by sfbc-admin-usr | Oct 24, 2024
rodashruti was introduced to the Dharma in 1986 by her then-girlfriend, a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist who handed her a book called Everyday Suchness. That same girlfriend introduced her to the concept of cultural appropriation. Struggling with how to approach Buddhist...
by sfbc-admin-usr | Oct 24, 2024
Prajñākavī (Prajnakavi) means Poet of Wisdom. She was ordained October 2023 near Cuernavaca in Mexico. Prajnakavi is a poet, artist, mother, grandmother, former teacher and editor – among many other things. She has been practicing with the SFBC since the early...
by sfbc-admin-usr | Oct 24, 2024
Nanasiri took her first meditation class in 1991 in San Francisco. She was looking for a buddhist community and was fortunate enough to find this one! She became a mitra in 1995, around the time that the current shrine room was coming into being, and her ceremony was...
by sfbc-admin-usr | Oct 24, 2024
Medhahshri was ordained in 2017, a few months before her 75th birthday. So you could say she came late to Buddhism, but for her it was just the right time. When she walked into the San Francisco Buddhist Center’s drop-in meditation in 2005, she was angry and...
by sfbc-admin-usr | Oct 24, 2024
Dayamudra (she/her) was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order on a 3 month retreat in Spain in 2011. Her name means gesture of kindness. She is passionate about educational equity and social justice and is Founder and Creative Director of Jai Bhim International...
