Cindy Rasicot first met Ven. Dhammananda, Thailand’s first fully ordained Theravada bhikkhuni, at a conference soon after moving to Bangkok in 2005. Cindy’s book, Finding Venerable Mother, chronicles their relationship, including her own temporary ordination in 2014. She is also the author of This Fresh Existence: Heart Teachings of Bhikkhuni Dhammananda. Now living in the Bay Area, she regularly interviews her teacher; those conversations, called Casually Yours, can be found at cindyrasicot.com