlotte, North Carolina is the first American woman ordained in Sri Lanka and has been recognized at the United Nations in Bangkok as an “Outstanding Woman in Buddhism.” She was ordained as a novice by her teacher Bhante H. Gunaratana and became a bhikkhuni in 2003. She was abbess of the Charlotte Buddhist Vihara.

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Who Was Queen Anula?

Bhikkhuni Sudhamma traces the origins of Buddhist ordination for women to Queen Anula, Sri Lanka’s first Buddhist nun.