Nanasiri

Nanasiri

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...
Medhahshri

Medhahshri

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...
Dayamudra

Dayamudra

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...
Acarasiddhi

Acarasiddhi

Acarasiddhi took his first meditation class in 1990 in San Francisco, thanks to a surprise change in his calendar due to an extended jury deliberation. He quickly added an Intro to Buddhism class and he’s been forever grateful. It was all so simple, he thought: the...
Karunadakini

Karunadakini

Karunadakini started practicing Buddhism in 1993 at age 23 with the London Buddhist Center, moving to San Francisco eight months later where she’s been involved ever since. Ordained in 2006 in Scotland, she is particularly connected to the Bodhisattvas White...